Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 8/19/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Monday, August 19, 2024

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Oakland Coliseum is where the Oakland Athletics (52-70) will take on the Tampa Bay Rays (59-61) on Monday. The expected starting pitchers are Shane Baz and Joe Boyle.

The Rays have compiled 192 two-baggers as a team and have hit 110 baseballs out of the stadium. Tampa Bay has a slugging percentage of .369 and have been called out on strikes 1,090 times, while being walked on 390 occasions. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are earning 3.9 runs per game, which puts them at 28th in baseball. They have compiled 434 runs batted in in addition to 921 base knocks so far this season, and their average at the plate is at .231. They have a total of 464 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .308.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.16 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.23. Rays pitchers have surrendered 152 home runs and 520 runs in total (14th in MLB). Tampa Bay has allowed 993 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and also 474 earned runs. The Rays have an ERA of 3.97 on the campaign (16th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,037 batters. They have walked 328 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.14 as a team this year.

The Rays have sent 407 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 136 base runners this season and 25.0% of those runners earned a run for their team. They have 37 saves this year and have not converted 18 of 55 save opportunities. The Rays bullpen have compiled a save rate of 67.3% and has entered the game in 136 save situations. The bullpen have recorded 79 holds for the season (4th in MLB). Rays relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 91 times in addition to having 157 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays have accounted for 3,220 putouts thus far, in addition to 938 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which puts them in 14th in professional baseball, and they have turned 80 double plays. The Rays have converted 70.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,660 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 13th in pro baseball.

Baz has pitched in 76 frames and has totaled 80 punch outs in his pro baseball career. Baz (3-4 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.07 while he has faced 325 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.13 (35 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.273. He has given up 71 hits (8.4 hits per 9 innings) with 26 free passes.

The Athletics hold a team slugging percentage of .397 and they are earning 4.08 runs per contest (25th in the league). They have hit 178 two-baggers, while getting a free base 391 times as well as earning 498 runs. Oakland has tallied 154 long balls on the season as well as 476 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,126 occasions (4th in baseball) and have notched a total of 942 base hits. The Oakland Athletics have compiled a team OBP of .305 and a batting average of .232 on the campaign.

The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.330 and have a FIP of 4.28 as a pitching staff on the season. They have a ranking of 23rd in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,030. The Oakland pitching staff have allowed 569 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 4.35 (519 earned runs conceded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 7.70 (923 strikeouts vs 399 walks). They have relinquished 124 dingers and they relinquish 4.77 runs per 9 innings (23rd in MLB).

Oakland has had relief pitchers enter the game in 38 save opportunities and they have come away with 24 saves. They are currently ranked 16th in the league with a save percentage of 63.2%, and they have dispatched 392 relievers onto the diamond for the season. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 115 times in high leverage situations and also on 126 occasions with runners on. Oakland bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.1% out of their 181 inherited base runners. Sitting with 113 save situations, the Athletics have 73 holds and 14 blown saves.

In 9,669 innings on the field, the Athletics have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.2% (22nd in professional baseball). The Oakland Athletics have turned 114 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (24th in pro baseball). The Athletics have 1,035 assists, 70 errors and have notched a total of 3,223 putouts over the course of the season.

So far in his MLB career, Boyle has given up 40 base hits while earning 50 strikeouts in 47 frames. Boyle (4-5 career record) holds a 5.53 earned run average while allowing 7.6 hits per nine innings. He has allowed a total of 29 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.504 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.4. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.61 and he has gone up against 212 hitters during his MLB career.

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oakland

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