San Diego Padres vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 8/31/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Saturday, August 31, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The San Diego Padres (76-59) are hitting the road to Tropicana Field on Saturday where they will go up against the Tampa Bay Rays (66-67). The men taking the mound will be Randy Vasquez and Shane Baz.

The Padres have earned 207 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 154 balls out of the stadium. San Diego has a slugging percentage of .418 and have struck out 884 times, while taking a walk on 375 occasions. As a squad, the San Diego Padres are recording 4.8 runs per contest, which puts them at 11th in baseball. They have recorded 617 runs batted in and 1,223 base knocks so far this year, while their average at the plate is at .266. They are sitting with 642 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .326.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.20 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.24. Padres pitchers have conceded 143 home runs and 574 total runs (14th in baseball). San Diego has allowed 1,102 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 529 earned runs. The Padres have compiled a team earned run average of 3.97 this year (14th in MLB), and they have rung up 1,219 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 381 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.77 as a team this season.

Padres pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 135 times in addition to having 117 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have earned 62 holds for the season (23rd in baseball). The Padres bullpen have a save rate of 64.2% and has entered the game in 117 save situations. They have earned 34 saves on the year and have missed out on 19 of their 53 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 205 base runners over the course of the season and 37.6% of them earned a run for their team. The Padres have dispatched 447 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Padres have turned 69.1% of baseballs in play into outs in their 10,785 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 21st in baseball. The San Diego Padres have earned 3,595 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,071 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .987 which has them ranked 6th in pro baseball, and have a total of 99 double plays.

Vasquez (6-8 career record) has a FIP of 3.97 and he has faced 546 opposing batters in the majors. He has conceded 137 base knocks (9.9 hits per 9 innings) and has 42 walks. His ERA is 4.03 (56 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.431. Vasquez has taken the mound for 125 innings and has 88 K's in his pro baseball career.

The Rays hold a slugging % of .369 and they are recording 3.82 runs per outing (28th in the league). They have recorded 213 doubles, while taking a walk 421 times as well as notching 508 runs. Tampa Bay is sitting with 124 HRs so far this year as well as 474 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,225 occasions (5th in the league) and have accounted for 1,017 base knocks. The Tampa Bay Rays have recorded a team on-base percentage of .305 in addition to a batting average of .230 on the campaign.

The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.217 in addition to having a FIP of 4.15 as a squad so far this year. They sit at 17th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,084. The Tampa Bay pitching staff have allowed 571 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 3.90 (515 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.70 (1,147 strikeouts vs 363 walks). They have conceded 169 homers and they give up 4.32 runs per 9 innings (13th in the league).

Tampa Bay has had relief pitchers enter the game in 62 save opportunities and they have converted 42 saves. They rank 7th in the league with a save percentage of 67.7%, and they have sent 448 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 173 times in high leverage situations in addition to 104 occasions with runners on. Tampa Bay relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 23.8% out of their 151 inherited base runners. Sitting with 150 save situations, the Rays have earned 86 holds in addition to 20 blown saves.

In their 10,701 innings on the diamond, the Rays are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 70.4% (10th in baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 93 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (20th in pro baseball). The Rays have accrued 1,048 assists, 72 errors and are sitting with 3,567 putouts during this campaign.

Baz (4-4 career record) has a 3.75 ERA while allowing 7.9 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.90 and he has gone up against 352 opposing hitters thus far in his career. He has allowed 35 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.225 and a FIP of 3.7. In his pro baseball career, Baz has surrendered 74 hits while he has accumulated 84 punch outs in 84 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego

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