Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 9/24/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Sunday, September 24, 2023

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-110) Tampa Bay (-110)

The Toronto Blue Jays (86-68) are en route to Tropicana Field on Sunday where they will meet the Tampa Bay Rays (94-61). The moneyline on this game has the Blue Jays at -110 while the Rays are coming in at -110. The betting total comes in at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Yusei Kikuchi and Taj Bradley.

Toronto is slugging .414 and have been called out on strikes 1,242 times, while drawing a walk on 523 occasions. They have 665 RBI's and 1,349 hits on the year, and their average at the plate comes in at .256. The Blue Jays have tallied 276 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 176 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 701 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .328. As a unit, the Toronto Blue Jays are knocking in 4.6 runs per game, which ranks them 17th in the league.

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The Blue Jays have a team ERA of 3.71 for the year (1st in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,449 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have allowed 186 long balls in addition to 628 total runs (4th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 464 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.05 as a squad on the year. Toronto has relinquished 1,243 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) as well as 568 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.12 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.24.

The Blue Jays relievers have accumulated a save rate of 75.0% and stepped onto the hill in 171 save situations. The relievers have inherited 233 base runners on the year with 22.7% of them earned a run for their team. Blue Jays relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 164 times as well as having 184 appearances in high leverage situations. The Blue Jays have sent 520 relievers to the mound for the year. The relievers have a total of 103 holds on the year (1st in MLB). They have 51 saves this year and have missed out on 17 of their 68 save opportunities.

The Blue Jays have turned 69.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 12,411 innings on the field, ranking them 11th in the majors. The Toronto Blue Jays have a total of 4,137 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,237 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding rate is at .987 which is 8th in baseball, and have accumulated 120 double plays.

Kikuchi (31-37 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 4.85 while facing 2,696 batters in the major leagues. He has allowed 625 hits (9.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 236 walks. His earned run average is 4.69 (326 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.378. Kikuchi has taken the hill for 625 innings and has totaled 620 punch outs so far in his MLB career.

The Rays have a slugging percentage of .442 and they tally 5.23 runs per outing (4th in baseball). They have recorded 267 two-baggers, while getting a free base 494 times as well as scoring 811 runs. Tampa Bay has tallied 218 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 779 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 1,363 occasions (11th in the league) and have tallied 1,347 base hits. The Tampa Bay Rays have tallied a team OBP of .329 as well as a team batting average of .257 on the campaign.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff have allowed 619 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 3.80 (583 earned runs given up). They have given up 167 home runs and they allow 4.04 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.165 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.78 as a staff over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 9.40 (1,438 strikeouts vs 418 bases on balls). They rank 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,188.

Tampa Bay has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 74 save chances and they have recorded 44 saves. They rank 20th in the league holding a save percentage of 59.5%, and they have dispatched 508 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 154 times in high leverage situations and on 116 occasions with base runners. Tampa Bay bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.3% out of 173 inherited runners. With 149 save situations, the Rays have recorded 74 holds in addition to 30 blown saves.

In 12,411 innings played, the Rays are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.6% (3rd in professional baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 111 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .988 (4th in the majors). The Rays have accrued 1,345 assists, 64 errors and have a tally of 4,137 putouts so far this season.

Thus far in his career, Bradley has allowed 95 hits and he has 124 punch outs in 95 frames. He has conceded a total of 57 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.380 and having a FIP of 4.6. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.35 and he has gone up against 420 hitters so far in his MLB career. Bradley (5-7 record in his career) holds a 5.36 earned run average while allowing 8.9 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-110)

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