Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 6/12/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Monday, June 12, 2023

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Oakland Athletics (16-50) are hosting the Tampa Bay Rays (47-20) at Oakland Coliseum on Monday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Zach Eflin and James Kaprielian.

Tampa Bay is slugging .474 and have struck out 565 times, while drawing a walk on 227 occasions. They have compiled 367 RBI's as well as 591 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average is sitting at .262. The Rays have compiled 121 two-baggers as a team and have hit 111 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 384 runs and hold an OBP of .338. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 5.7 runs per game, which puts them at 2nd in the league.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.63 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.21. Rays pitchers have allowed 67 long balls and 248 total runs (4th in MLB). Tampa Bay has given up 500 hits (7.6 per 9 innings) and also 236 earned runs. The Rays have a team earned run average of 3.58 so far this season (3rd in MLB), and their staff has struck out 569 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 216 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.06 as a squad so far this year.

The Rays have sent 218 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 84 base runners for the season and 29.8% of those runners crossed the plate. They have earned 20 saves on the year and have blown 14 of their 34 save chances. The Rays relief pitchers have a save percentage of 58.8% and has come into the game in 73 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 39 holds on the season (9th in MLB). Rays pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 55 times as well as having 64 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays have earned 1,782 putouts so far this season, as well as 621 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .989 which is 4th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 54 double plays. The Rays have converted 71.8% of balls in play into outs out of 5,346 innings on the diamond, ranking them 1st in MLB.

Eflin has thrown 726 innings and is sitting with 618 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.35 (351 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.264. He has given up 749 base hits (9.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 169 walks. Eflin (44-46 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 4.27 and he has gone up against 3,062 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues.

Oakland has accumulated 62 HRs this year as well as 229 runs batted in. They have put up 91 doubles, while walking 224 times as well as notching 237 runs. The Oakland Athletics hold an OBP of .306 as well as a team batting average of .224 on the year. The Athletics have a team SLG% of .357 and they are scoring 3.59 runs per game (29th in the league). They have struck out on 607 occasions (5th in the league) and have tallied 491 base hits.

The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.599 in addition to having a FIP of 5.67 as a pitching staff so far this year. They rank 30th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 620. The Oakland pitching staff have surrendered 433 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 6.40 (411 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 7.70 (496 strikeouts vs 304 walks). They have conceded 103 homers and they allow 6.74 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league).

Oakland relievers have an inherited score percentage of 41.7% out of their 120 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 71 times in high leverage situations and on 76 occasions with runners on. With 37 save situations, the Athletics have compiled 17 holds in addition to 12 blown saves. They are ranked 30th in the league with a save rate of 36.8%, and they have sent 224 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond for the season. Oakland has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 19 save opportunities and they have come away with 7 saves.

In their 5,202 innings on the diamond, the Athletics have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.2% (20th in professional baseball). The Oakland Athletics have turned 50 double plays and have a fielding rate of .984 (23rd in pro baseball). The Athletics have recorded 519 assists, 37 errors and have notched a total of 1,734 putouts this year.

So far in his pro baseball career, Kaprielian has allowed 280 hits while accumulating 264 K's in 300 frames. Kaprielian (14-20 career mark) holds a 4.64 earned run average and has given up 8.4 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 155 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.360 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.7. His K/BB ratio is 2.05 and he has gone up against 1,306 batters so far in his career.

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oakland

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