San Diego Padres vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 8/30/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Friday, August 30, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The Tampa Bay Rays (66-67) welcome the San Diego Padres (76-59) at Tropicana Field on Friday. The pitchers expected to start will be Martin Perez and Taj Bradley.

As a squad, the San Diego Padres are compiling 4.8 runs per game, which puts them at 11th in the league. They have earned 642 runs and hold an OBP of .326. The Padres have tallied 207 doubles as a team and have hit 154 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 617 runs batted in and 1,223 base knocks so far this season, while their average at the plate comes in at .266. San Diego is slugging .418 and have struck out 884 times, while drawing a walk on 375 occasions.

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The Padres have compiled a team ERA of 3.97 this year (14th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,219 batters. Padres pitchers have surrendered 143 long balls and 574 total runs (14th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 381 opposing players and their FIP is 3.77 as a unit on the year. San Diego has conceded 1,102 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 529 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.20 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.24.

The Padres have dispatched 447 relievers to the mound this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 205 base runners this season and 37.6% of those runners ended up scoring. They have earned 34 saves on the year and have blown 19 of 53 chances to get a save. The Padres bullpen have recorded a save rate of 64.2% and has entered the game in 117 save situations. The relievers have tallied 62 holds for the season (23rd in MLB). Padres bullpen pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 135 times and also have had 117 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Padres have transformed 69.1% of balls in play into outs out of 10,785 innings, which has them sitting 21st in the majors. The San Diego Padres have a tally of 3,595 putouts thus far, as well as 1,071 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .987 which is 6th in the majors, and they have turned 99 double plays.

Perez has taken the hill for 1,549 innings and is sitting with 1,089 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.45 (766 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.449. He has allowed 1,686 hits (9.8 hits per nine innings) and has 558 free passes. Perez (88-86 career win-loss mark) sits with a FIP of 4.38 while he has gone up against 6,734 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

The Rays have a slugging percentage of .369 and they are recording 3.82 runs per game (28th in baseball). They have 213 doubles, while taking a walk 421 times as well as putting up 508 runs. Tampa Bay has 124 home runs on the campaign to go along with 474 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,225 instances (5th in baseball) and are sitting with 1,017 hits. The Tampa Bay Rays have tallied an OBP of .305 in addition to a team batting average of .230 this year.

The Rays are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.217 and have a FIP of 4.15 as a squad this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.70 (1,147 strikeouts vs 363 walks). They come in at 17th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,084. They have surrendered 169 home runs and they surrender 4.32 runs per 9 innings (13th in the league). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have surrendered 571 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.90 (515 earned runs conceded).

Sitting with 150 save situations, the Rays have accrued 86 holds in addition to 20 blown saves. Tampa Bay has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 62 save chances and they have tallied 42 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 173 times in high leverage situations in addition to 104 occasions with base runners. Tampa Bay relievers have an inherited score rate of 23.8% out of their 151 inherited runners. They rank 7th in baseball with a save rate of 67.7%, and they have sent 448 relievers to the hill for the year.

In 10,701 innings on the diamond, the Rays have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.4% (10th in the majors). The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 93 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (20th in the majors). The Rays have accrued 1,048 assists, 72 errors and have accumulated 3,567 putouts this year.

During his career, Bradley has given up 194 hits while he has totaled 248 punch outs in 212 frames. He has given up a total of 110 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.269 and having a FIP of 4.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.31 and he has faced 902 opposing hitters during his pro baseball career. Bradley (11-16 win-loss record in his career) has a 4.67 earned run average and has surrendered 8.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Diego

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