Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 6/21/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

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

Tropicana Field is where the Tampa Bay Rays (51-24) will take on the Baltimore Orioles (44-27) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Orioles at +100 while the Rays are priced at -120. The over/under has been set at 7.5. The pitchers expected to start will be Tyler Wells and Taj Bradley.

As a team, the Baltimore Orioles are earning 4.9 runs per game, which puts them at 8th in MLB. They have a total of 350 runs and have an on-base percentage of .323. The Orioles have compiled 135 doubles as a team and have hit 84 balls out of the stadium. They have compiled 340 runs batted in in addition to 615 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is at .256. Baltimore has a slugging % of .425 and have struck out 582 times, while being walked on 234 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.95 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.32. Orioles pitchers have allowed 82 long balls and 312 total runs (12th in baseball). Baltimore has surrendered 619 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) as well as 294 earned runs. The Orioles are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.15 over the course of the season (15th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 649 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 220 opposing players and their FIP is 4.07 as a squad on the campaign.

The Orioles have dispatched 250 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 142 base runners so far this year and 33.8% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They have accumulated 23 saves this year and have missed out on 15 of their 38 save opportunities. The Orioles relievers have earned a save percentage of 60.5% and stepped onto the hill in 101 save situations. The relievers are sitting with 61 holds on the season (1st in MLB). Orioles bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on 96 times as well as having 96 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Orioles have turned 67.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 5,736 innings on the diamond, ranking them 26th in baseball. The Baltimore Orioles have earned 1,912 putouts for the season, as well as 603 assists and 28 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .989 which has them ranked 4th in the majors, and have a total of 69 double plays.

Wells has taken the mound for 242 innings and has racked up 223 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.86 (104 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 0.990. He has allowed 184 base knocks (6.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 56 walks. Wells (15-12 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 4.28 and he has faced 961 opposing batters in the majors.

Tampa Bay has 117 HRs on the campaign to go along with 397 RBIs. They have recorded 138 two-baggers, while taking a walk 250 times and scoring 415 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have accumulated an OBP of .337 in addition to a team batting average of .263 so far this season. The Rays hold a slugging % of .466 and they score 5.53 runs per outing (2nd in the league). They have struck out on 636 occasions (14th in MLB) and have accounted for 662 hits.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff have allowed 272 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 3.49 (257 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 70 homers and they relinquish 3.70 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.198 and have a FIP of 3.99 as a unit over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.70 (639 strikeouts vs 246 bases on balls). They sit at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 547.

Tampa Bay relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 25.5% out of their 98 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 74 times in high leverage situations in addition to 62 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 81 save situations, the Rays have earned 43 holds in addition to 15 blown saves. They rank 21st in MLB with a save rate of 60.5%, and they have sent 243 relievers onto the diamond this year. Tampa Bay has had relief pitchers enter the game in 38 save chances and they have converted 23 saves.

In their 5,958 innings on the diamond, the Rays have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 71.8% (1st in baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten 66 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (5th in the majors). The Rays have accrued 697 assists, 32 errors and have 1,986 putouts on the campaign.

So far in his career, Bradley has surrendered 41 hits while tallying 63 strikeouts in 43 innings pitched. Bradley (4-3 mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.19 ERA while conceding 8.6 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 20 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.302 and a FIP of 2.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.20 and he has gone up against 185 opposing batters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore (+100)

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