Pittsburgh Pirates vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 6/24/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Friday, June 24, 2022

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Pittsburgh (+165) Tampa Bay (-195)

The Tampa Bay Rays (37-32) are hosting the Pittsburgh Pirates (28-40) at Tropicana Field on Friday. The moneyline on this game has the Pirates at +165 and the Rays are at -195. The total is 7. The pitchers taking the mound will be Mitch Keller and Jeffrey Springs.

Pittsburgh has a slugging rate of .360 and have been rung up 613 times, while being walked on 209 occasions. They have 228 RBI's and 486 base knocks this season, while their batting average is at .220. The Pirates have accrued 88 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 64 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 245 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .291. As a team, the Pittsburgh Pirates are scoring 3.6 runs per game, which is 28th in baseball.

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The Pirates have compiled a team ERA of 4.54 for the year (25th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 538 hitters. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.15 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.39. Pirates pitchers have surrendered 77 long balls and 341 runs in total (25th in MLB). They have walked 250 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.43 as a unit for the season.

Pirates pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 66 times in addition to having 62 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 29 holds so far this season (25th in the league). The Pirates relievers have earned a save percentage of 60.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 57 save situations. They have accumulated 15 saves on the year and have blown 10 of 25 save chances. The relievers have inherited 104 base runners on the campaign and 33.7% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Pirates have sent 212 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have 1,785 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 613 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .978 which has them ranked 29th in MLB, and have 55 double plays. The Pirates have turned 68.8% of baseballs in play into outs in their 5,355 innings on the field, which has them sitting 20th in baseball.

Keller (9-22 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.29 and he has gone up against 1,053 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has conceded 274 hits (10.7 hits per nine innings) and has 109 walks. His earned run average is 5.68 (146 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.656. Keller has thrown 231 innings and is sitting with 223 punch outs during his pro baseball career.

Tampa Bay has compiled 66 home runs so far this season as well as 265 runs batted in. They have tallied 110 doubles, while walking 193 times as well as putting up 278 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have accumulated an OBP of .296 and a team batting average of .232 this year. The Rays have a SLG% of .375 and they tally 4.03 runs per game (25th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 589 instances (13th in the league) and have accounted for 534 base knocks.

The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.120 and have a FIP of 3.78 as a unit on the season. They come in at 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 509. The Tampa Bay pitching staff have conceded 263 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.18 (217 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.31 (595 strikeouts vs 180 walks). They have given up 74 dingers and they concede 3.85 runs per 9 innings (5th in MLB).

Tampa Bay relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 21.1% of 95 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 95 times in high leverage situations and on 69 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 88 save situations, the Rays have accrued 51 holds in addition to 16 blown saves. They rank 29th in the league with a save rate of 55.6%, and they have dispatched 255 bullpen pitchers onto the field over the course of the season. Tampa Bay has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 36 save opportunities and they have converted 20 saves.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 49 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (22nd in MLB). The Rays have recorded 582 assists, 44 errors and have a tally of 1,846 putouts for the season. In 5,538 innings on the field, the Rays have a defensive efficiency of 71.8% (4th in MLB).

So far in his MLB career, Springs has conceded 175 base knocks while he has accumulated 210 strikeouts in 183 innings. He has given up a total of 80 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.342 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. His K/BB ratio is 2.96 and he has faced 783 opposing batters so far in his MLB career. Springs (13-7 career record) holds a 3.93 earned run average while allowing 8.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-195) and under 7 runs

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