Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 5/28/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: NBC Sports California

The Tampa Bay Rays (26-28) are hosting the Oakland Athletics (22-33) at Tropicana Field on Tuesday. The expected starting pitchers are Mitch Spence and Zack Littell.

The Athletics have compiled 78 doubles as a unit and have knocked 68 balls out of the park. Oakland has a slugging percentage of .385 and have struck out 532 times, while taking a walk on 174 occasions. As a squad, the Oakland Athletics are notching 3.8 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 27th in baseball. They have recorded 198 RBI's and 409 base knocks so far this season, while their batting average is sitting at .223. They have earned 206 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .296.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.43 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.34. Athletics pitchers have relinquished 52 home runs and 269 total runs (27th in baseball). Oakland has relinquished 477 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 237 earned runs. The Athletics hold a team earned run average of 4.37 on the season (22nd in MLB), and the staff has struck out 425 hitters. They have walked 175 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.02 as a unit on the season.

The Athletics have dispatched 171 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 68 runners for the season with 32.4% of those players ended up scoring. They have accumulated 12 saves on the campaign and have blown 5 of their 17 chances to save the game. The Athletics bullpen have a save percentage of 70.6% and has stepped onto the mound in 48 save situations. The relievers have notched 31 holds on the season (10th in the league). Athletics relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 54 times as well as having 47 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Oakland Athletics have a total of 1,465 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 487 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .980 which ranks 30th in MLB, and have earned 59 double plays. The Athletics have turned 68.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 4,395 innings, which ranks them 26th in MLB.

Spence (3-2 career record) has earned a FIP of 3.58 while he has faced 136 hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has allowed 31 base hits (8.5 hits per nine innings) and has had 11 walks. His ERA is 4.09 (15 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.273. Spence has taken the hill for 33 frames and has racked up 30 punch outs during his pro baseball career.

Tampa Bay has tallied 43 home runs so far this year to go along with 196 runs batted in. They have 74 doubles, while getting a free base 167 times and scoring 214 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays are sitting with an on-base percentage of .308 as well as a batting average of .235 this year. The Rays hold a team slugging % of .354 and they average 3.96 runs per outing (24th in baseball). They have struck out on 483 occasions (7th in MLB) and have 424 base hits.

The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.262 in addition to having a FIP of 4.29 as a squad on the season. They come in at 25th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 455. The Tampa Bay pitching staff have relinquished 261 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.38 (237 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio is 8.50 (459 strikeouts vs 160 free passes). They have allowed 71 home runs and they concede 4.82 runs per 9 innings (23rd in MLB).

With 64 save situations, the Rays have tallied 36 holds in addition to 10 blown saves. Tampa Bay has had relievers step onto the hill in 27 save chances and they have earned 17 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 80 times in high leverage situations and also on 43 occasions with runners on. Tampa Bay relievers have an inherited score percentage of 30.2% out of their 63 inherited runners. They are ranked 15th in baseball with a save percentage of 63.0%, and they have dispatched 178 relievers to the hill so far this year.

Out of their 4,389 innings on the field, the Rays are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (12th in baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten 39 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (14th in baseball). The Rays have racked up 421 assists, 29 errors and have accounted for 1,463 putouts so far this year.

So far in his pro baseball career, Littell has given up 319 base knocks and he has 280 strikeouts in 315 innings pitched. Littell (18-13 career win-loss record) has earned a 3.97 ERA while giving up 9.1 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 139 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.270 and having a FIP of 4.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.46 and he has faced 1,332 hitters so far in 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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