Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 8/12/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Friday, August 12, 2022

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The Tampa Bay Rays (58-52) will try to defeat the Baltimore Orioles (58-52) at Tropicana Field on Friday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Austin Voth and Corey Kluber.

Baltimore has a slugging % of .392 and have been rung up 958 times, while drawing a walk on 314 occasions. They have accumulated 440 RBI's as well as 879 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .237. The Orioles have accounted for 202 doubles as a squad and have smacked 115 balls out of the park. They have racked up 467 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .306. As a team, the Baltimore Orioles are scoring 4.3 runs per contest, which ranks them 20th in baseball.

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Orioles pitchers have allowed 123 long balls in addition to 459 runs (12th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 303 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.10 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.77 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.29. The Orioles hold a team earned run average of 3.89 for the year (15th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 839 hitters.

The Orioles have dispatched 379 relievers to the hill on the year. The relievers have inherited 207 base runners for the season and 29.5% of them crossed the plate. They have compiled 32 saves so far this season and have blown 10 of 42 save opportunities. The Orioles relievers have a save rate of 76.2% and has stepped onto the mound in 106 save situations. The relief pitchers have 62 holds over the course of the season (10th in the league). Orioles bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 147 times and also have had 137 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Orioles have turned 69.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 8,772 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 21st in the majors. The Baltimore Orioles have a total of 2,924 putouts for the season, as well as 1,022 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which has them ranked 22nd in MLB, and have a total of 97 double plays.

Voth has pitched in 218 innings and has tallied 212 strikeouts thus far in his career. His earned run average is 5.28 (128 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.424. He has given up 229 base knocks (9.4 hits per nine innings) and has had 82 free passes. Voth (11-9 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 4.84 and he has gone up against 952 batters in the major leagues.

The Rays hold a team SLG% of .377 and they score 4.09 runs per outing (22nd in the league). They have hit 190 doubles, while getting a free base 341 times as well as scoring 446 runs. Tampa Bay has 97 long balls this season and 423 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 967 instances (5th in MLB) and have recorded 871 base hits. The Tampa Bay Rays are sitting with an on-base percentage of .308 and a team batting average of .239 so far this season.

The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.151 in addition to having a FIP of 3.73 as a team for the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 3.56 (933 strikeouts against 262 walks). They sit at 4th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 852. They have yielded 117 homers and they surrender 3.96 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have given up 426 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 3.43 (369 earned runs surrendered).

Sitting with 132 save situations, the Rays have amassed 75 holds in addition to 25 blown saves. Tampa Bay has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 56 save chances and they have recorded 31 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 135 times in high leverage situations and on 93 occasions with runners on base. Tampa Bay relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 25.0% out of 128 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 28th in baseball with a save percentage of 55.4%, and they have sent 386 relievers to the hill so far this season.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 76 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (14th in professional baseball). The Rays have recorded 933 assists, 57 errors and have amassed 2,906 putouts this year. In their 8,718 innings on the field, the Rays are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (5th in MLB).

Kluber (110-67 career record) has a 3.26 ERA while allowing 7.9 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.80 and he has faced 6,203 batters during his MLB career. He has given up 555 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.104 and a FIP of 3.1. During his MLB career, Kluber has surrendered 1,351 base hits while he has earned 1,643 K's in 1,533 frames.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore

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