Tampa Bay Rays vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 8/6/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

The Tampa Bay Rays (57-54) are headed to Busch Stadium on Tuesday where they will try to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals (57-55). The pitchers taking the mound are Jeffrey Springs and Sonny Gray.

Tampa Bay is slugging .376 and have struck out 1,013 times, while taking a walk on 368 occasions. They have recorded 412 runs batted in in addition to 866 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is .235. The Rays have accounted for 179 doubles as a team and have hit 106 balls out of the park. They have tallied 441 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .313. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 4.0 runs per contest, which is 27th in the league.

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Their K/BB ratio is 3.15 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.23. Rays pitchers have surrendered 140 long balls in addition to 484 runs in total (14th in MLB). Tampa Bay has allowed 912 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 441 earned runs. The Rays have an ERA of 4.00 for the year (15th in MLB), and they have rung up 960 batters. They have walked 305 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.13 as a team this year.

Rays relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 84 times in addition to having 147 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 77 holds on the season (4th in baseball). The Rays bullpen have earned a save percentage of 66.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 132 save situations. They have recorded 35 saves this season and have blown 18 of their 53 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 125 base runners for the year with 26.4% of those players crossed home plate. The Rays have dispatched 378 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Tampa Bay Rays have amassed 2,980 putouts this season, as well as 875 assists and 58 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .985 which has them ranked 15th in MLB, and have a total of 74 double plays. The Rays have transformed 70.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 8,940 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 11th in MLB.

Springs (21-10 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.37 and he has faced 1,196 batters in the majors. He has allowed 259 base knocks (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 94 free passes. His ERA is 3.42 (108 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.243. Springs has thrown 284 innings and has accumulated 325 strikeouts during his pro baseball career.

The Cardinals hold a team SLG% of .387 and they average 4.18 runs per contest (22nd in the league). They have recorded 161 two-baggers, while taking a walk 321 times as well as recording 468 runs. St. Louis has compiled 116 long balls on the year to go along with 442 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 928 instances (18th in MLB) and have tallied 933 base hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have earned a team OBP of .309 and a team batting average of .245 so far this season.

The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.267 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.98 as a staff so far this year. They are sitting at 22nd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 953. The St. Louis pitching staff have allowed 510 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.08 (453 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.00 (892 strikeouts vs 312 free passes). They have given up 121 home runs and they concede 4.60 runs per 9 innings (20th in the league).

St. Louis bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 36.8% out of their 155 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 129 times in high leverage situations in addition to 111 occasions with runners on. With 135 save situations, the Cardinals have 80 holds and also 17 blown saves. They rank 6th in the league holding a save rate of 69.1%, and they have sent 354 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. St. Louis has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 55 save opportunities and they have tallied 38 saves.

In their 8,988 innings played, the Cardinals have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (18th in MLB). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 110 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .988 (3rd in baseball). The Cardinals have 1,040 assists, 50 errors and have 2,996 putouts on the season.

In his career, Gray has allowed 1,449 base hits while accumulating 1,668 strikeouts in 1,689 frames. Gray (108-91 mark in his career) has earned a 3.49 ERA and has allowed 7.7 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 655 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.196 and a FIP of 3.4. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.92 and he has gone up against 7,005 opposing batters during his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis

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