Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 7/6/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

The Boston Red Sox (45-35) are hosting the Tampa Bay Rays (43-37) at Fenway Park on Wednesday. The pitchers taking the mound are Corey Kluber and Josh Winckowski.

Tampa Bay is slugging .378 and have been called out on strikes 698 times, while being walked on 228 occasions. They have compiled 308 runs batted in in addition to 634 base knocks so far this year, and their team batting average sits at .236. The Rays have tallied 129 doubles as a unit and have hit 76 baseballs out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 325 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .300. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 4.1 runs per game, which puts them at 24th in baseball.

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The Rays have an earned run average of 3.31 on the campaign (4th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 689 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 208 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.87 as a squad on the year. They have a K/BB ratio of 3.31 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.14. Rays pitchers have relinquished 92 long balls and 310 runs in total (4th in the league).

The Rays bullpen have earned a save rate of 53.7% and stepped onto the hill in 94 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 108 base runners on the season with 21.3% of those players crossed the plate. Rays relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 76 times as well as having 102 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have dispatched 285 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. The relief pitchers have a total of 52 holds this year (7th in the league). They have accumulated 22 saves for the season and have blown 19 out of their 41 chances to get a save.

The Tampa Bay Rays have accumulated 2,113 putouts thus far, as well as 669 assists and 45 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which has them sitting 19th in professional baseball, and have 59 double plays. The Rays have turned 71.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 6,339 innings on the field, ranking them 4th in professional baseball.

Kluber has taken the ball for 1,498 frames and has earned 1,611 punch outs in his career. Kluber (106-66 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.07 while facing 6,056 opposing batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.23 (538 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.103. He has given up 1,314 hits (7.9 hits per nine innings) with 339 walks.

The Red Sox have a team SLG% of .414 and they earn 4.72 runs per contest (6th in the league). They have 185 doubles, while taking a walk 244 times and putting up 378 runs. Boston has a total of 75 home runs for the year and 362 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 632 instances (23rd in MLB) and have earned 723 hits. The Boston Red Sox have recorded an on-base percentage of .325 and a team batting average of .261 on the season.

The Red Sox have a WHIP of 1.201 and have a FIP of 3.86 as a squad this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.89 (688 strikeouts vs 238 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 8th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 621. They have conceded 84 home runs and they surrender 3.96 runs per 9 innings (8th in MLB). The Boston pitching staff have yielded 315 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.57 (284 earned runs surrendered).

Sitting with 92 save situations, the Red Sox have earned 56 holds and 18 blown saves. Boston has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 36 save opportunities and they have recorded 18 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 105 times in high leverage situations in addition to 88 occasions with base runners. Boston bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 33.6% of 128 inherited runners. They are ranked 30th in MLB holding a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 291 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

In their 6,357 innings on the diamond, the Red Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (10th in MLB). The Boston Red Sox have turned 67 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in baseball). The Red Sox have accrued 675 assists, 40 errors and have earned 2,119 putouts this season.

Winckowski (3-2 career mark) has earned a 3.12 ERA while giving up 10.0 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.71 and he has gone up against 110 batters in his career. He has surrendered a total of 9 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.385 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.0. During his career, Winckowski has allowed 29 hits while totaling 19 K's in 26 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston

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