Tampa Bay Rays vs Washington Nationals Prediction, 4/3/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Washington Nationals

Date: Monday, April 3, 2023

Location: Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-150) Washington (+130)

The Washington Nationals (1-2) welcome the Tampa Bay Rays (3-0) at Nationals Park on Monday. The moneyline on this game has Tampa Bay at -150 while Washington is at +130. The over/under is 8. The pitchers expected to start will be Drew Rasmussen and Trevor Williams.

Tampa Bay is slugging .538 and have struck out 22 times, while taking a walk on 10 occasions. They have accrued 16 RBI's in addition to 19 base knocks this season, and their batting average is at .292. The Rays have accounted for 7 doubles as a team and have hit 3 balls out of the stadium. They have a total of 16 runs and have an OBP of .403. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 8.0 runs per game, which puts them at 4th in baseball.

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Rays pitchers have yielded 0 home runs and also 2 total runs (2nd in the league). They have walked 5 opposing players and their FIP is 2.49 as a unit on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.20 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 0.94. The Rays have compiled a team earned run average of 1.00 so far this year (2nd in the league), and they have struck out 16 hitters.

The Tampa Bay Rays amassed 4,307 putouts in the previous season, in addition to 1,386 assists and 84 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .985 which had them ranked 14th in baseball, and they twisted 110 double plays. The Rays turned 70.8% of balls in play into outs out of 12,921 innings on the field, which had them ranked 7th in MLB.

Rasmussen has taken the hill for 237 innings and has accumulated 219 punch outs in his pro baseball career. Rasmussen (16-8 career mark) has earned a FIP of 3.30 and he has gone up against 962 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.03 (80 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.096. He has conceded 195 hits (7.4 hits per 9 innings) and has had 65 free passes.

The Washington Nationals have an on-base percentage of .282 in addition to a team batting average of .206 so far this season. They have struck out on 16 instances (27th in baseball) and have a total of 13 base knocks. Washington has a total of 1 home run on the year as well as 3 runs batted in. The Nationals hold a team slugging % of .286 and they are recording 1.50 runs per game (28th in the league). They have tallied 2 two-baggers, while walking 7 times as well as scoring 3 runs.

The Washington pitching staff have conceded 14 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 5.50 (11 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 4 home runs and they yield 7.00 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league). The Nationals have a WHIP of 1.722 and have a FIP of 5.99 as a unit for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.88 (15 strikeouts vs 8 walks). They rank 22nd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 23.

In their 12,705 innings on the diamond, the Nationals had a defensive efficiency of 68.7% (24th in baseball). Washington Nationals turned 126 double plays and held a fielding percentage of .982 (29th in the majors). The Nationals racked up 1,410 assists, 104 errors and accumulated 4,235 putouts for the previous season.

So far in his pro baseball career, Williams has surrendered 730 hits while earning 590 K's in 715 innings pitched. He has given up 339 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.343 and having a FIP of 4.4. His K/BB ratio is 2.55 and he has faced 3,069 hitters thus far in his career. Williams (38-44 record in his career) is the owner of a 4.27 ERA while giving up 9.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Washington (+130)

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