Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 5/31/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Friday, May 31, 2024

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is the site where the Baltimore Orioles (35-19) will go up against the Tampa Bay Rays (27-29) on Friday. The expected starting pitchers will be Aaron Civale and Andrew Suarez.

Tampa Bay has a slugging % of .353 and have been called out on strikes 499 times, while drawing a walk on 172 occasions. They have 200 runs batted in in addition to 436 hits over the course of the season, while their average at the plate is .234. The Rays have tallied 79 doubles as a unit and have smacked 43 baseballs out of the park. They have earned a total of 218 runs and have an OBP of .307. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 3.9 runs per contest, which is 26th in MLB.

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The Rays are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.25 on the year (22nd in baseball), and their staff has struck out 480 hitters. Rays pitchers have yielded 72 long balls and also 267 runs in total (25th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 165 batters and their FIP is 4.23 as a unit for the year. Tampa Bay has yielded 466 base knocks (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 239 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.91 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.25.

The Rays relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 60.7% and stepped onto the hill in 65 save situations. The relievers have inherited 65 runners over the course of the season and 30.8% of those players ended up scoring. Rays relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 44 times in addition to having 84 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have dispatched 184 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. The relief pitchers have notched 36 holds over the course of the season (8th in baseball). They have compiled 17 saves for the year and have blown 11 out of their 28 save opportunities.

The Tampa Bay Rays have accumulated 1,517 putouts this year, in addition to 438 assists and 31 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .984 which has them sitting 16th in the majors, and have accumulated 41 double plays. The Rays have turned 70.3% of balls in play into outs in their 4,551 innings on the diamond, ranking them 8th in MLB.

Civale has thrown 532 frames and has accumulated 485 K's thus far in his career. His earned run average is 4.11 (243 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.184. He has given up 495 hits (8.4 hits per nine innings) and has 135 free passes. Civale (33-30 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.08 while facing 2,192 opposing batters in the majors.

Baltimore has accounted for 79 long balls this year to go along with 263 RBIs. They have put up 93 two-baggers, while taking a walk 146 times and scoring 272 runs. The Baltimore Orioles have accumulated an OBP of .304 in addition to a team batting average of .243 on the season. The Orioles hold a team slugging % of .435 and they score 5.04 runs per game (3rd in MLB). They have struck out on 442 instances (20th in the league) and have notched a total of 449 hits.

The Orioles hold a team WHIP of 1.143 with a FIP of 3.61 as a team on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.70 (473 strikeouts vs 166 walks). They sit at 2nd in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 393. They have given up 49 dingers and they concede 3.74 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Baltimore pitching staff have conceded 203 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 3.33 (181 earned runs conceded).

Baltimore relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.6% out of their 84 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 66 times in high leverage situations and also on 66 occasions with base runners. With 72 save situations, the Orioles have earned 43 holds and also 11 blown saves. They are ranked 16th in the league with a save percentage of 62.1%, and they have sent 189 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the year. Baltimore has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 29 save chances and they have converted 18 saves.

The Baltimore Orioles have turned 36 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .988 (7th in the majors). The Orioles have accrued 485 assists, 24 errors and have accumulated 1,467 putouts this season. In 4,401 innings on the diamond, the Orioles have a defensive efficiency of 72.4% (4th in baseball).

So far in his career, Suarez has allowed 244 base hits while earning 177 strikeouts in 230 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 127 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.407 and having a FIP of 4.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.21 and he has gone up against 985 batters during his MLB career. Suarez (7-15 career record) has a 4.96 ERA and has allowed 9.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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