New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 8/26/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Saturday, August 26, 2023

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: New York (+154) Tampa Bay (-185)

The Tampa Bay Rays (78-51) will compete against the New York Yankees (61-66) at Tropicana Field on Saturday. The odds on this game have the Yankees at +154 and the Rays are at -185. The total has been set at 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Clarke Schmidt and Tyler Glasnow.

New York is slugging .402 and have been called out on strikes 1,070 times, while being walked on 426 occasions. They have accounted for 518 RBI's and 955 hits on the campaign, while their average at the plate is sitting at .230. The Yankees have hit 162 two-baggers as a team and have hit 176 baseballs out of the stadium. They have tallied 538 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .305. As a squad, the New York Yankees are scoring 4.2 runs per contest, which is 23rd in baseball.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.68 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.25. Yankees pitchers have relinquished 161 home runs and also 559 runs (15th in the league). New York has relinquished 990 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) as well as 510 earned runs. The Yankees have an earned run average of 4.07 this year (13th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 1,114 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 415 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.43 as a unit so far this season.

Yankees relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 138 times as well as having 143 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have earned 66 holds this year (17th in the league). The Yankees bullpen have earned a save rate of 65.3% and stepped onto the hill in 116 save situations. They have recorded 32 saves on the year and have blown 17 out of their 49 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 202 runners this season and 36.1% of those players crossed home plate. The Yankees have sent 402 relievers to the hill on the year.

The Yankees have converted 71.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 10,143 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 2nd in professional baseball. The New York Yankees have earned a total of 3,381 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,127 assists and 72 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .984 which has them sitting 23rd in professional baseball, and have a total of 85 double plays.

Schmidt has taken the mound for 193 innings and has earned 190 K's so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.33 (93 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.355. He has surrendered 194 hits (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 68 free passes. Schmidt (13-13 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.20 while he has gone up against 843 hitters during his time in the majors.

The Tampa Bay Rays have an on-base percentage of .332 as well as a batting average of .261 for the season. They have been rung up on 1,121 instances (13th in the league) and have totaled 1,139 hits. Tampa Bay has hit 189 HRs for the year to go along with 664 runs batted in. The Rays have a slugging percentage of .450 and they have an average of 5.36 runs per game (4th in the league). They have put up 219 doubles, while taking a walk 409 times as well as scoring 692 runs.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff have surrendered 520 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.89 (493 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 136 homers and they give up 4.10 runs per 9 innings (4th in MLB). The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.197 in addition to having a FIP of 3.87 as a team on the campaign. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.10 (1,151 strikeouts vs 362 free passes). They are sitting at 3rd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,004.

Tampa Bay bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 27.5% of 149 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 123 times in high leverage situations and on 95 occasions with runners on. With 109 save situations, the Rays have tallied 52 holds and 22 blown saves. They are ranked 18th in baseball with a save rate of 60.7%, and they have dispatched 419 bullpen pitchers onto the field this year. Tampa Bay has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 56 save chances and they have earned 34 saves.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 97 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (5th in baseball). The Rays have accrued 1,159 assists, 55 errors and have accumulated 3,425 putouts during this campaign. In their 10,275 innings played, the Rays are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.4% (4th in the majors).

Glasnow (26-24 mark in his career) has earned a 3.89 earned run average while conceding 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.13 and he has gone up against 2,041 batters during his pro baseball career. He has given up a total of 212 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.218 and a FIP of 3.7. So far in his MLB career, Glasnow has given up 397 base knocks while totaling 626 K's in 490 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-185) and under 9 runs

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