Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees Prediction, 4/20/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees

Date: Saturday, April 20, 2024

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+134) New York (-158)

The Tampa Bay Rays (11-9) are on their way to Yankee Stadium on Saturday where they will attempt to defeat the New York Yankees (13-6). The line on this matchup has Tampa Bay at +134 while New York is sitting at -158. The total is 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Zach Eflin and Nestor Cortes Jr.

As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are notching 4.2 runs per game, which puts them at 19th in baseball. They have accumulated 84 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .306. The Rays have accounted for 26 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 17 balls out of the park. They have earned 76 runs batted in and 161 base knocks on the campaign, while their batting average is .241. Tampa Bay is slugging .363 and have been called out on strikes 170 times, while being walked on 54 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.43 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.39. Rays pitchers have given up 29 home runs and also 101 runs (27th in MLB). Tampa Bay has surrendered 180 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and also 95 earned runs. The Rays have compiled a team earned run average of 4.69 this season (26th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 180 hitters. They have walked 74 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.57 as a unit on the year.

The Rays relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 60.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 29 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 25 base runners this season with 20.0% of them earned a run for their team. Rays relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 16 times as well as having 27 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have dispatched 65 relievers to the hill for the season. The relievers have a total of 18 holds so far this year (2nd in the league). They have accumulated 6 saves so far this season and have blown 4 of 10 chances to save the game.

The Tampa Bay Rays have notched a total of 547 putouts for the season, as well as 145 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding rate is at .989 which is 5th in pro baseball, and they have turned 17 double plays. The Rays have turned 68.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of 1,641 innings, which has them sitting at 22nd in MLB.

Eflin has taken the ball for 860 frames and has tallied 758 K's in his MLB career. Eflin (53-55 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.08 and he has gone up against 3,606 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.29 (410 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.237. He has allowed 878 base hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) with 186 free passes.

The New York Yankees have recorded an on-base percentage of .343 as well as a batting average of .247 for the year. They have been called out on strikes on 147 occasions (24th in the league) and have earned a total of 155 hits. New York has recorded 21 home runs for the season to go along with 82 RBIs. The Yankees have a SLG% of .395 and they average 4.74 runs per contest (14th in the league). They have hit 30 doubles, while taking a walk 92 times as well as putting up 90 runs.

The Yankees have a WHIP of 1.269 with a FIP of 4.08 as a team on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 7.90 (150 strikeouts vs 77 free passes). They come in at 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 139. They have allowed 15 HR's and they give up 3.70 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The New York pitching staff have relinquished 70 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 3.12 (59 earned runs conceded).

New York has called on relievers to take the mound in 13 save chances and they have recorded 10 saves. They rank 4th in the league with a save percentage of 76.9%, and they have sent 59 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the season. Their relief pitchers have come in 24 times in high leverage situations and also on 23 occasions with base runners. New York relievers have an inherited score percentage of 54.5% out of their 33 inherited base runners. With 23 save situations, the Yankees have compiled 10 holds and also 3 blown saves.

The New York Yankees have turned 16 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .977 (28th in MLB). The Yankees have racked up 177 assists, 16 errors and have earned a total of 512 putouts so far this year. Out of their 1,536 innings on the diamond, the Yankees have a efficiency on defense of 71.5% (5th in pro baseball).

Cortes Jr (25-12 career record) has a 3.85 ERA while giving up 7.8 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.43 and he has gone up against 1,715 hitters so far in his career. He has conceded 178 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.167 and having a FIP of 4.2. So far in his pro baseball career, Cortes Jr has allowed 359 hits while he has earned 432 strikeouts in 415 frames.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (+134)

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