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Blue Jays at Orioles Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 29
It's Tuesday, July 29 and the Blue Jays (63-44) are in Baltimore to take on the Orioles (48-58). Charlie Morton takes the mound for Baltimore, while Toronto has not announced its starter yet. The Orioles took the series opener 11-4 to extend its twinning streak to three games. Baltimore has scored 34 runs in the past three games, while Toronto has dropped two straight giving up 21 runs. The Blue Jays were 8-1 before the two-game losing skid. Let's dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two. We've got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on how to catch first pitch, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts. Follow Rotoworld Player News for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long. Game details & how to watch Blue Jays at Orioles Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Time: 12:35PM EST Site: Oriole Park at Camden Yards City: Baltimore, MD Network/Streaming: Sportsnet, MASN, MLBN Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day MLB schedule page, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out. Odds for the Blue Jays at the Orioles The latest odds as of Tuesday: Moneyline: Blue Jays (+116), Orioles (-136) Spread: Orioles -1.5 Total: 10.0 runs Probable starting pitchers for Blue Jays at Orioles Pitching matchup for July 29, 2025: TBA vs. Charlie Morton Blue Jays: TBA Orioles: Charlie Morton, (6-8, 5.48 ERA)Last outing: 4.05 ERA, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 5 Hits Allowed, 4 Walks, and 7 Strikeouts Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest MLB player news for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type! Expert picks & predictions for tonight's game between the Blue Jays and the Orioles Rotoworld Best Bet Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700. Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts. Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager. Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Tuesday's game between the Blue Jays and the Orioles: Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Moneyline. Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Toronto Blue Jays at +1.5. Total: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Game Total of 10.0. Want even more MLB best bets and predictions from our expert staff & tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page from NBC. Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Blue Jays at Orioles Baltimore leads the season series 4-3 Baltimore has outscored the Blue Jays 46-33 this year Baltimore is 8-2 over the last 10 Morton starts Toronto is 8-3 since the All-Star break Toronto has scored four-plus runs in 11 straight games If you're looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our MLB Top Trends tool on NBC Sports! Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff: Jay Croucher (@croucherJD) Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper) Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports) Trysta Krick (@Trysta_Krick)
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Charlie Morton feels 'just regret' for Orioles failings at MLB trade deadline
BALTIMORE – Like many veteran pitchers on expiring contracts, Charlie Morton's name will appear with frequency this week as Major League Baseball's trade deadline lurches toward its July 31 conclusion. Any team acquiring Morton will get a 41-year-old sage, a two-time World Series champion and a master of reinvention who has turned a deceptive fastball and tight curve into an 18-year career. They will also get a player unlike any other, one whose early-season underperformance exacerbated the Baltimore Orioles' disappointing descent into last place, yet whose talent and self-awareness extracted himself from that morass into an asset desired by other teams. Perhaps more than any big leaguer, Morton feels every dip and ascent deeply. And this season was a four-month journey that at times delved into guilt and remorse, doubt and denial - while wondering whether he should continue accepting his $15 million salary while his wife and four kids were home without him. Those emotions won't be far beneath the surface this week if the trade winds propel Morton to yet another destination. 'It wasn't like, 'Is your stuff good enough?' It was a question of, morally and ethically, am I obligated to just shut it down because my performance wasn't good enough? Was that the right thing to do?' Morton tells USA TODAY Sports a day before his July 29 start, which could be his final home outing at Camden Yards. 'You have a team where there's a lot of expectation and you're a big part of the reason why the team's struggling. Once every five or six days I go out there and I stink, then you start thinking, how long is this going to take to work out?' Turns out it was less than a month. 'Is this right or wrong?' While the Orioles would find greater depths, rock bottom for Morton came April 20, an Easter Sunday start in which he gave up seven runs but recorded just seven outs against the Cincinnati Reds, a 24-2 throttling that portended grimmer things for the 9-12 Orioles. Morton's plight was even uglier. After five starts, his ERA was 10.89. Opponents were batting .352 and reaching base at a .442 clip. His fastball still crackled and his curveball snapped, but he was getting pummeled, the details still fresh in his mind. 'I remember taking off my jersey after the Reds start – I think I gave up seven or eight runs in two innings – and that's when I started to think, man, is this right or wrong?' he says. 'Which is crazy to think about. That out of how many hundreds of games I've pitched in my professional career, that after five starts, you still allow yourself to question how good you are. How bad it is. Or how much better it can be. 'It's really irrational. At the same time, it's not. You've only got so much time. You only have so many starts in a season. The team only has so many starts it can give the ball to you before, 'Alright, Charlie…' 'But I think the emotional part of it was more, I'm now paying my time and worth to be here. Instead of at home with my family. I continued to play because there were some personal reasons and personal feelings I had where I felt like I wasn't done yet. 'So when you're sitting here on a 12 ERA after five starts and you're thinking, there's our owner and our general manager, our manager, our pitching coach and my teammates, the fans. All those people are counting on you. Your kids are counting on you at home. 'And so you're paying the price of time to be here. And the team is giving you their time and money to be here. It's a very philosophically conflicting place to be. That's what made it hard.' Thankfully, crawling out of it wasn't as emotionally heavy as falling in. 'The reason you're there is because you stink' Morton has pitched for a half-dozen franchises since his 2008 debut, including two stints with Atlanta, toiling for double-digit pitching coaches. He's lived the modern pitching evolution, debuting two years before the iPad hit the market and persevering long enough to see pitchers rely on it like an infant needs their binkie. To this point, he gives significant credit to Orioles pitching coach Drew French for his emotional bandwidth and possessing, as Morton says, 'a feeling you have, a trust in the best ones I've worked with. 'It's not just, can they talk about executing a pitch at the knees or spinning a breaking ball, or, can you read a Trackman chart. Most of 'em, it's found in the personality and the character of the person. For me, Frenchy was a really big deal for me this year, talking me through some stuff.' Yet some things can only be solved from within. With Morton still averaging better than 94 mph on both his four-seam fastball and sinker, the problems were not with his arm, or his pitch grip or repertoire, nor anything that he said could be found 'on a skeletal model or on video.' Instead, it was buried within the subtle elements that have enabled Morton to win 144 career games and continue hearing his phone ring each winter, with contract offers good enough to lure him from his Connecticut home. Touch and feel. Balance. Timing. Those things can get lost in the early-season blitzkrieg, where bad starts compounded and a trip to the bullpen was truly the only way Morton could slow it down and recalibrate. Morton's ego could handle the demotion, save for what it represented. 'The reason why you're there is because you stink. Because you're not good enough to pitch in the rotation,' he says. 'And someone that literally just signed you two months ago thinks you're not good enough to pitch in the rotation. Or would benefit from pitching out of the bullpen. 'That's a whole different cycle, a whole different process. It's emotional, it's mental, it's physical – a whole new set of challenges. 'I was allowed to go through a process that I could start to really feel what I was doing. And try to find that feeling again – the balance in my lower half. The tempo that I'm used to. And that really kind of makes me who I am.' His resurrection occurred far quicker than could be imagined on his Easter nadir. He still remembers the moment – a bullpen session in Anaheim on May 10, his father's birthday – where the touch and the feel and the balance were there. Morton pitched two perfect innings that day, returned to the rotation two weeks later and has been mostly superb since. In 13 games, including 10 starts, he's struck out 71 batters in 63 ⅔ innings, posted a 3.53 ERA and given up seven home runs – after giving up five in his first 20 innings pitched. He's also pitched just 95 ⅓ innings, offering a relatively fresh arm for a contender with November dreams. 'There's just regret' It's been a decade since Morton's been traded, a December 2015 swap in which Pittsburgh shipped him across the state to Philadelphia. It was then that Morton began a transformation that wouldn't fully take until he signed with the Houston Astros before the 2017 season. And they still call him Charlie Bleeping Morton (complimentary) in Houston. He went 29-10 in two seasons there, most notably pitching the last four innings of World Series Game 7 in 2017, a Fall Classic where he gave up one run in 10 ⅓ innings. Two seasons in Tampa Bay brought a raucous 2019 playoff run and a trip to the COVID bubble World Series in 2020. Morton was still coming down from that emotional six-game loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers when Atlanta GM Alex Anthopoulos called, asking if he wanted to be a Brave. One year later, he started Game 1 of the World Series at Houston, but a Yuli Gurriel line drive struck him in the right leg. Morton steeled himself against the pain, threw 16 pitches and finished the fourth inning, retiring three batters. On a broken fibula. The Braves would win the game and the World Series, and it's not just the extra jewelry Morton would bring to a contender seeking pitching. And yet, there's still the lingering feeling of what could've been in Baltimore, dampening any excitement he might harbor about gaining a few spots in the standings via trade, let alone the uncertainty of getting uprooted. 'Really, the only way I think I can explain it is, how would you feel?' he says. 'Maybe younger guys, there's more excitement in the anticipation. I've gotten to pitch in a few World Series. Got to pitch in a bunch of playoff games. Got to be on a bunch of really good teams. 'For me, having actually contributed to the successes of teams in the past, being here right now, getting to know everybody here, I want them to feel that, too. And that, for me, is sad. Because I know I didn't do my part for that to happen. I finally start to get to know everybody in here, start to feel that connection with everybody in the room, and if that's the direction the team's going, it's too late. 'It's too late on the baseball side. It's not too late on the friendship side. That's more where I am mentally and emotionally. There's just regret.' By week's end, there may be a seventh team added to Morton's career grid, or perhaps a return engagement in Houston or Philly. Either way, come November, he'll converse with his family, 'weigh everything through the lens of a husband and a father,' he says, and decide whether he wants to do this for a 19th season. His children are now 12, 10, 8 and 6, Morton and his wife taking on the impossible task constructing a cost-benefit ratio of another year of a well-paying job versus the pull of home life. 'And then it's like, well, OK, is it the right fit?' says Morton. 'Is it the right place? Is it something we can make work?' Morton almost always seems to pull that part off. The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
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Orioles vs. Guardians predictions: MLB Thursday picks, odds, best bets
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. The Guardians will host the Orioles in Cleveland in the first tilt of a five-game slate Thursday. The O's will send veteran right-hander Charlie Morton, who has an ugly 5.58 ERA on the season, to the mound. Despite what his season-long stats say, Morton has been strong of late. Through his first five starts, Morton posted a 10.89 ERA, giving up at least four earned runs and never going more than five innings. Orioles brass took the 41-year-old out of the rotation after it appeared his big-league career could be coming to a quick close. But since going back into a starter role in late May, Morton has been better than solid. In nine starts since May 26, Morton has a 3.78 ERA while striking out 9.82 batters per nine innings and allowing less than a home run per nine innings (0.76). Charlie Morton #50 of the Baltimore Orioles pitches in the fourth inning during a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at George M. Steinbrenner Field on July 18, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. Getty Images Morton has pitched well enough to make him one of the most coveted starting pitchers on a thin trade market as Baltimore struggles to get back in the American League playoff race. Baltimore (44-57) enters Thursday 9 1/2 games out of the third and final wild card spot. He'll face a scuffling Guardians lineup, setting up a good opportunity for Morton to boost his trade value. Cleveland's .670 OPS is the third-lowest in baseball this season, ahead of only the lowly Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates. Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting While they're lineup is light-hitting as a whole, the Guardians are above-average at avoiding strikeouts. Instead of punchouts, I'm targeting Morton to pitch deep enough in this game to hit the Over on his outs prop. The play: Charlie Morton Over 15.5 outs (-135, FanDuel) Why Trust New York Post Betting Dylan Svoboda is a versatile writer and analyst across many sports. He's particularly knowledgeable about the big three — MLB, the NFL and the NBA.
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Orioles at Guardians Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 24
Its Thursday, July 24 and the Orioles (44-57) are in Cleveland looking to avoid being swept by the Guardians (51-50). Charlie Morton is slated to take the mound for Baltimore against Logan Allen for Cleveland. The Guardians won their third in a row against Baltimore and fourth straight overall Wednesday. Kyle Manzardo drove in a pair of runs to lead Cleveland to a 3-2 win over Baltimore. Slade Cecconi and three relievers limited the O's to five hits as the Guardians moved a game over .500. Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two. We've got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts. Follow Rotoworld Player News for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long. Game details & how to watch Orioles at Guardians Date: Thursday, July 24, 2025 Time: 1:10PM EST Site: Progressive Field City: Cleveland, OH Network/Streaming: MASN, CLEG, MLBN Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day MLB schedule page, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out. Odds for the Orioles at the Guardians The latest odds as of Thursday: Moneyline: Orioles (-101), Guardians (-119) Spread: Guardians 1.5 Total: 9.0 runs Probable starting pitchers for Orioles at Guardians Pitching matchup for July 24, 2025: Charlie Morton vs. Logan Allen Orioles: Charlie Morton (5-8, 5.58 ERA)Last outing: July 18 at Tampa Bay - 11.81 ERA, 7 Earned Runs Allowed, 8 Hits Allowed, 3 Walks, and 4 Strikeouts Guardians: Logan Allen (6-8, 4.06 ERA)Last outing: July 19 vs. Athletics - 5.06 ERA, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 8 Hits Allowed, 0 Walks, and 4 Strikeouts Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest MLB player news for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type! Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Orioles at Guardians The Guardians have won 4 of their last 5 home games, while the Orioles have lost 6 of 7 7 of the Orioles' last 9 road games in Cleveland have gone over the Total Jackson Holliday is riding a modest 4-game hitting streak (6-17) to raise his batting average for the season to .261 Jose Ramirez is hitting .294 (5-17) since the All-Star Break If you're looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our MLB Top Trends tool on NBC Sports! Expert picks & predictions for today's game between the Orioles and the Guardians Rotoworld Best Bet Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700. Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts. Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager. Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Thursday's game between the Orioles and the Guardians: Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Cleveland Guardians on the Moneyline. Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Baltimore Orioles at +1.5. Total: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Game Total of 9.0. Want even more MLB best bets and predictions from our expert staff & tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page from NBC Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff: Jay Croucher (@croucherJD) Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper) Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports) Brad Thomas (@MrBradThomas)
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Orioles at Guardians Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 24
Its Thursday, July 24 and the Orioles (44-57) are in Cleveland looking to avoid being swept by the Guardians (51-50). Charlie Morton is slated to take the mound for Baltimore against Logan Allen for Cleveland. The Guardians won their third in a row against Baltimore and fourth straight overall Wednesday. Kyle Manzardo drove in a pair of runs to lead Cleveland to a 3-2 win over Baltimore. Slade Cecconi and three relievers limited the O's to five hits as the Guardians moved a game over .500. Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two. We've got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts. Follow Rotoworld Player News for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long. Game details & how to watch Orioles at Guardians Date: Thursday, July 24, 2025 Time: 1:10PM EST Site: Progressive Field City: Cleveland, OH Network/Streaming: MASN, CLEG, MLBN Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day MLB schedule page, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out. Odds for the Orioles at the Guardians The latest odds as of Thursday: Moneyline: Orioles (-101), Guardians (-119) Spread: Guardians 1.5 Total: 9.0 runs Probable starting pitchers for Orioles at Guardians Pitching matchup for July 24, 2025: Charlie Morton vs. Logan Allen Orioles: Charlie Morton (5-8, 5.58 ERA) Last outing: July 18 at Tampa Bay - 11.81 ERA, 7 Earned Runs Allowed, 8 Hits Allowed, 3 Walks, and 4 StrikeoutsGuardians: Logan Allen (6-8, 4.06 ERA) Last outing: July 19 vs. Athletics - 5.06 ERA, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 8 Hits Allowed, 0 Walks, and 4 Strikeouts Orioles: Charlie Morton (5-8, 5.58 ERA) Last outing: July 18 at Tampa Bay - 11.81 ERA, 7 Earned Runs Allowed, 8 Hits Allowed, 3 Walks, and 4 Strikeouts Guardians: Logan Allen (6-8, 4.06 ERA) Last outing: July 19 vs. Athletics - 5.06 ERA, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 8 Hits Allowed, 0 Walks, and 4 Strikeouts Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest MLB player news for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type! Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Orioles at Guardians The Guardians have won 4 of their last 5 home games, while the Orioles have lost 6 of 7 7 of the Orioles' last 9 road games in Cleveland have gone over the Total Jackson Holliday is riding a modest 4-game hitting streak (6-17) to raise his batting average for the season to .261 Jose Ramirez is hitting .294 (5-17) since the All-Star Break If you're looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our MLB Top Trends tool on NBC Sports! Expert picks & predictions for today's game between the Orioles and the Guardians Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700. Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts. Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager. Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Thursday's game between the Orioles and the Guardians: Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Cleveland Guardians on the Moneyline. Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Baltimore Orioles at +1.5. Total: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Game Total of 9.0. Want even more MLB best bets and predictions from our expert staff & tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page from NBC Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff: Jay Croucher (@croucherJD) Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper) Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports) Brad Thomas (@MrBradThomas)
