Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 9/12/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+167) Cleveland (+185)

The Tampa Bay Rays (71-74) are en route to Progressive Field on Thursday where they will attempt to defeat the Cleveland Guardians (83-62). The moneyline on this matchup has Tampa Bay at +167 while Cleveland is sitting at +185. The total is set at O7.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Ryan Pepiot and Alex Cobb.

The Rays have tallied 227 two-baggers as a team and have hit 132 balls out of the park. Tampa Bay is slugging .368 and have been called out on strikes 1,330 times, while being walked on 459 occasions. As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are earning 3.9 runs/g, which ranks them 28th in the league. They have accumulated 520 RBI's as well as 1,121 hits so far this season, and their team batting average sits at .231. They have 559 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .306.

Get all of our MLB Parlay Picks

The Rays have an earned run average of 3.91 this season (12th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,242 hitters. Rays pitchers have given up 187 home runs and 620 runs (12th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 412 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.23 as a squad over the course of the season. Tampa Bay has conceded 1,180 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and 562 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.01 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.23.

The Rays relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 68.8% and has entered the game in 158 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 168 runners for the year with 23.8% of them earned a run for their team. Rays relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 115 times and also have had 182 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have sent 490 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year. The relievers have racked up 92 holds for the year (6th in the league). They have 44 saves this year and have not converted 20 of 64 save opportunities.

The Tampa Bay Rays have a total of 3,884 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,138 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which has them sitting 21st in MLB, and have a total of 101 double plays. The Rays have transformed 70.5% of balls in play into outs out of 11,652 innings, ranking them 8th in professional baseball.

Pepiot has taken the ball for 191 innings and is sitting with 198 punch outs in his career. His earned run average is 3.30 (70 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.120. He has surrendered 142 base knocks (6.7 hits per nine innings) with 72 walks. Pepiot (13-7 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.25 while facing 786 hitters in the majors.

Cleveland has 167 home runs for the year as well as 614 runs batted in. They have recorded 222 doubles, while getting a free base 425 times and recording 651 runs. The Cleveland Guardians have compiled an OBP of .309 and a team batting average of .239 for the year. The Guardians hold a team SLG% of .396 and they have an average of 4.49 runs per contest (14th in baseball). They have been rung up on 1,061 occasions (28th in MLB) and have accounted for 1,143 base hits.

The Cleveland pitching staff have surrendered 574 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 3.79 (540 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 171 dingers and they surrender 4.02 runs per 9 innings (4th in MLB). The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.209 in addition to having a FIP of 4.11 as a staff over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.80 (1,252 strikeouts against 443 walks). They sit at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,109.

Cleveland has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 63 save chances and they have come away with 48 saves. They sit at 1st in baseball holding a save percentage of 76.2%, and they have sent 532 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this season. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 186 times in high leverage situations in addition to 152 occasions with runners on base. Cleveland relievers have an inherited score percentage of 28.2% out of 213 inherited base runners. Sitting with 177 save situations, the Guardians have tallied 112 holds and also 15 blown saves.

The Cleveland Guardians have turned 115 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (7th in professional baseball). The Guardians have accrued 1,257 assists, 71 errors and have accounted for 3,852 putouts so far this season. In their 11,556 innings played, the Guardians hold a defensive efficiency of 71.2% (3rd in baseball).

So far in his pro baseball career, Cobb has given up 1,307 hits while he has tallied 1,108 strikeouts in 1,327 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 566 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.274 and a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.89 and he has gone up against 5,577 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. Cobb (79-76 career mark) has earned a 3.84 earned run average while allowing 8.9 hits per nine innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Cleveland (+185) and under O7.5 runs

Get $60 worth of FREE premium member picks. No Obligation. No Salesman. No Credit Card. Fast Sign up with Instant Access Click Here