Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 9/24/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Saturday, September 24, 2022

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-120) Tampa Bay (+100)

Tropicana Field is the location where the Tampa Bay Rays (83-67) will take on the Toronto Blue Jays (84-66) on Saturday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Blue Jays at -120 and the Rays open at +100. The betting total is set at 6. The expected starting pitchers will be Mitch White and Drew Rasmussen.

The Blue Jays have compiled 292 doubles as a team and have hit 183 baseballs out of the park. Toronto is slugging .430 and have been called out on strikes 1,148 times, while taking a walk on 463 occasions. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are knocking in 4.8 runs per contest, which puts them at 5th in baseball. They have tallied 696 runs batted in and 1,347 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average sits at .262. They have earned 712 runs while having a team OBP of .327.

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Blue Jays pitchers have allowed 175 home runs and also 642 runs in total (16th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 393 opposing players and their FIP is 3.92 as a squad for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.27 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.24. The Blue Jays hold a team earned run average of 3.97 this season (18th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,287 hitters.

The Blue Jays relief pitchers have a save rate of 63.6% and has entered the game in 154 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 229 base runners over the course of the season with 24.9% of them earned a run for their team. Blue Jays pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 150 times in addition to having 170 appearances in high leverage situations. The Blue Jays have sent 542 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. The relief pitchers have 85 holds over the course of the season (9th in baseball). They have compiled 42 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 24 of 66 save opportunities.

The Toronto Blue Jays have earned a total of 4,009 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,246 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .986 which is 11th in baseball, and have accumulated 113 double plays. The Blue Jays have turned 69.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,027 innings on the diamond, ranking them 20th in pro baseball.

White (3-9 career mark) has a FIP of 3.80 while going up against 592 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has allowed 132 base knocks (8.7 hits per 9 innings) and has had 48 walks. His ERA is 4.47 (68 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.314. White has taken the ball for 137 innings and is sitting with 122 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

The Tampa Bay Rays have earned a team on-base percentage of .311 and a batting average of .242 on the season. They have struck out on 1,284 instances (12th in the league) and have earned a total of 1,218 hits. Tampa Bay is sitting with 132 home runs for the year and 601 runs batted in. The Rays hold a team slugging % of .381 and they are earning 4.21 runs per outing (19th in baseball). They have recorded 275 two-baggers, while getting a free base 462 times as well as scoring 631 runs.

The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.136 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.68 as a unit for the season. They are sitting at 7th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,165. The Tampa Bay pitching staff have allowed 565 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 3.37 (500 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.68 (1,291 strikeouts vs 351 free passes). They have allowed 161 HR's and they concede 3.81 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

With 190 save situations, the Rays have accrued 112 holds in addition to 33 blown saves. Tampa Bay has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 76 save chances and they have walked away with 43 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 181 times in high leverage situations in addition to 127 occasions with runners on base. Tampa Bay relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 24.6% of 171 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 24th in the league holding a save rate of 56.6%, and they have dispatched 533 relief pitchers onto the field for the year.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 100 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (16th in baseball). The Rays have 1,271 assists, 76 errors and have amassed 4,004 putouts over the course of the season. In 12,012 innings on the field, the Rays have a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (4th in MLB).

So far in his pro baseball career, Rasmussen has allowed 187 base knocks while he has totaled 211 punch outs in 224 innings. Rasmussen (15-7 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.09 ERA while giving up 7.5 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 77 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.116 and a FIP of 3.3. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.35 and he has gone up against 912 opposing hitters in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Toronto (-120)

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