Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 7/26/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-175) Baltimore (+150)

The Tampa Bay Rays (52-43) are hitting the road to Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Tuesday where they will attempt to defeat the Baltimore Orioles (47-48). The moneyline on this contest has Tampa Bay at -175 while Baltimore is priced at +150. The total comes in at 7.5. The men taking the mound will be Shane McClanahan and Spenser Watkins.

Tampa Bay is slugging .382 and have struck out 835 times, while being walked on 287 occasions. They have tallied 379 runs batted in as well as 763 hits for the season, while their average at the plate is at .240. The Rays have accounted for 168 doubles as a squad and have knocked 87 baseballs out of the park. They have racked up 400 runs and hold an OBP of .307. As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are compiling 4.2 runs per game, which is 21st in baseball.

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The Rays have compiled a team ERA of 3.40 on the campaign (4th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 819 hitters. They have walked 236 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.82 as a team for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.47 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.16. Rays pitchers have given up 107 home runs and 372 runs (6th in MLB).

The Rays have sent 342 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 115 runners so far this year with 22.6% of those players crossed home plate. They have recorded 27 saves this year and have missed out on 23 of their 50 chances to get a save. The Rays relievers have recorded a save percentage of 54.0% and has entered the game in 118 save situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 67 holds for the season (1st in MLB). Rays relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 85 times and also have had 119 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rays have turned 71.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of 7,395 innings, which has them sitting at 5th in professional baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have earned 2,465 putouts on the year, as well as 778 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .985 which puts them in 14th in pro baseball, and have 66 double plays.

McClanahan has thrown 234 frames and has accounted for 288 K's so far in his career. His earned run average is 2.62 (68 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.047. He has surrendered 189 hits (7.3 hits per nine innings) with 56 free passes. McClanahan (20-9 mark in his career) has a FIP of 2.89 and he has gone up against 929 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

The Orioles hold a team SLG% of .388 and they are earning 4.19 runs per outing (22nd in baseball). They have recorded 176 doubles, while getting a free base 266 times and racking up 398 runs. Baltimore has accumulated 97 HRs so far this year to go along with 376 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 840 occasions (6th in the league) and have totaled 754 base knocks. The Baltimore Orioles have earned an on-base percentage of .302 and a batting average of .234 on the campaign.

The Baltimore pitching staff have given up 409 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 3.98 (372 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 103 HR's and they allow 4.38 runs per 9 innings (16th in MLB). The Orioles have a team WHIP of 1.296 in addition to having a FIP of 4.12 as a staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.68 (710 strikeouts vs 265 free passes). They rank 26th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 824.

Sitting with 91 save situations, the Orioles have recorded 54 holds and 9 blown saves. Baltimore has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 35 save chances and they have walked away with 26 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 121 times in high leverage situations and on 120 occasions with runners on base. Baltimore relievers have an inherited score percentage of 30.6% out of their 170 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 5th in MLB holding a save rate of 74.3%, and they have dispatched 329 relievers onto the diamond so far this season.

In 7,323 innings on the field, the Orioles have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.1% (22nd in pro baseball). The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 80 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (23rd in MLB). The Orioles have 865 assists, 58 errors and have accumulated 2,441 putouts so far this year.

Thus far in his career, Watkins has given up 126 hits while he has tallied 66 punch outs in 107 frames. He has surrendered 72 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.537 and having a FIP of 5.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.69 and he has gone up against 483 opposing batters so far in his career. Watkins (5-8 career record) is the owner of a 6.04 earned run average while giving up 10.6 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-175)

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