Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 4/10/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Monday, April 10, 2023

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Boston (+135) Tampa Bay (-155)

Tropicana Field is where the Tampa Bay Rays (9-0) will meet the Boston Red Sox (5-4) on Monday. The moneyline on this game has the Red Sox at +135 while the Rays are at -155. The over/under is set at 7.5. The starting pitchers will be Nick Pivetta and Josh Fleming.

Boston owns a slugging percentage of .484 and have been called out on strikes 53 times, while drawing a walk on 29 occasions. They have accounted for 53 RBI's and 74 hits so far this year, and their team batting average comes in at .263. The Red Sox have earned 16 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 14 baseballs out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 55 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .342. As a squad, the Boston Red Sox are scoring 6.9 runs per game, which is 2nd in the league.

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The Red Sox have a team earned run average of 5.38 this season (25th in the league), and the staff has struck out 72 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 35 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 5.49 as a squad for the season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.06 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.50. Red Sox pitchers have conceded 14 long balls and also 46 runs in total (22nd in the league).

The Boston Red Sox are sitting with 216 putouts on the year, as well as 77 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .973 which ranks 29th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 10 double plays. The Red Sox have turned 67.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 648 innings, which has them ranked 24th in pro baseball.

Pivetta has taken the mound for 746 innings and has totaled 790 K's so far in his career. Pivetta (40-51 record in his career) has a FIP of 4.51 and he has faced 3,226 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.99 (414 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.390. He has surrendered 743 base hits (9.0 hits per 9 innings) with 294 walks.

The Rays have a team SLG% of .571 and they earn 8.00 runs per contest (1st in baseball). They have recorded 14 doubles, while getting a free base 31 times as well as notching 64 runs. Tampa Bay has 21 home runs so far this year as well as 63 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 51 occasions (30th in baseball) and have earned 75 hits. The Tampa Bay Rays hold a team OBP of .365 as well as a team batting average of .282 this season.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff have given up 18 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 2.13 (17 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 4 homers and they surrender 2.25 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.028 in addition to having a FIP of 3.03 as a team so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 3.68 (70 strikeouts vs 19 walks). They come in at 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 55.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 9 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (16th in MLB). The Rays have recorded 69 assists, 4 errors and have notched a total of 216 putouts for the season. In 648 innings played, the Rays have a defensive efficiency of 71.5% (6th in MLB).

In his MLB career, Fleming has conceded 202 hits while he has totaled 121 punch outs in 174 innings pitched. He has allowed 99 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.448 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.37 and he has faced 766 batters during his career. Fleming (17-13 career win-loss record) has earned a 5.10 earned run average while allowing 10.4 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston (+135)

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