Tampa Bay Rays vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 8/15/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

The Tampa Bay Rays (71-49) are on their way to Oracle Park on Tuesday where they will compete against the San Francisco Giants (63-55). The expected starting pitchers will be Zack Littell and Tristan Beck.

Tampa Bay has a slugging % of .444 and have been called out on strikes 1,034 times, while being walked on 378 occasions. They have tallied 594 RBI's and 1,026 base knocks this year, while their batting average is sitting at .255. The Rays have accounted for 205 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 173 baseballs out of the park. They are sitting with 620 runs scored while having a team OBP of .327. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 5.2 runs per contest, which puts them at 4th in the league.

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The Rays have a team earned run average of 3.89 this season (8th in baseball), and they have rung up 1,065 hitters. Rays pitchers have surrendered 127 home runs and 481 total runs (2nd in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 343 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.91 as a squad so far this year. Tampa Bay has given up 930 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) as well as 458 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.10 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.20.

The Rays have dispatched 391 relievers to the mound on the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 138 runners so far this year with 25.4% of those players earned a run for their team. They have 31 saves on the year and have blown 19 of 50 save chances. The Rays relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 62.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 102 save situations. The bullpen are sitting with 51 holds this year (27th in MLB). Rays bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 88 times as well as having 112 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays have notched a total of 3,182 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,088 assists and 51 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which has them sitting 6th in MLB, and have 87 double plays. The Rays have converted 70.5% of balls hit into play into outs in their 9,546 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 4th in MLB.

Littell (15-8 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.43 and he has gone up against 898 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 214 base hits (9.1 hits per nine innings) and has 66 free passes. His ERA is 4.09 (96 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.325. Littell has pitched in 211 frames and has earned 187 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

The San Francisco Giants have accounted for an on-base percentage of .314 and a batting average of .238 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 1,111 occasions (4th in the league) and have notched a total of 946 base hits. San Francisco has knocked in 131 long balls this season as well as 502 runs batted in. The Giants hold a slugging percentage of .390 and they score 4.37 runs per contest (18th in baseball). They have put up 191 doubles, while walking 396 times as well as scoring 516 runs.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.232 in addition to having a FIP of 3.86 as a pitching staff this season. They rank 20th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 996. The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 498 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 3.87 (452 earned runs conceded). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (1,005 strikeouts vs 298 bases on balls). They have surrendered 122 dingers and they allow 4.27 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball).

San Francisco has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 61 save opportunities and they have earned 42 saves. They are ranked 6th in the league with a save rate of 68.9%, and they have dispatched 361 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. Their relievers have taken the field 127 times in high leverage situations and also on 105 occasions with runners on base. San Francisco relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 33.8% out of 145 inherited runners. With 115 save situations, the Giants have tallied 52 holds and also 19 blown saves.

The San Francisco Giants have gotten 106 double plays and have a fielding rate of .983 (27th in pro baseball). The Giants have accrued 1,171 assists, 76 errors and have notched a total of 3,152 putouts during this campaign. In their 9,456 innings on the field, the Giants are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 68.4% (23rd in pro baseball).

Beck (3-1 career record) has a 3.03 ERA while allowing 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.13 and he has faced 238 hitters during his career. He has given up 20 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.062 and a FIP of 4.1. So far in his pro baseball career, Beck has surrendered 48 base hits while he has accumulated 47 K's in 59 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Francisco

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