Blue Jays at Mets prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 4

Its Friday, April 4 and its Opening Day at Citi Field as the Mets (3-3) take on the Blue Jays (5-2) in Game 1 of their weekend series.

Kevin Gausman is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Tylor Megill for New York

Pete Alonso carried the Mets to a win Wednesday night in Miami. The Polar Bear had three hits and drove in four runs as New York bested Miami in 11 innings, 6-5.

Toronto comes to New York fresh off of a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals. George Springer homered to continue his hot start to the season (.429 average) and the Jays doubled up the Nationals in their series finale, 4-2.

Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.

We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

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Game details & how to watch Blue Jays at Mets

• Date: Friday, April 4, 2025
• Time: 3:10PM EST
• Site: Citi Field
• City: New York, NY
• Network/Streaming: SportsNet Now, SNY

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Odds for the Blue Jays at the Mets

The latest odds as of Friday:

• Moneyline: Blue Jays (+120), Mets (-140)
• Spread:  Mets -1.5 (+155)
• Total: 7.5 runs

Probable starting pitchers for Blue Jays at Mets

• Pitching matchup for April 4, 2025: Kevin Gausman vs. Tylor Megill
  
  • Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman (1-0, 3.00 ERA)
    Last outing: 3/28 vs. Baltimore - 6 IP, 2ER, 3H, 1BB, 4Ks
  • Mets: Tylor Megill (1-0, 1.80 ERA)
    Last outing: 3/28 at Houston - 5 IP, 1ER, 3H, 1BB, 6Ks

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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Blue Jays at Mets

• Toronto is 5-2 on the Run Line this season
• New York is 3-3 on the Run Line this season
• The Mets Team ERA is 2.38 this season
• The Blue Jays Team ERA is 4.43 this season
• The Mets are hitting .188 as a team this season
• The Blue Jays are hitting .288 as a team this season

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Expert picks & predictions for Friday’s game between the Blue Jays and the Mets

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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.

Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.

Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Friday's game between the Blue Jays and the Mets:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Moneyline.
• Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the New York Mets -1.5.
• Total: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play on the Game Total OVER 7.5.

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