Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 6/7/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Friday, June 7, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Tropicana Field is where the Tampa Bay Rays (31-31) will play the Baltimore Orioles (39-21) on Friday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Kyle Bradish and Aaron Civale.

Baltimore has a slugging rate of .444 and have been called out on strikes 478 times, while taking a walk on 163 occasions. They have recorded 297 RBI's as well as 511 base knocks on the year, while their batting average sits at .248. The Orioles have recorded 103 two-baggers as a team and have hit 92 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 306 runs while having a team OBP of .309. As a team, the Baltimore Orioles are putting up 5.1 runs per game, which puts them at 1st in the league.

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The Orioles are sitting with a team ERA of 3.24 so far this year (3rd in MLB), and the staff has struck out 516 batters. Orioles pitchers have given up 52 home runs and 219 runs in total (3rd in the league). They have walked 178 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.55 as a squad for the season. Baltimore has conceded 443 hits (7.4 per 9 innings) and 195 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.90 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.15.

Orioles relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 72 times in addition to having 72 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 48 holds on the season (2nd in MLB). The Orioles bullpen have earned a save rate of 61.3% and stepped onto the hill in 79 save situations. They have tallied 19 saves on the year and have blown 12 of 31 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 95 runners so far this season and 25.3% of those players crossed home plate. The Orioles have dispatched 209 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Baltimore Orioles have 1,627 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 532 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .988 which is 6th in professional baseball, and have earned 37 double plays. The Orioles have converted 72.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 4,881 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 4th in the majors.

Bradish has taken the hill for 314 innings and is sitting with 319 punch outs during his career. Bradish (17-14 career record) has earned a FIP of 3.59 while he has gone up against 1,305 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.65 (127 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.206. He has surrendered 274 hits (7.9 hits per 9 innings) with 104 free passes.

Tampa Bay has 48 HRs for the season to go along with 230 RBIs. They have notched 93 doubles, while walking 196 times and putting up 248 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have tallied an on-base percentage of .311 and a team batting average of .236 for the year. The Rays have a SLG% of .358 and they have an average of 4.00 runs per contest (23rd in MLB). They have been rung up on 554 instances (7th in the league) and have earned 490 hits.

The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.264 and have a FIP of 4.18 as a squad for the year. They are currently ranked 25th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 533. The Tampa Bay pitching staff have conceded 295 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.31 (268 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.50 (529 strikeouts vs 175 bases on balls). They have allowed 79 homers and they concede 4.74 runs per 9 innings (21st in baseball).

Tampa Bay has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 32 save opportunities and they have come away with 20 saves. They sit at 16th in the league with a save percentage of 62.5%, and they have sent 206 relievers to the mound on the campaign. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 95 times in high leverage situations in addition to 51 occasions with runners on base. Tampa Bay relievers have an inherited score rate of 31.9% out of their 72 inherited base runners. With 73 save situations, the Rays have 39 holds and also 12 blown saves.

Out of their 5,046 innings played, the Rays have a efficiency on defense of 69.7% (19th in professional baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 44 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .985 (10th in MLB). The Rays have racked up 482 assists, 32 errors and have earned a total of 1,682 putouts this year.

In his career, Civale has surrendered 501 hits while he has earned 488 punch outs in 537 frames. He has given up a total of 244 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.186 and having a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.59 and he has faced 2,215 opposing hitters so far in his pro baseball career. Civale (33-30 career mark) has a 4.09 ERA and has conceded 8.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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