Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 7/20/26, 3:37 PM  by Bill Christy in MLB Picks

The Tampa Bay Rays will look to continue their dominance over the Toronto Blue Jays tonight. They begin another 3-game series after taking 5 of the previous 6 that they played back in May.

The Rays may have had success against Toronto earlier, but they have struggled overall lately. They are currently on a 5-game losing streak. Over that stretch, they have scored only 12 total runs for an average of just 2.4 runs per game. It is not possible to win consistently when you are scoring runs like that. Luckily, they will start Nick Martinez tonight, and Martinez has been strong to this point. He is 8-2 with a 2.65 ERA. Not only that, he has not allowed more than 3 runs over his last 6 starts.

Toronto has also struggled lately. They have lost 4 of their last 5 games and are scoring an average of just 3.2 runs per game during that stretch. That average is par for the course for this Toronto team against this Tampa Bay team. They scored an average of 3.3 in their previous 6 games against the Rays. However, they will start Dylan Cease, who has not allowed a run over his last 2 starts, which tallied 15 total runs.