Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 8/4/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Friday, August 4, 2023

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

The Tampa Bay Rays (66-44) are on their way to Comerica Park on Friday where they will meet the Detroit Tigers (47-60). The men taking the mound will be Zack Littell and Reese Olson.

As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are earning 5.2 runs per game, which ranks them 4th in MLB. They have accumulated 571 runs while holding a team OBP of .327. The Rays have tallied 192 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 161 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 548 RBI's in addition to 935 base knocks over the course of the season, while their batting average is .254. Tampa Bay has a slugging % of .447 and have been called out on strikes 941 times, while taking a walk on 354 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.06 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.18. Rays pitchers have yielded 115 long balls and also 429 runs (2nd in baseball). Tampa Bay has conceded 828 base hits (7.7 per 9 innings) and also 407 earned runs. The Rays have compiled a team earned run average of 3.77 on the season (2nd in baseball), and the staff has rung up 988 batters. They have walked 323 opposing batters and their FIP is 3.90 as a team on the year.

The Rays have sent 355 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. The relievers have inherited 127 runners on the year with 24.4% of them earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 30 saves over the course of the season and have blown 17 out of their 47 chances to save the game. The Rays bullpen have a save rate of 63.8% and stepped onto the hill in 96 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 49 holds on the season (23rd in the league). Rays relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 82 times in addition to having 106 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays are sitting with 2,918 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 991 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .989 which is 4th in the majors, and have a total of 81 double plays. The Rays have turned 71.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 8,754 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 1st in pro baseball.

Littell has taken the hill for 199 innings and is sitting with 181 strikeouts in his career. Littell (14-7 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.48 while he has gone up against 852 hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.20 (93 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.349. He has given up 204 base knocks (9.2 hits per nine innings) with 65 free passes.

The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .367 and they average 3.91 runs per outing (28th in the league). They have hit 161 two-baggers, while getting a free base 335 times as well as earning 418 runs. Detroit has accumulated 98 home runs for the season as well as 405 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 948 instances (12th in the league) and have earned a total of 839 hits. The Detroit Tigers have accumulated an on-base percentage of .299 and a batting average of .232 for the year.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.249 and have a FIP of 4.19 as a staff over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.40 (889 strikeouts vs 296 walks). They sit at 18th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 895. They have surrendered 128 home runs and they surrender 4.87 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Detroit pitching staff have surrendered 516 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 4.49 (476 earned runs surrendered).

Sitting with 101 save situations, the Tigers have 60 holds in addition to 16 blown saves. Detroit has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 39 save chances and they have recorded 23 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 110 times in high leverage situations and on 109 occasions with base runners. Detroit relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.5% out of 151 inherited runners. They are ranked 19th in the league holding a save percentage of 59.0%, and they have dispatched 345 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

The Detroit Tigers have turned 85 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .983 (29th in baseball). The Tigers have accrued 931 assists, 67 errors and are sitting with 2,861 putouts during this campaign. In their 8,583 innings played, the Tigers hold a efficiency on defense of 69.6% (10th in MLB).

Thus far in his career, Olson has conceded 46 base knocks while totaling 47 strikeouts in 49 frames. He has conceded a total of 26 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.128 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.70 and he has faced 205 batters in his pro baseball career. Olson (1-4 career record) holds a 4.71 ERA while giving up 8.3 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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