Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 9/27/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Friday, September 27, 2024

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The Tampa Bay Rays (78-80) are traveling to Fenway Park on Friday where they will meet the Boston Red Sox (80-79). The starting pitchers will be Taj Bradley and Nick Pivetta.

Tampa Bay owns a slugging percentage of .368 and have been called out on strikes 1,454 times, while drawing a walk on 485 occasions. They have 552 RBI's as well as 1,211 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average is .230. The Rays have compiled 243 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 146 balls out of the stadium. They have a total of 591 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .303. As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are recording 3.7 runs per outing, which puts them at 29th in the league.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.12 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.21. Rays pitchers have allowed 195 home runs and 653 total runs (11th in baseball). Tampa Bay has conceded 1,260 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 595 earned runs. The Rays have an earned run average of 3.81 so far this year (10th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,368 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 438 batters and their FIP sits at 4.09 as a team on the year.

The Rays have dispatched 531 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 183 base runners on the campaign and 23.5% of them earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 50 saves on the year and have not converted 21 out of their 71 save opportunities. The Rays bullpen have a save rate of 70.4% and has come into the game in 181 save situations. The relievers have 108 holds for the year (3rd in baseball). Rays pitchers have come into the game with runners on 125 times in addition to having 200 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays have amassed 4,220 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,232 assists and 87 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which ranks 20th in baseball, and have a total of 105 double plays. The Rays have turned 70.7% of baseballs in play into outs in their 12,660 innings on the field, ranking them 6th in the majors.

Bradley has taken the hill for 237 frames and is sitting with 276 strikeouts in his MLB career. Bradley (12-19 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 4.79 while he has faced 1,016 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.86 (128 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.309. He has given up 225 base knocks (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 85 free passes.

The Boston Red Sox hold an on-base percentage of .320 and a team batting average of .253 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 1,542 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have notched a total of 1,386 base hits. Boston has accumulated 193 long balls on the campaign to go along with 719 runs batted in. The Red Sox have a team slugging percentage of .425 and they are recording 4.69 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have recorded 307 two-baggers, while taking a walk 488 times and racking up 745 runs.

The Boston pitching staff have conceded 737 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.05 (642 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 188 dingers and they surrender 4.65 runs per 9 innings (22nd in the league). The Red Sox have a team WHIP of 1.258 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.12 as a pitching staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.40 (1,331 strikeouts vs 453 free passes). They come in at 24th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,340.

With 158 save situations, the Red Sox have earned 84 holds and 31 blown saves. Boston has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 70 save opportunities and they have come away with 39 saves. Their relievers have come in 190 times in high leverage situations in addition to 161 occasions with runners on base. Boston bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 34.1% out of 223 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 28th in MLB with a save rate of 55.7%, and they have dispatched 523 relievers to the hill this year.

The Boston Red Sox have turned 115 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .981 (29th in MLB). The Red Sox have accrued 1,420 assists, 112 errors and have a tally of 4,277 putouts during this campaign. In their 12,831 innings on the field, the Red Sox hold a efficiency on defense of 69.3% (21st in professional baseball).

In his MLB career, Pivetta has surrendered 974 hits and he has 1,133 K's in 1,022 innings pitched. Pivetta (56-70 career win-loss record) holds a 4.77 ERA while conceding 8.6 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 542 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.321 and having a FIP of 4.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.01 and he has faced 4,362 batters during his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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