Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 4/12/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Boston (+105) Tampa Bay (-125)

Tropicana Field is the location where the Tampa Bay Rays (10-0) will play the Boston Red Sox (5-5) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has Boston at +105 and Tampa Bay is sitting at -125. The over/under comes in at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Chris Sale and Zach Eflin.

Boston is slugging .440 and have struck out 72 times, while taking a walk on 36 occasions. They have recorded 57 runs batted in as well as 84 hits on the season, while their team batting average sits at .245. The Red Sox have tallied 18 doubles as a squad and have hit 15 balls out of the park. They have 59 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .326. As a unit, the Boston Red Sox are notching 5.9 runs/g, which puts them at 4th in the league.

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The Red Sox hold a team ERA of 4.55 on the campaign (16th in the league), and they have rung up 89 hitters. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.34 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.40. Red Sox pitchers have conceded 15 home runs in addition to 48 runs in total (16th in MLB). They have walked 38 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 5.00 as a squad on the campaign.

The Red Sox have dispatched 37 relievers to the hill so far this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 3 base runners on the campaign and 66.7% of them earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 2 saves this season and have blown 0 of their 2 save opportunities. The Red Sox relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 100.0% and stepped onto the hill in 11 save situations. The bullpen have a total of 9 holds this season (6th in the league). Red Sox bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 1 times in addition to having 4 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Boston Red Sox have accounted for 267 putouts thus far, in addition to 94 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .978 which ranks 28th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 11 double plays. The Red Sox have converted 68.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of 801 innings on the field, ranking them 16th in baseball.

Sale has pitched in 1,686 innings and has totaled 2,077 punch outs so far in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.07 (575 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.047. He has given up 1,373 base hits (7.3 hits per nine innings) with 392 walks. Sale (115-75 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 2.95 while he has gone up against 6,794 batters in the major leagues.

The Rays hold a team slugging percentage of .564 and they are scoring 7.60 runs per game (1st in the league). They have 19 two-baggers, while walking 40 times and scoring 76 runs. Tampa Bay is sitting with 25 home runs on the season to go along with 75 RBIs. They have struck out on 65 occasions (30th in baseball) and have a total of 92 hits. The Tampa Bay Rays have an on-base percentage of .366 as well as a batting average of .279 for the year.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff have surrendered 18 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 1.70 (17 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 4 dingers and they give up 1.80 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Rays have a team WHIP of 0.900 and have a FIP of 2.83 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their K/BB ratio is 4.05 (89 strikeouts vs 22 walks). They are currently ranked 1st in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 59.

Sitting with 4 save situations, the Rays have earned 3 holds and 0 blown saves. Tampa Bay has had relief pitchers take the mound in 1 save chances and they have walked away with 1 save. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 5 times in high leverage situations in addition to 2 occasions with base runners. Tampa Bay relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 0.0% out of their 4 inherited base runners. They rank 9th in the league with a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have sent 28 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this season.

In 810 innings on the diamond, the Rays are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 74.6% (1st in professional baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten 9 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .989 (12th in professional baseball). The Rays have 84 assists, 4 errors and have accumulated 270 putouts on the campaign.

Eflin (38-45 career win-loss record) has a 4.47 ERA and has conceded 9.5 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.50 and he has faced 2,850 hitters so far in his career. He has allowed a total of 333 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.293 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. So far in his MLB career, Eflin has allowed 706 base hits while he has totaled 564 K's in 670 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston (+105)

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