Jamal Murray headline: Toronto -136 at Minnesota in VSiN MLB board
Jamal Murray appears in the headline, but the betting note that matters is Toronto at Minnesota: VSiN listed the Blue Jays as a system match at -136 for Thursday, April 30, 2026. That put Toronto among the day’s handpicked MLB plays on a board built from the VSiN Analytics team’s daily handicapping process.
Toronto at Minnesota
Steve Makinen and the VSiN Analytics team shared the day’s MLB betting trends for April 30, 2026, and Toronto was the cleanest system play in the mix. The line was -136 at Minnesota, placing the Blue Jays on a slate that also included Philadelphia Game 1 at -149 against San Francisco, Pittsburgh at -219 versus St. Louis, the New York Mets at -207 versus Washington, and Milwaukee at -126 versus Arizona.
The report was built to mirror the way Makinen and other members of the analytics group handicap each MLB board, with the top trends and systems handpicked for the day by AJ Makinen. That makes the Toronto number part of a broader wagering card, not a one-off recommendation. Bettors reading the board got one clear price on the Blue Jays and a set of other listed positions to compare against it.
Makinen system trends
The supporting records came from longer-running betting patterns. Since the start of the 2022 season, teams playing the first game of a new series on the road after a win in which they scored six or more runs had gone 411-355 for +53.10 units, a 6.9% ROI when they were not priced at +175 or worse. That is the kind of trend data behind the daily board, and it is the type of filter that can push a team onto the list even before the matchup-specific line is considered.
Other system records were mixed. Teams with an even or worse record but a better Steve Makinen Bullpen Rating and starting pitcher rating had gone 207-139 for +48.41 units and a +14.0% ROI in the 2025 regular season. Teams with strong bullpens and an elite starting pitcher were even stronger at 352-210 for +30.55 units and a 5.4% ROI, while teams with strong bullpens and a poor starting pitcher were 184-226 for -38.36 units and teams with poor bullpens and a poor starting pitcher were 148-267 for -34.71 units.
Athletics and the market
The sharpest market wrinkle on the board came with the Athletics, who were listed as the number one underpriced favorite according to the Makinen Strength Ratings at -126 against Kansas City. The projection had that game closer to Athletics -151, a gap that marked the biggest pricing edge in the source. For readers comparing options, that was the clearest example of how the system split a line from a projection.
Toronto did not get that same projection gap in the facts provided, but it did land on the day’s system-match list at Minnesota. For bettors, that means the Blue Jays were part of the group the analytics team wanted on the board for Thursday, while the Athletics were the one game where the posted line and projection were separated by the widest margin.
