Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 6/3/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Saturday, June 3, 2023

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-105) Boston (-115)

Fenway Park is the location where the Boston Red Sox (29-27) will take on the Tampa Bay Rays (40-18) on Saturday. The odds on this game have the Rays at -105 and the Red Sox are at -115. The total is 9. The expected starting pitchers are Josh Fleming and Corey Kluber.

The Rays have accounted for 102 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 103 baseballs out of the stadium. Tampa Bay has a slugging percentage of .486 and have been called out on strikes 483 times, while being walked on 197 occasions. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are scoring 5.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 2nd in the league. They have earned 327 RBI's in addition to 523 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average comes in at .267. They have accounted for 340 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .343.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.68 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.21. Rays pitchers have surrendered 60 long balls and 221 runs in total (4th in the league). Tampa Bay has conceded 443 hits (7.8 per 9 innings) as well as 211 earned runs. The Rays have a team earned run average of 3.69 on the season (7th in baseball), and they have rung up 485 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 181 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.12 as a unit for the season.

The Rays have sent 188 relief pitchers to the mound this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 71 runners over the course of the season with 31.0% of those runners ended up scoring. They have recorded 17 saves this year and have not converted 11 of their 28 save opportunities. The Rays bullpen have a save rate of 60.7% and stepped onto the hill in 57 save situations. The bullpen have recorded 29 holds for the year (17th in baseball). Rays pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 45 times as well as having 54 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays have amassed 1,542 putouts for the season, in addition to 552 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .990 which is 3rd in baseball, and have earned 48 double plays. The Rays have turned 71.5% of balls in play into outs out of 4,626 innings on the field, which has them ranked 1st in pro baseball.

Fleming (18-13 career record) has a FIP of 4.67 while he has faced 954 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has conceded 243 base knocks (9.9 hits per nine innings) with 69 free passes. His earned run average is 4.86 (119 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.416. Fleming has taken the ball for 220 innings and has accumulated 143 K's in his career.

Boston has knocked in 65 HRs so far this season as well as 282 runs batted in. They have put up 126 two-baggers, while walking 181 times as well as scoring 293 runs. The Boston Red Sox have compiled a team on-base percentage of .333 in addition to a team batting average of .264 on the year. The Red Sox have a slugging percentage of .436 and they tally 5.23 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have been rung up on 446 occasions (25th in MLB) and have earned 507 hits.

The Red Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.317 in addition to having a FIP of 4.59 as a squad on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.70 (474 strikeouts against 168 free passes). They have a ranking of 22nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 480. They have given up 77 homers and they yield 5.09 runs per 9 innings (24th in the league). The Boston pitching staff have given up 278 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 4.65 (254 earned runs yielded).

Boston has called on relievers to take the mound in 21 save chances and they have tallied 14 saves. They rank 12th in MLB with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have sent 172 relievers to the hill this season. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 40 times in high leverage situations in addition to 25 occasions with runners on base. Boston relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 40.0% of 40 inherited runners. Sitting with 49 save situations, the Red Sox have earned 28 holds and 7 blown saves.

Out of their 4,428 innings played, the Red Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.9% (18th in professional baseball). The Boston Red Sox have turned 40 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .982 (26th in pro baseball). The Red Sox have 479 assists, 35 errors and have notched a total of 1,476 putouts so far this year.

Kluber (115-77 record in his career) has earned a 3.39 ERA while conceding 8.1 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.70 and he has faced 6,623 hitters in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered a total of 613 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.123 and a FIP of 3.2. In his pro baseball career, Kluber has allowed 1,463 base knocks while earning 1,717 strikeouts in 1,628 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-105)

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