Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 5/23/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (+105) Tampa Bay (-125)

The Toronto Blue Jays (25-22) are en route to Tropicana Field on Tuesday where they will go up against the Tampa Bay Rays (34-14). The odds on this game have Toronto at +105 while Tampa Bay is priced at -125. The total comes in at 8. The starting pitchers will be Jose Berrios and Taj Bradley.

As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are earning 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 13th in baseball. They have 214 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .329. The Blue Jays have tallied 90 doubles as a team and have hit 50 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 201 runs batted in and 420 hits this year, and their team batting average is sitting at .257. Toronto is slugging .407 and have been called out on strikes 386 times, while being walked on 162 occasions.

Get all of our MLB Picks

The Blue Jays have a team ERA of 4.01 so far this year (11th in baseball), and they have struck out 433 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have given up 62 home runs in addition to 207 total runs (14th in MLB). They have walked 154 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.39 as a unit on the campaign. Toronto has allowed 381 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) as well as 187 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.81 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.28.

Blue Jays relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 57 times and also have had 51 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 25 holds for the season (15th in the league). The Blue Jays bullpen have a save percentage of 70.6% and has stepped onto the mound in 42 save situations. They have compiled 12 saves on the year and have not converted 5 out of their 17 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 83 base runners on the season with 24.1% of those runners ended up scoring. The Blue Jays have dispatched 158 relief pitchers to the mound this season.

The Blue Jays have converted 69.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 3,777 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 11th in pro baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays have accounted for 1,259 putouts for the season, in addition to 376 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which has them sitting 19th in pro baseball, and have 36 double plays.

Berrios has taken the hill for 1,076 frames and has earned 1,058 punch outs so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.26 (509 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.254. He has allowed 1,027 hits (8.6 hits per nine innings) and has 323 walks. Berrios (75-58 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 4.03 while going up against 4,561 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

The Tampa Bay Rays have tallied an on-base percentage of .347 in addition to a batting average of .271 for the season. They have been rung up on 403 occasions (17th in the league) and have notched a total of 443 hits. Tampa Bay has 91 home runs for the year as well as 279 runs batted in. The Rays have a team SLG% of .500 and they are earning 6.04 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have notched 90 two-baggers, while getting a free base 165 times and scoring 290 runs.

The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.155 in addition to having a FIP of 3.98 as a staff so far this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.50 (403 strikeouts vs 150 free passes). They are currently ranked 1st in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 342. They have conceded 45 long balls and they allow 3.51 runs per 9 innings (1st in MLB). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have given up 166 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 3.38 (160 earned runs relinquished).

With 46 save situations, the Rays have recorded 23 holds and 10 blown saves. Tampa Bay has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 23 save opportunities and they have come away with 13 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 45 times in high leverage situations in addition to 34 occasions with runners on. Tampa Bay bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 35.3% out of their 51 inherited runners. They are ranked 22nd in baseball with a save percentage of 56.5%, and they have dispatched 152 bullpen pitchers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten 38 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .991 (2nd in pro baseball). The Rays have recorded 458 assists, 15 errors and have a tally of 1,278 putouts this season. In their 3,834 innings on the diamond, the Rays have a efficiency on defense of 73.0% (1st in professional baseball).

So far in his career, Bradley has allowed 15 base knocks while he has tallied 27 K's in 20 innings. He has allowed 8 ER's while holding a WHIP of 0.934 and a FIP of 3.3. He has a K/BB ratio of 6.75 and he has gone up against 80 hitters thus far in his career. Bradley (3-0 win-loss mark in his career) has a 3.54 earned run average and has given up 6.6 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto (+105)

Get $60 worth of FREE premium member picks. No Obligation. No Salesman. No Credit Card. Fast Sign up with Instant Access Click Here