Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 9/22/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Friday, September 22, 2023

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Tropicana Field is the site where the Tampa Bay Rays (93-60) will try to beat the Toronto Blue Jays (85-67) on Friday. The expected starting pitchers will be Chris Bassitt and Tyler Glasnow.

Toronto owns a slugging percentage of .416 and have been rung up 1,223 times, while taking a walk on 518 occasions. They have compiled 658 runs batted in as well as 1,337 hits for the year, while their batting average sits at .257. The Blue Jays have hit 272 doubles as a squad and have knocked 175 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 692 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .329. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are notching 4.6 runs/g, which has them at 16th in the league.

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The Blue Jays have a team ERA of 3.71 on the season (2nd in baseball), and they have struck out 1,429 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have surrendered 184 home runs and also 621 runs in total (4th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 460 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.06 as a team on the year. Toronto has surrendered 1,225 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 561 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 3.11 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.24.

The Blue Jays have sent 516 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 228 runners so far this season and 22.4% of those players crossed the plate. They have compiled 50 saves so far this year and have missed out on 17 of 67 save chances. The Blue Jays relief pitchers have a save percentage of 74.6% and stepped onto the hill in 169 save situations. The relievers have racked up 102 holds so far this season (2nd in the league). Blue Jays bullpen pitchers have come into the game with players on base 160 times as well as having 183 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Toronto Blue Jays have accumulated 4,086 putouts this season, as well as 1,225 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which is 8th in baseball, and they have twisted 120 double plays. The Blue Jays have turned 69.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,258 innings on the field, ranking them 11th in professional baseball.

Bassitt (60-42 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.95 and he has faced 3,861 opposing hitters in the majors. He has surrendered 819 hits (8.0 hits per 9 innings) with 286 free passes. His ERA is 3.52 (361 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.197. Bassitt has pitched in 923 frames and has tallied 837 strikeouts during his pro baseball career.

The Tampa Bay Rays have tallied an on-base percentage of .329 as well as a team batting average of .257 for the season. They have been rung up on 1,341 occasions (11th in MLB) and are sitting with 1,330 hits. Tampa Bay has knocked in 217 home runs so far this year to go along with 772 runs batted in. The Rays have a SLG% of .443 and they are earning 5.25 runs per contest (4th in MLB). They have hit 263 doubles, while taking a walk 488 times and scoring 804 runs.

The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.162 with a FIP of 3.78 as a unit for the year. They are sitting at 2nd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,170. The Tampa Bay pitching staff have given up 609 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.79 (573 earned runs yielded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 9.40 (1,417 strikeouts vs 412 walks). They have given up 165 homers and they surrender 4.03 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball).

Tampa Bay relievers have an inherited score rate of 27.2% out of their 169 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 153 times in high leverage situations and on 114 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 149 save situations, the Rays have accrued 74 holds in addition to 30 blown saves. They sit at 21st in the league holding a save percentage of 59.5%, and they have dispatched 500 relievers onto the diamond so far this year. Tampa Bay has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 74 save opportunities and they have tallied 44 saves.

In 12,249 innings on the diamond, the Rays have earned a efficiency on defense of 70.7% (2nd in professional baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 110 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (4th in the majors). The Rays have accrued 1,326 assists, 63 errors and have notched a total of 4,083 putouts so far this year.

In his MLB career, Glasnow has given up 422 hits while he has accumulated 662 punch outs in 519 innings pitched. Glasnow (29-26 career mark) has a 3.90 earned run average while giving up 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 225 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.211 and a FIP of 3.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.20 and he has gone up against 2,157 opposing batters during his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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