Pittsburgh Pirates vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 6/26/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Sunday, June 26, 2022

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The Tampa Bay Rays (38-32) will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates (29-41) at Tropicana Field on Sunday. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Roansy Contreras and Shane McClanahan.

The Pirates have compiled 89 doubles as a unit and have knocked 70 balls out of the stadium. Pittsburgh has a slugging percentage of .364 and have been called out on strikes 641 times, while drawing a walk on 210 occasions. As a unit, the Pittsburgh Pirates are earning 3.7 runs/g, which has them at 28th in baseball. They have accumulated 238 RBI's as well as 503 hits over the course of the season, while their average at the plate comes in at .220. They have 256 runs while holding a team OBP of .290.

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The Pirates have a team earned run average of 4.54 over the course of the season (25th in the league), and their staff has struck out 559 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 255 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.34 as a squad this year. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.19 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.38. Pirates pitchers have conceded 77 home runs and 352 total runs (25th in MLB).

The Pirates have sent 220 relievers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 107 runners for the season with 35.5% of them ended up scoring. They have tallied 15 saves so far this season and have blown 11 of their 26 chances to get a save. The Pirates relief pitchers have a save percentage of 57.7% and stepped onto the hill in 58 save situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 29 holds on the campaign (26th in the league). Pirates pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 69 times as well as having 67 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Pirates have turned 68.7% of baseballs in play into outs in their 5,529 innings on the field, ranking them 23rd in the majors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have a total of 1,843 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 632 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .979 which has them ranked 29th in baseball, and they have turned 56 double plays.

Contreras has taken the mound for 40 innings and is sitting with 42 punch outs during his career. Contreras (2-1 record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.93 while he has faced 172 hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 2.68 (12 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.289. He has surrendered 37 base hits (8.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 15 free passes.

Tampa Bay has accumulated 66 home runs on the campaign to go along with 268 runs batted in. They have recorded 110 doubles, while taking a walk 194 times and putting up 282 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have a team on-base percentage of .295 and a team batting average of .232 for the year. The Rays hold a team slugging percentage of .373 and they are earning 4.03 runs per contest (23rd in the league). They have struck out on 599 instances (14th in MLB) and have totaled 541 hits.

The Rays are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.115 in addition to having a FIP of 3.77 as a team on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.40 (612 strikeouts against 180 bases on balls). They sit at 5th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 517. They have given up 77 homers and they allow 3.83 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have given up 266 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.17 (220 earned runs conceded).

Sitting with 88 save situations, the Rays have accrued 51 holds and also 16 blown saves. Tampa Bay has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 36 save opportunities and they have walked away with 20 saves. Their relievers have come in 99 times in high leverage situations in addition to 70 occasions with runners on. Tampa Bay relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 21.1% out of 95 inherited base runners. They are ranked 29th in baseball with a save rate of 55.6%, and they have dispatched 259 relievers onto the diamond for the year.

The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten 49 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .982 (22nd in baseball). The Rays have racked up 586 assists, 44 errors and have accounted for 1,876 putouts during this campaign. In 5,628 innings on the diamond, the Rays hold a efficiency on defense of 71.8% (5th in professional baseball).

McClanahan (17-9 career win-loss mark) has earned a 2.77 earned run average and has conceded 7.6 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 4.79 and he has gone up against 837 hitters in his MLB career. He has given up a total of 64 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.103 and having a FIP of 3.1. In his MLB career, McClanahan has surrendered 176 hits while totaling 254 punch outs in 207 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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