Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 7/20/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Thursday, July 20, 2023

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The Tampa Bay Rays (60-38) will try to beat the Baltimore Orioles (57-37) at Tropicana Field on Thursday. The expected starting pitchers will be Kyle Gibson and Tyler Glasnow.

The Orioles have compiled 173 doubles as a team and have hit 113 baseballs out of the stadium. Baltimore has a slugging rate of .425 and have been called out on strikes 771 times, while drawing a walk on 313 occasions. As a team, the Baltimore Orioles are scoring 5.0 runs per game, which puts them at 8th in baseball. They have accumulated 451 runs batted in as well as 807 base knocks over the course of the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .254. They have 465 runs and hold an OBP of .324.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.97 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.31. Orioles pitchers have given up 110 long balls and also 421 runs (16th in the league). Baltimore has surrendered 817 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 395 earned runs. The Orioles hold a team ERA of 4.21 on the campaign (16th in the league), and their staff has rung up 859 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 289 hitters and their FIP is 4.11 as a squad over the course of the season.

The Orioles relievers have a save rate of 61.2% and has come into the game in 123 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 177 runners so far this year with 36.7% of those runners crossed the plate. Orioles bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 120 times in addition to having 121 appearances in high leverage situations. The Orioles have dispatched 325 relievers to the hill so far this season. The bullpen are sitting with 72 holds on the year (1st in the league). They have compiled 30 saves this year and have blown 19 of 49 save opportunities.

The Orioles have turned 68.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 7,599 innings on the field, which ranks them 24th in the majors. The Baltimore Orioles have accounted for 2,533 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 800 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .988 which has them ranked 5th in the majors, and have earned 83 double plays.

Gibson (98-97 career record) has earned a FIP of 4.27 and he has gone up against 6,957 batters in the majors. He has allowed 1,666 base hits (9.3 hits per nine innings) and has 572 free passes. His ERA is 4.54 (816 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.382. Gibson has taken the hill for 1,619 frames and has earned 1,292 punch outs in his career.

Tampa Bay has hit 145 home runs for the season as well as 502 RBIs. They have hit 174 two-baggers, while getting a free base 315 times as well as putting up 525 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have an OBP of .329 as well as a batting average of .257 on the year. The Rays hold a slugging % of .451 and they tally 5.36 runs per outing (4th in MLB). They have been rung up on 834 occasions (14th in MLB) and have tallied 846 base hits.

The Rays are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.196 in addition to having a FIP of 4.01 as a squad for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 9.00 (868 strikeouts against 298 free passes). They are sitting at 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 737. They have yielded 103 home runs and they concede 3.91 runs per 9 innings (1st in MLB). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have allowed 376 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 3.71 (357 earned runs relinquished).

Sitting with 90 save situations, the Rays have compiled 47 holds in addition to 17 blown saves. Tampa Bay has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 43 save chances and they have walked away with 26 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 96 times in high leverage situations and on 75 occasions with runners on base. Tampa Bay relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 23.1% of 117 inherited runners. They sit at 18th in the league with a save percentage of 60.5%, and they have sent 316 relief pitchers to the mound on the year.

In 7,791 innings played, the Rays have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.2% (1st in professional baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 78 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .989 (2nd in professional baseball). The Rays have 891 assists, 39 errors and have earned a total of 2,597 putouts on the campaign.

Glasnow (23-23 record in his career) has a 3.98 earned run average while allowing 7.4 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.04 and he has faced 1,914 batters so far in his career. He has conceded 202 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.242 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.8. In his MLB career, Glasnow has surrendered 375 hits while he has accumulated 587 strikeouts in 457 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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