Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 6/14/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Tampa Bay Rays (48-21) are on their way to Oakland Coliseum on Wednesday where they will attempt to defeat the Oakland Athletics (18-50). The starting pitchers are Tyler Glasnow and Luis Medina.

The Rays have accrued 124 doubles as a team and have knocked 113 baseballs out of the park. Tampa Bay is slugging .472 and have struck out 581 times, while being walked on 233 occasions. As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 5.7 runs per game, which has them at 2nd in the league. They have accumulated 377 RBI's in addition to 610 hits for the year, and their batting average comes in at .263. They have earned a total of 394 runs scored and hold an OBP of .338.

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The Rays hold a team ERA of 3.58 so far this season (4th in MLB), and they have rung up 584 hitters. Rays pitchers have relinquished 68 home runs and 255 runs in total (4th in the league). They have walked 221 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.04 as a squad so far this season. Tampa Bay has yielded 511 base knocks (7.5 per 9 innings) as well as 243 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.64 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.20.

The Rays have dispatched 223 relief pitchers to the mound this season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 85 runners so far this year and 29.4% of those players ended up scoring. They have accumulated 20 saves on the season and have not converted 14 out of their 34 save chances. The Rays bullpen have a save percentage of 58.8% and stepped onto the hill in 73 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 39 holds this season (9th in MLB). Rays pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 56 times as well as having 64 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays have a tally of 1,833 putouts on the campaign, as well as 641 assists and 27 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .989 which has them sitting 3rd in professional baseball, and they have twisted 57 double plays. The Rays have converted 71.9% of balls in play into outs in their 5,499 innings, which has them sitting 1st in pro baseball.

Glasnow has taken the ball for 425 frames and has tallied 536 punch outs so far in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.96 (187 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.237. He has conceded 344 hits (7.3 hits per 9 innings) and has had 182 walks. Glasnow (21-20 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 3.78 while he has gone up against 1,776 hitters in the majors.

The Athletics have a team SLG% of .358 and they score 3.66 runs per contest (29th in the league). They have put up 93 doubles, while taking a walk 231 times as well as scoring 249 runs. Oakland has tallied 65 home runs for the year and 241 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 624 instances (4th in the league) and have accounted for 503 base hits. The Oakland Athletics have an on-base percentage of .306 as well as a batting average of .223 on the campaign.

The Oakland pitching staff have surrendered 442 runs on the season while having an ERA of 6.34 (420 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 105 dingers and they allow 6.67 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.594 with a FIP of 5.64 as a team this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 7.70 (513 strikeouts vs 313 bases on balls). They rank 30th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 637.

Oakland has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 21 save opportunities and they have earned 9 saves. They sit at 30th in baseball with a save rate of 42.9%, and they have sent 231 relievers onto the diamond over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have come in 76 times in high leverage situations and on 79 occasions with base runners. Oakland relievers hold an inherited score rate of 40.9% out of 127 inherited runners. Sitting with 43 save situations, the Athletics have amassed 21 holds and also 12 blown saves.

The Oakland Athletics have turned 51 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (21st in professional baseball). The Athletics have racked up 539 assists, 38 errors and have accumulated 1,788 putouts this year. Out of their 5,364 innings played, the Athletics have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.2% (22nd in the majors).

Medina (1-5 mark in his career) has earned a 7.53 earned run average and has surrendered 9.6 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.88 and he has gone up against 156 batters during his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 29 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.558 and having a FIP of 6.6. In his pro baseball career, Medina has given up 37 base knocks while he has totaled 32 strikeouts in 34 frames.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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