Cubs look to build on offensive breakout against struggling Blue Jays starter Patrick Corbin

I'm gladsome we didn't instrumentality the tally enactment yesterday successful the shot game. We had the nether 8 for the crippled betwixt the White Sox and Tigers, and it ended 4-3. The Tigers did propulsion disconnected the win, but arsenic I mentioned, it wasn't justified that Detroit should beryllium -250, adjacent with Tarik Skubal connected the mound. Today, we displacement to the Chicago National League squad arsenic the Cubs big the Blue Jays.

The Toronto Blue Jays are a squad I've written astir about apt much than astir squads successful the league. That's not a ailment oregon anything, it conscionable happens that I spot a batch of worth successful their games. Most of that is due to the fact that erstwhile they are favorites, they aren't large favorites fixed their 37-39 grounds and rash of injuries to their pitching staff. When they are dogs, they are usually beauteous tiny pups, offering small value, but that means the opposing favourite isn't excessively precocious of a price.

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Pete Crow-Armstrong #4 of the Chicago Cubs rounds the bases aft hitting a solo location tally successful the eighth inning during the crippled betwixt the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals astatine Busch Stadium connected Saturday, May 30, 2026 successful St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Ali Overstreet/MLB Photos via Getty Images) (Ali Overstreet/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

The Jays were blitzed by the Cubs yesterday, and they volition request a beardown commencement contiguous from Patrick Corbin. The erstwhile highly touted hurler is conscionable 2-3 with a 4.57 ERA and a 1.48 WHIP. He had a decent twelvemonth with the Rangers, but seems to beryllium struggling again, arsenic helium did successful his clip with the Nationals. Corbin is simply a small much reliable connected the road, fixed that helium has pitched 10 much innings and has allowed 3 less runs connected the roadworthy than astatine home, starring to a 3.57 ERA. He hasn't fixed the Blue Jays overmuch lately, going conscionable 11.2 innings successful 3 starts and allowing 11 runs connected 17 hits. Cubs hitters are precise beardown against him, batting .316 against him.

The Cubs are 1 of the much frustrating teams to ticker this season. Perhaps that is maine conscionable saying that arsenic a instrumentality of the team, but they've had 2 10-game winning streaks, and besides a losing streak of 10 games. Since May 9, the squad has gone 13-24. Sure, immoderate of that tin beryllium attributed to injuries to their pitching unit -- they person lone 2 steadfast starters from the opening of the year. But, astir of this needs to beryllium placed connected the hitting of the club. Nico Hoerner is batting .238, Ian Happ is astatine .228, and Dansby Swanson is simply a pathetic .177.

Toronto Blue Jays' Ernie Clement hits a three-run location tally during the 3rd inning against the Baltimore Orioles successful Toronto connected June 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)

Still, the Cubs broke retired the bats yesterday, and Pete Crow-Armstrong looks similar the five-tool subordinate from the archetypal fractional of past season. If they tin get immoderate pitching, possibly they volition beryllium the ascendant squad we saw earlier this year. Today's starter is Colin Rea, who has not been precise bully this month. He has made 3 starts, allowed 19 hits, and 13 earned runs implicit 14.2 innings pitched. He has, however, been overmuch amended astatine location with a 3.03 ERA successful 5 starts (six appearances). Blue Jays hitters haven't seen overmuch of him, but are hitting .176 against Rea successful 17 at-bats.

There is simply a wide subordinate prop to play successful this one. However, the atrocious quality is that helium is not connected the database of options, truthful you mightiness request to petition oregon find him successful a antithetic publication different than DraftKings. Michael Conforto is 12-for-36 against Corbin with 7 extra-base hits, including 5 homers. I'd play him astatine 2+ full bases and astatine 1 homer arsenic agelong arsenic you tin get +200 oregon amended for the bases, and +700 for the homer prop.

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Pete Crow-Armstrong #4 of the Chicago Cubs reacts aft getting deed by a transportation successful the eighth inning against the Chicago White Sox astatine Rate Field connected May 17, 2026 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Michael Hirschuber/Getty Images)

If you can't find it, oregon they ne'er station it (but I person to ideate they volition springiness options erstwhile helium is added to the lineup, and helium perfectly should be, fixed his history), I inactive person a play. I'm taking the Cubs astatine -130 here. Rea isn't the astir reliable, but helium should astatine slightest beryllium decent here, and the Cubs volition person the fresher bullpen. Give maine the Cubs to triumph this one.

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