St. Louis Cardinals vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 6/8/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The St. Louis Cardinals (32-23) are hitting the road to Tropicana Field on Wednesday where they will attempt to beat the Tampa Bay Rays (31-23). The pitchers who are expected to start will be Packy Naughton and Corey Kluber.

As a unit, the St. Louis Cardinals are notching 4.9 runs per contest, which ranks them 4th in baseball. They have 269 runs while holding a team OBP of .323. The Cardinals have tallied 94 doubles as a unit and have smacked 55 balls out of the park. They have accrued 258 RBI's as well as 478 hits over the course of the season, while their team batting average is sitting at .254. St. Louis is slugging .399 and have struck out 406 times, while being walked on 180 occasions.

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Cardinals pitchers have allowed 57 home runs and 215 runs (9th in the league). They have walked 182 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.28 as a squad on the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.21 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.31. The Cardinals have an ERA of 3.79 so far this year (14th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 402 batters.

The Cardinals have sent 169 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The relievers have inherited 90 base runners for the season and 32.2% of them earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 13 saves for the year and have blown 5 out of their 18 chances to save the game. The Cardinals relievers have accumulated a save rate of 72.2% and has entered the game in 41 save situations. The bullpen have tallied 23 holds over the course of the season (23rd in the league). Cardinals bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 57 times and also have had 42 appearances in high leverage situations.

The St. Louis Cardinals have a tally of 1,467 putouts this year, in addition to 577 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which ranks 7th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 54 double plays. The Cardinals have turned 70.5% of balls hit into play into outs in their 4,401 innings, which has them ranked 11th in MLB.

Naughton has thrown 34 innings and is sitting with 24 strikeouts so far in his career. His ERA is 5.24 (20 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.573. He has surrendered 39 hits (10.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 15 free passes. Naughton (0-5 career record) has a FIP of 5.05 and he has gone up against 155 batters during his time in the majors.

The Rays have a team slugging percentage of .375 and they average 4.13 runs per game (22nd in the league). They have hit 81 two-baggers, while taking a walk 159 times as well as scoring 223 runs. Tampa Bay has tallied 52 long balls this year to go along with 211 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 457 occasions (16th in MLB) and have 415 hits. The Tampa Bay Rays hold a team OBP of .297 in addition to a team batting average of .231 so far this year.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff have relinquished 212 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 3.31 (179 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 60 dingers and they yield 3.93 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.123 and have a FIP of 3.77 as a team over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 3.50 (473 strikeouts vs 135 walks). They have a ranking of 8th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 411.

Tampa Bay bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 20.5% out of 73 inherited runners. Their relievers have come in 73 times in high leverage situations and on 56 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 70 save situations, the Rays have earned 40 holds and 12 blown saves. They rank 24th in the league holding a save rate of 58.6%, and they have dispatched 201 relievers onto the diamond for the year. Tampa Bay has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 29 save chances and they have walked away with 17 saves.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 36 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (20th in professional baseball). The Rays have recorded 457 assists, 34 errors and have notched a total of 1,458 putouts this season. In 4,374 innings played, the Rays have a efficiency on defense of 71.4% (9th in professional baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Kluber has given up 1,288 base hits while he has tallied 1,590 punch outs in 1,473 innings. Kluber (105-63 career mark) has a 3.21 earned run average while giving up 7.9 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 526 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.101 and a FIP of 3.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.76 and he has faced 5,948 opposing hitters in his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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