The regular season ended with the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees tied for the American League East championship. Toronto won the tiebreaker and earned a wild card bye.
Meanwhile, the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox in the wild card series. New York won the final two games after losing Game 1 to Boston.
Now the Blue Jays and Yankees will settle things once and for all in 2025.
On Tuesday night, Yankee Stadium will host Game 3 of the American League Division Series with the Yankees favored in MLB betting odds.
In the first two games at Toronto, the Blue Jays bombarded the Yankees with wins of 10-1 in Game 1 and 13-7 in Game 2.
Blue Jays at Yankees Preview
On Tuesday, October 7, 2025, the New York Yankees will host the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY. Game time is 8:08 p.m. ET with television coverage on FS1.
The probable starting pitcher for Toronto is right-hander Shane Bieber. In 2025, Biber was 4-2 with a 3.57 earned run average with a 1.02 WHIP. Bieber was on the disabled list most of the season. Finally, he was activated on August 22.
The probable starting pitcher for New York is left-hander Carlos Rodon. In 2025, Rodon was 18-9 with a 3.09 earned run average and 1.05 WHIP.
Blue Jays at Yankees Predictions
- The Yankees are the most popular team on the board in the American League.
- New York consistently carries higher prices at home based on its brand and the mystique of Yankee Stadium.
- In a home playoff game against Toronto, New York won’t be as expensive as normal.
- New York was a solid home team this year and won two out of three at Yankee Stadium in the wild-card round.
- Toronto was not a reliable MLB betting value on the road this year.
- In this situation, New York offers more value.
Blue Jays at Yankees Best Bet: New York Yankees
Blue Jays at Yankees Betting Tips
- In the regular season, the Toronto Blue Jays were 94-68 and 40-41 on the road.
- Toronto was 86-71-5 over the total.
- The Blue Jays had MLB metrics of 4th for run production, 3rd for OPS, 11th for home runs, and 28th for stolen bases.
- Toronto ranked 19th for earned run average, 16th for WHIP, and 16th for bullpen ERA.
- George Springer led the Blue Jays in the regular season with 105 runs, 32 home runs, 84 runs batted in, and a .959 OPS.
- So far in the playoffs, Vladimir Guerrero has three runs, two home runs, and six RBI with a 1.933 OPS.
- In the 2025 season, the Yankees finished with a 94-68 record and a 40-31 home record.
- New York was 76-84-5 under the total.
- New York ranked 1st for run production, 1st for OPS, 1st for home runs, and 9th for stolen bases.
- New York ranked 14th for earned run average, 12th for WHIP, 24th for fewest errors committed, and 23rd for bullpen ERA.
- So far in five playoff games, Aaron Judge has not hit a home run after powering to 53 home runs in the regular season.
Blue Jays at Yankees Head-to-Head and Key Stats
- In the series between Toronto and New York, the Blue Jays won 11 of the most recent 20 meetings.
- The Yankees and Blue Jays went under the total in only seven of their last 20 matchups.
- Specifically, at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees got the cash in eight of their most recent 11 games against the Blue Jays.
- Only six of the last 20 games between the Blue Jays and Yankees at Yankee Stadium went over the total.
- Toronto was one of the most profitable teams in 2025 at +1677 units on the money line and +1494 against the run line.
- Toronto was -69 money line units on the road.
- The Yankees finished -559 units on the moneyline and -162 against the run line.
- New York was +8 moneyline units at home.