Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 9/5/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Monday, September 5, 2022

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The Tampa Bay Rays (74-57) will play the Boston Red Sox (66-68) at Tropicana Field on Monday. The expected starting pitchers will be Michael Wacha and Drew Rasmussen.

The Red Sox have hit 307 doubles as a team and have hit 126 baseballs out of the park. Boston is slugging .412 and have been called out on strikes 1,143 times, while taking a walk on 380 occasions. As a team, the Boston Red Sox are scoring 4.6 runs/g, which is 8th in the league. They have accrued 584 runs batted in in addition to 1,200 hits this season, and their average at the plate comes in at .259. They are sitting with 612 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .319.

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The Red Sox have an earned run average of 4.53 on the campaign (25th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 1,124 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 435 batters and their FIP is 4.09 as a unit over the course of the season. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.58 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.34. Red Sox pitchers have given up 147 home runs and also 655 runs (25th in the league).

Red Sox relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 143 times as well as having 155 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 72 holds for the year (13th in baseball). The Red Sox bullpen have earned a save percentage of 56.4% and has stepped onto the mound in 127 save situations. They have accumulated 31 saves for the season and have blown 24 out of their 55 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 212 runners over the course of the season and 37.7% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Red Sox have dispatched 485 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season.

The Boston Red Sox have a total of 3,585 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,210 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .986 which has them sitting 15th in the majors, and they have turned 112 double plays. The Red Sox have turned 68.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of 10,755 innings, which has them ranked 26th in professional baseball.

Wacha has thrown 1,121 frames and has 993 K's so far in his MLB career. Wacha (73-49 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.04 while going up against 4,755 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.01 (499 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.305. He has given up 1,098 base knocks (8.8 hits per 9 innings) with 365 walks.

The Rays have a SLG% of .383 and they earn 4.28 runs per outing (17th in the league). They have recorded 233 two-baggers, while getting a free base 410 times as well as putting up 561 runs. Tampa Bay has accumulated 119 home runs on the season to go along with 532 RBIs. They have been rung up on 1,142 instances (13th in baseball) and have 1,064 hits. The Tampa Bay Rays have compiled a team on-base percentage of .311 in addition to a team batting average of .242 for the year.

The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.133 and have a FIP of 3.61 as a team on the season. They rank 5th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,016. The Tampa Bay pitching staff have relinquished 490 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 3.28 (426 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.72 (1,146 strikeouts against 308 walks). They have surrendered 136 dingers and they surrender 3.78 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league).

Sitting with 165 save situations, the Rays have 96 holds and 29 blown saves. Tampa Bay has called on relievers to enter the game in 67 save chances and they have tallied 38 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 167 times in high leverage situations and also on 113 occasions with runners on. Tampa Bay relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 25.5% of 149 inherited base runners. They are ranked 26th in baseball holding a save percentage of 56.7%, and they have sent 462 relief pitchers to the hill for the year.

The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten 89 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (13th in the majors). The Rays have 1,124 assists, 66 errors and have accounted for 3,506 putouts for the season. In 10,518 innings played, the Rays hold a defensive efficiency of 70.8% (6th in baseball).

Rasmussen (14-5 record in his career) holds a 2.99 earned run average while allowing 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.23 and he has gone up against 845 opposing hitters in his career. He has surrendered 69 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.106 and a FIP of 3.3. During his career, Rasmussen has surrendered 169 hits while tallying 197 punch outs in 208 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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