Chicago Cubs at Toronto Blue Jays 8/29/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Monday night MLB action and our MLB picks are here, the Chicago Cubs will travel to the Rogers Centre to open up a series against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Cubs (55-73) are eight games below .500 on the road and are sitting a distant third in the NL Central Division standings. On Sunday, Franmil Reyes and Nico Hoerner each went deep during a 9-7 road loss against Milwaukee.

Chicago manager David Ross has yet to name a starting pitcher for this game. The Cubs rank in the bottom third of the majors with a 4.23 team ERA and have logged just 33 quality starts.

The Toronto Blue Jays are looking to snap a three-game losing streak and hold a 1.5 game lead over Baltimore in the race for the final AL Wild Card spot. On Sunday, Toronto SP Ross Stripling (6-4) gave up three runs in six innings during an 8-3 home loss versus Los Angeles. OF George Springer hit his 19th home run of the year in a losing effort for the Blue Jays (68-58).

Twenty-eight year old righty Jose Berrios (9-5 5.28 ERA) will get the nod for the Blue Jays on Monday. Toronto has won Berrios’ last two starts and he has allowed three earned runs over his last 12 plus innings.