Tampa Bay Rays vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 6/16/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs San Diego Padres

Date: Friday, June 16, 2023

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Petco Park is where the San Diego Padres (33-34) will try to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays (49-22) on Friday. The expected starting pitchers are Shane McClanahan and Yu Darvish.

The Rays have accrued 131 two-baggers as a team and have hit 113 balls out of the park. Tampa Bay is slugging .470 and have been called out on strikes 595 times, while taking a walk on 240 occasions. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are knocking in 5.7 runs per contest, which has them at 2nd in the league. They have 383 runs batted in in addition to 628 base knocks so far this year, and their team batting average comes in at .264. They are sitting with 401 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .338.

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The Rays are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.55 so far this year (3rd in the league), and the staff has struck out 602 batters. Rays pitchers have given up 69 long balls in addition to 260 runs (4th in baseball). They have walked 228 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.02 as a unit for the season. Tampa Bay has allowed 524 base hits (7.5 per 9 innings) and 248 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.64 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.20.

Rays pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 58 times in addition to having 68 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers are sitting with 42 holds for the season (7th in the league). The Rays relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 58.3% and has stepped onto the mound in 78 save situations. They have 21 saves this season and have blown 15 of their 36 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 89 runners this season and 28.1% of them ended up scoring. The Rays have sent 230 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year.

The Tampa Bay Rays have accounted for 1,884 putouts for the season, as well as 666 assists and 28 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .989 which has them sitting 3rd in professional baseball, and have accumulated 60 double plays. The Rays have converted 71.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 5,652 innings on the field, ranking them 1st in professional baseball.

McClanahan has taken the mound for 372 innings and has totaled 427 punch outs in his career. His earned run average is 2.76 (114 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.082. He has conceded 298 base knocks (7.2 hits per nine innings) and has 105 walks. McClanahan (32-15 career mark) has a FIP of 3.23 while he has faced 1,489 opposing hitters in the majors.

The San Diego Padres have tallied a team OBP of .318 and a batting average of .229 on the year. They have struck out on 589 occasions (15th in the league) and have earned 502 base hits. San Diego has recorded 81 home runs on the season to go along with 271 RBIs. The Padres hold a team SLG% of .397 and they are scoring 4.25 runs per contest (22nd in baseball). They have hit 117 doubles, while getting a free base 274 times and putting up 285 runs.

The Padres are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.220 in addition to having a FIP of 4.15 as a team for the season. They are sitting at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 509. The San Diego pitching staff have yielded 258 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 3.71 (245 earned runs yielded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.70 (573 strikeouts vs 217 walks). They have allowed 72 HR's and they concede 3.90 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

Sitting with 68 save situations, the Padres have accumulated 39 holds in addition to 11 blown saves. San Diego has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 29 save opportunities and they have tallied 18 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 67 times in high leverage situations and on 42 occasions with base runners. San Diego bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 37.3% out of their 67 inherited base runners. They sit at 17th in baseball with a save rate of 62.1%, and they have dispatched 204 relief pitchers onto the field for the season.

In 5,355 innings on the field, the Padres have earned a defensive efficiency of 71.4% (2nd in professional baseball). The San Diego Padres have gotten 57 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .990 (1st in professional baseball). The Padres have 596 assists, 24 errors and have a tally of 1,785 putouts this season.

In his career, Darvish has surrendered 1,253 base hits while he has totaled 1,862 punch outs in 1,557 innings. He has allowed a total of 612 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.127 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.72 and he has gone up against 6,386 hitters in his pro baseball career. Darvish (100-79 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 3.54 ERA while allowing 7.2 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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