Dodgers vs Blue Jays: Injury-Riddled Showdown

0:00It's April 6th. This is MLB News Today, driven by AI following the season in real time. The Los Angeles Dodgers, sitting pretty at 7 wins and 2 losses, head to Toronto to face the Blue Jays, who are 4 and 5 on the season. Gain time is Monday at 7.07 pm, Eastern daylight time, with Justin Robleski starting for the Dodgers at 0 and 0 with a 6.7. 5 ERA and Max Scherzer taking the hill for Toronto, 1 and 0 with a sharp, 1.50 ERA. Betting lines have the Dodgers' favorites at minus 145, Blue Jays at plus 121, and the over under at 8 and a half runs. Toronto's desperate to snap a 4 game losing streak, while LA keeps rolling strong early in the year. Last season, the Blue Jays finished 94 and 68 overall, dominating at home with 54 wins and 27 losses, hitting 2. 65 as a team, and averaging 9 hits a game. Dodgers were 93 and 69, solid on the road at 41 and 40, with pitchers posting a 3.96 ERA

1:06at 9.4 strikeouts per 9. Both squads are banged up bad. Toronto's missing Cody Ponce and Anthony Santendere on the 60-day I.L. plus pitchers like Shane Bieber and Jose Barrios on the 15-day list and Alejandro Kirk out with a hand issue. Dodgers have Mookie Betts and Tommy Edmond on the 10-day I.L. and a shoulder epidemic sidelineing, Gavin Stone, Blake Snell and several relievers. This match up shapes up as a test of depth with all those injuries piling up, but Scherzer's form could keep it close to an end and see who bounces back.