Tampa Bay Rays vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 4/17/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Monday, April 17, 2023

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-135) Cincinnati (+115)

The Cincinnati Reds (6-8) will compete against the Tampa Bay Rays (13-2) at Great American Ball Park on Monday. The odds on this game have Tampa Bay at -135 and Cincinnati is at +115. The total has been set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Jalen Beeks and Hunter Greene.

Tampa Bay is slugging .548 and have struck out 116 times, while drawing a walk on 50 occasions. They have 104 RBI's and 140 hits on the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .279. The Rays have earned 30 two-baggers as a team and have hit 35 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 106 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .352. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are compiling 7.1 runs per game, which has them at 1st in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.98 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.05. Rays pitchers have given up 7 home runs and 41 total runs (1st in MLB). Tampa Bay has surrendered 96 base hits (6.5 per 9 innings) and 39 earned runs. The Rays hold a team ERA of 2.64 this year (2nd in the league), and they have struck out 131 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 44 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.18 as a unit so far this year.

The Rays have sent 44 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 18 base runners on the season and 38.9% of them crossed home plate. They have accumulated 3 saves over the course of the season and have blown 0 out of their 3 save opportunities. The Rays bullpen have earned a save percentage of 100.0% and has come into the game in 8 save situations. The bullpen have recorded 5 holds so far this season (24th in baseball). Rays relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 9 times and also have had 8 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rays have converted 73.0% of balls in play into outs in their 1,197 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 2nd in the majors. The Tampa Bay Rays have notched a total of 399 putouts thus far, as well as 128 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .989 which has them ranked 11th in MLB, and have accumulated 13 double plays.

Beeks has taken the ball for 241 innings and is sitting with 232 punch outs in his MLB career. Beeks (14-8 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.02 while he has gone up against 1,040 batters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 4.06 (109 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.380. He has surrendered 242 hits (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has 91 free passes.

The Reds have a SLG% of .403 and they are recording 5.07 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have hit 22 two-baggers, while taking a walk 56 times as well as scoring 71 runs. Cincinnati has a total of 14 home runs this year as well as 69 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 130 instances (15th in MLB) and have tallied 118 hits. The Cincinnati Reds have tallied an OBP of .339 as well as a batting average of .253 on the campaign.

The Reds have a team WHIP of 1.499 in addition to having a FIP of 3.85 as a team for the season. They rank 17th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 127. The Cincinnati pitching staff have allowed 65 runs for the season while having an ERA of 4.57 (62 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 10.10 (137 strikeouts against 56 free passes). They have yielded 12 long balls and they yield 4.79 runs per 9 innings (18th in MLB).

Cincinnati relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 38.9% out of their 36 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 25 times in high leverage situations and on 22 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 17 save situations, the Reds have accumulated 8 holds in addition to 4 blown saves. They are ranked 20th in the league holding a save rate of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 49 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this season. Cincinnati has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 8 save opportunities and they have walked away with 4 saves.

Out of their 1,101 innings played, the Reds have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 64.4% (29th in baseball). The Cincinnati Reds have gotten 9 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (16th in professional baseball). The Reds have racked up 110 assists, 7 errors and have 367 putouts this year.

In his career, Greene has allowed 121 base knocks and he has 187 K's in 139 frames. Greene (5-13 career mark) has a 4.51 earned run average while conceding 7.8 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 70 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.253 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.46 and he has faced 597 batters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Cincinnati (+115) and under 9 runs

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