San Diego Padres vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 9/1/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Sunday, September 1, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The San Diego Padres (76-60) are traveling to Tropicana Field on Sunday where they will compete against the Tampa Bay Rays (66-67). The pitchers taking the mound will be Dylan Cease and Ryan Pepiot.

As a squad, the San Diego Padres are notching 4.7 runs per game, which ranks them 11th in the league. They have earned a total of 643 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .325. The Padres have tallied 209 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 155 balls out of the park. They have 618 RBI's and 1,226 hits on the campaign, while their average at the plate is at .265. San Diego has a slugging percentage of .417 and have been called out on strikes 891 times, while drawing a walk on 377 occasions.

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The Padres have an earned run average of 3.96 on the year (14th in the league), and the staff has struck out 1,225 batters. Padres pitchers have relinquished 144 home runs and also 578 runs in total (14th in the league). They have walked 385 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.77 as a unit over the course of the season. San Diego has yielded 1,112 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and 531 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 3.18 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.24.

Padres relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 136 times in addition to having 118 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have 62 holds on the campaign (23rd in the league). The Padres bullpen have a save rate of 64.2% and has entered the game in 117 save situations. They have 34 saves over the course of the season and have blown 19 of their 53 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 208 runners on the campaign with 37.0% of them ended up scoring. The Padres have dispatched 450 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year.

The Padres have turned 69.1% of balls in play into outs in their 10,857 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 22nd in MLB. The San Diego Padres have accumulated 3,619 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,079 assists and 64 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which ranks 7th in professional baseball, and have a total of 99 double plays.

Cease has pitched in 817 frames and has accumulated 989 K's during his pro baseball career. Cease (55-45 career record) has earned a FIP of 3.72 while he has faced 3,463 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.78 (343 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.263. He has allowed 683 base hits (7.5 hits per nine innings) with 349 free passes.

Tampa Bay is sitting with 124 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 474 RBIs. They have put up 213 doubles, while walking 421 times as well as scoring 508 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .305 as well as a team batting average of .230 so far this year. The Rays hold a team SLG% of .369 and they are earning 3.82 runs per game (28th in the league). They have struck out on 1,225 occasions (7th in the league) and have earned 1,017 base knocks.

The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.217 in addition to having a FIP of 4.14 as a staff for the season. Their K/BB ratio is 8.70 (1,147 strikeouts against 363 walks). They rank 15th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,084. They have given up 169 home runs and they yield 4.32 runs per 9 innings (13th in baseball). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have conceded 571 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 3.90 (515 earned runs yielded).

Tampa Bay relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 23.8% out of their 151 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 173 times in high leverage situations and on 104 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 150 save situations, the Rays have accumulated 86 holds and 20 blown saves. They rank 7th in baseball holding a save percentage of 67.7%, and they have sent 448 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the campaign. Tampa Bay has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 62 save opportunities and they have walked away with 42 saves.

Out of their 10,701 innings on the field, the Rays hold a efficiency on defense of 70.4% (10th in pro baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 93 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (20th in professional baseball). The Rays have recorded 1,048 assists, 72 errors and have 3,567 putouts on the season.

During his pro baseball career, Pepiot has given up 132 hits while accumulating 190 punch outs in 182 innings. Pepiot (12-7 career mark) has earned a 3.26 earned run average while conceding 6.5 hits per 9 innings. He has given up 66 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.086 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.88 and he has faced 744 batters thus far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Diego

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