Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 6/2/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Sunday, June 2, 2024

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+136) Baltimore (-162)

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is where the Baltimore Orioles (36-19) will take on the Tampa Bay Rays (28-30) on Sunday. The moneyline on this contest has the Rays at +136 while the Orioles are priced at -162. The betting total comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Zack Littell and Cole Irvin.

The Rays have hit 82 doubles as a unit and have knocked 46 baseballs out of the stadium. Tampa Bay is slugging .353 and have been rung up 520 times, while drawing a walk on 184 occasions. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are scoring 3.9 runs per game, which ranks them 26th in baseball. They have accounted for 207 RBI's in addition to 447 hits this year, and their batting average is sitting at .232. They have accumulated 225 runs while holding a team OBP of .307.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.94 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.25. Rays pitchers have given up 73 home runs in addition to 275 runs in total (25th in the league). Tampa Bay has allowed 489 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and 249 earned runs. The Rays hold a team ERA of 4.26 this season (23rd in baseball), and the staff has rung up 500 batters. They have walked 170 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.17 as a team on the year.

Rays pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 50 times as well as having 89 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have notched 36 holds for the year (9th in MLB). The Rays relievers have accumulated a save rate of 58.6% and stepped onto the hill in 66 save situations. They have recorded 17 saves on the campaign and have blown 12 of their 29 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 69 base runners so far this year and 33.3% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Rays have sent 193 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The Rays have transformed 70.0% of balls in play into outs out of their 4,731 innings on the diamond, ranking them 13th in pro baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have accounted for 1,577 putouts so far this season, as well as 450 assists and 31 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .985 which ranks 12th in professional baseball, and they have turned 42 double plays.

Littell has pitched in 46 innings and has 55 strikeouts thus far in his career. His ERA is 2.72 (14 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.058. He has given up 32 base knocks (6.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 17 free passes. Littell (1-1 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 2.41 while he has faced 184 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

The Orioles hold a team slugging percentage of .434 and they average 5.00 runs per game (4th in MLB). They have 95 doubles, while walking 149 times and putting up 275 runs. Baltimore has accumulated 79 home runs so far this season to go along with 266 RBIs. They have struck out on 448 occasions (22nd in the league) and have earned a total of 461 hits. The Baltimore Orioles have tallied an on-base percentage of .306 as well as a team batting average of .245 for the year.

The Orioles have a team WHIP of 1.143 in addition to having a FIP of 3.60 as a unit on the year. They rank 1st in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 398. The Baltimore pitching staff have conceded 204 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 3.29 (182 earned runs allowed). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.70 (482 strikeouts vs 171 walks). They have surrendered 49 dingers and they yield 3.69 runs per 9 innings (4th in MLB).

Baltimore has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 30 save chances and they have earned 19 saves. They sit at 16th in the league with a save percentage of 63.3%, and they have dispatched 194 relievers onto the field so far this year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 67 times in high leverage situations in addition to 68 occasions with base runners. Baltimore relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 27.6% of 87 inherited base runners. Sitting with 76 save situations, the Orioles have earned 46 holds in addition to 11 blown saves.

The Baltimore Orioles have turned 36 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .988 (5th in professional baseball). The Orioles have racked up 496 assists, 24 errors and have 1,494 putouts for the season. In their 4,482 innings on the field, the Orioles have earned a defensive efficiency of 72.5% (4th in the majors).

Irvin (67-48 record in his career) has earned a 3.52 earned run average and has allowed 8.0 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.93 and he has faced 4,177 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has conceded a total of 390 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.206 and having a FIP of 3.9. Thus far in his career, Irvin has given up 891 base hits and he has 913 punch outs in 997 frames.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Baltimore (-162) and under 8.5 runs

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