Rarely will you find a pitching disparity as big as this one, as Toronto’s Halladay is a perennial Cy Young candidate while Boston’s Tavarez has two wins in 19 games vs. the Jays.
Yes this is a lot of chalk, but this price is high with very good reason!
For starters, Red Sox starting pitcher Julián Tavárez owns just two wins through 19 career appearances against the Blue Jays, and he has started the 2007 season with a bloated 9.00 ERA and 2.75 WHIP. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Jays ace Roy Halladay is undefeated this season on turf with a spectacular 2.12 ERA and 0.94 WHIP, which sharpens here at home to 0.90 and 0.60 respectively.
This is a total pitching mismatch, so go with Halladay and the Jays.