Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 10/5/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

The Boston Red Sox (76-84) are welcoming the Tampa Bay Rays (86-74) at Fenway Park on Wednesday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Drew Rasmussen and Nick Pivetta.

Tampa Bay has a slugging rate of .377 and have struck out 1,383 times, while taking a walk on 492 occasions. They have accumulated 631 RBI's and 1,285 base knocks so far this season, and their average at the plate sits at .240. The Rays have accumulated 292 two-baggers as a team and have hit 137 balls out of the park. They have racked up 663 runs and hold an OBP of .308. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are recording 4.1 runs per contest, which is 21st in the league.

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Rays pitchers have conceded 169 home runs in addition to 602 runs (6th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 376 opposing batters and their FIP is 3.66 as a squad on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.65 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.14. The Rays have compiled a team ERA of 3.37 on the campaign (4th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,371 batters.

Rays pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 135 times in addition to having 197 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have 116 holds on the campaign (1st in baseball). The Rays bullpen have a save percentage of 55.0% and stepped onto the hill in 198 save situations. They have recorded 44 saves on the year and have blown 36 out of their 80 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 178 base runners for the season and 25.3% of those players ended up scoring. The Rays have dispatched 566 relief pitchers to the hill on the year.

The Tampa Bay Rays have accounted for 4,269 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,369 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .986 which has them sitting 13th in baseball, and have 108 double plays. The Rays have converted 70.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of 12,807 innings on the field, which ranks them 5th in professional baseball.

Rasmussen has taken the ball for 237 innings and is sitting with 219 K's so far in his pro baseball career. Rasmussen (16-8 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.30 while he has faced 962 batters in the majors. His ERA is 3.03 (80 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.096. He has surrendered 195 hits (7.4 hits per nine innings) and has 65 free passes.

The Red Sox have a team SLG% of .409 and they are earning 4.52 runs per contest (9th in MLB). They have recorded 351 doubles, while getting a free base 470 times and putting up 723 runs. Boston has 152 HRs on the year as well as 693 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 1,360 instances (16th in the league) and have recorded 1,412 base hits. The Boston Red Sox have earned an on-base percentage of .320 in addition to a batting average of .257 for the season.

The Red Sox have a WHIP of 1.355 with a FIP of 4.15 as a staff over the course of the season. They are sitting at 26th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,402. The Boston pitching staff have allowed 784 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 4.56 (718 earned runs conceded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.58 (1,334 strikeouts against 518 walks). They have surrendered 183 long balls and they relinquish 4.98 runs per 9 innings (25th in baseball).

Boston bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 39.6% out of their 230 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 180 times in high leverage situations in addition to 154 occasions with runners on. With 152 save situations, the Red Sox have earned 85 holds in addition to 29 blown saves. They rank 24th in MLB with a save rate of 56.7%, and they have sent 571 relievers onto the field over the course of the season. Boston has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 67 save chances and they have come away with 38 saves.

Out of their 12,753 innings on the diamond, the Red Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.2% (26th in MLB). The Boston Red Sox have gotten 132 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (17th in the majors). The Red Sox have accrued 1,435 assists, 85 errors and have accumulated 4,251 putouts for the season.

So far in his career, Pivetta has surrendered 736 base knocks while he has tallied 779 punch outs in 737 innings pitched. Pivetta (40-50 career record) has a 5.02 ERA and has given up 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 411 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.389 and a FIP of 4.5. His K/BB ratio is 2.70 and he has faced 3,185 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Boston

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