San Francisco Giants vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 4/13/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Saturday, April 13, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: NBC Bay Area

The San Francisco Giants (5-8) are traveling to Tropicana Field on Saturday where they will take on the Tampa Bay Rays (7-6). The men taking the mound are Logan Webb and Ryan Pepiot.

The Giants have tallied 18 doubles as a squad and have knocked 10 balls out of the park. San Francisco has a slugging rate of .354 and have been called out on strikes 98 times, while being walked on 40 occasions. As a team, the San Francisco Giants are scoring 4.1 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 18th in baseball. They have accrued 50 runs batted in and 101 hits on the year, while their team batting average sits at .237. They have tallied 53 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .304.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.80 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.31. Giants pitchers have given up 15 home runs and 68 runs in total (27th in MLB). San Francisco has relinquished 112 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 63 earned runs. The Giants have a team earned run average of 5.06 on the season (28th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 98 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 35 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.30 as a team so far this year.

The Giants bullpen have a save rate of 50.0% and has come into the game in 4 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 16 runners for the season with 43.8% of those runners earned a run for their team. Giants bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 9 times in addition to having 8 appearances in high leverage situations. The Giants have sent 39 relievers to the hill on the year. The relievers have recorded 2 holds this year (29th in the league). They have compiled 1 save this season and have blown 1 out of their 2 save opportunities.

The Seattle Mariners have notched a total of 336 putouts for the season, in addition to 128 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .991 which has them ranked 4th in pro baseball, and have 14 double plays. The Giants have turned 68.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of 1,008 innings on the field, ranking them 21st in MLB.

Webb (42-33 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 3.17 while he has gone up against 2,726 opposing batters in the majors. He has given up 630 base hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) with 158 walks. His ERA is 3.44 (255 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.181. Webb has pitched in 667 frames and has totaled 611 K's in his MLB career.

Tampa Bay has 11 HRs for the season as well as 51 runs batted in. They have put up 21 two-baggers, while walking 36 times as well as putting up 55 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have an OBP of .316 in addition to a batting average of .251 on the year. The Rays have a team SLG% of .375 and they are scoring 4.23 runs per contest (16th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 115 occasions (8th in the league) and have earned 109 base hits.

The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.434 in addition to having a FIP of 4.68 as a pitching staff so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.80 (113 strikeouts against 51 walks). They are sitting at 24th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 114. They have yielded 18 home runs and they allow 5.16 runs per 9 innings (24th in MLB). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have conceded 66 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 5.00 (64 earned runs surrendered).

Sitting with 19 save situations, the Rays have earned 12 holds and 2 blown saves. Tampa Bay has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 6 save opportunities and they have tallied 4 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 14 times in high leverage situations and on 10 occasions with runners on. Tampa Bay relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 22.7% out of their 22 inherited base runners. They rank 11th in the league with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 39 relief pitchers to the mound on the year.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 11 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .991 (5th in baseball). The Rays have recorded 102 assists, 4 errors and have a tally of 346 putouts on the season. Out of their 1,038 innings on the diamond, the Rays hold a defensive efficiency of 69.0% (18th in the majors).

During his pro baseball career, Pepiot has conceded 60 base hits while he has totaled 94 punch outs in 90 frames. He has given up a total of 30 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.067 and a FIP of 4.5. His K/BB ratio is 2.61 and he has faced 363 hitters thus far in his career. Pepiot (6-2 career mark) has a 3.00 ERA while conceding 6.0 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Francisco

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