Blue Jays vs Dbacks: Gimenez, Vlad Jr. Prop Bets

0:00It's April 18th. This is Toronto Blue Jays News today, powered by AI, your team, your update. Toronto Blue Jays head to Phoenix for a showdown with the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight at Chase Field, first pitch at 810 PM Eastern Time On. April 18th, 2026. Mac Shares are starts for the Jays with a rough 1-2 record and 9.58 ERA facing Zach Gallon who's 1-1 with a 3-point. 6-0 mark for Arizona. Odds have the debacks as slight favorites at minus 120 money line, with the over under at 9.5 runs. Andres Guimenez has been Toronto's hot hand early this season, batting 290 with hits in 5 stray games and 8 of his last 9. He's racked up 11 knocks in that span, 7 as singles, and he's 5 for 7 lifetime against Gallon with 4 singles, that makes the over 0.5 singles prop and minus 125 look solid value over his general hits line.

1:00Jays hitters have the lowest strikeout rate in baseball, and Gallon averages just 2.75 whispers start, going under 4.5, strikeouts in 3 of 4 outings. Meanwhile, Nolan Aeronado struck out in 7 of his last 10 games and owns a 167 average against Sherser with 5Ks in 18, at bats. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. could break his slump with a homer at plus 510 odds, Gallon's yielded both his long balls this year to Rides, and Washa. Vladis crushing sliders at a 625 slugging rate, while posting a strong 1350, OPS vs Gallon. Toronto's also cashed the first 5 innings team total under, and 17 of 23 games, a sharp trend heading into this one, keep an eye on these spots if you're tuning in.