Blue Jays vs. Mariners Prediction and Odds for Saturday, July 22 (Kevin Gausman Will Deal)

The Seattle Mariners scored one run in each of the 7th, 8th, and 9th innings to edge them past the Toronto Blue Jays in Friday night's series opener.

The Jays will respond today by rolling with their ace and AL Cy Young candidate, Kevin Gausman. He'll face-off against Logan Gilbert of the Mariners.

Let's dive into the odds for today's game and then I'll give you my best bet.

Blue Jays vs. Mariners odds, run line, and total

Blue Jays vs. Mariners prediction and pick

Kevin Gausman has been extremely consistent over the past month. In fact, he has allowed two or fewer runs in four of his last five starts. He may not completely shut down his opponent, but he's not going to pitch the Blue Jays out of the game either.

I think that's all they need to even up the series against the Mariners today.

If you want to bet against the Blue Jays, the time to do it is when they face a left-handed starter. That's not the case today with Gilbert getting the start. Toronto's OPS improves from .720 against lefties to .749 against righties this season.

Finally, it's worth noting the Jays bullpen has been the fourth best in the Majors over the last 30 days, sporting a bullpen ERA of 2.78. The Mariners are 17th in that stretch at 4.31.

I'll back the Jays to get the job done on the road on Saturday.

Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change