Tampa Bay Rays vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 4/22/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: DBACKS.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+102) Arizona (-122)

The Tampa Bay Rays (9-13) are traveling to Chase Field on Tuesday where they will try to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks (13-9). The line on this matchup has Tampa Bay at +102 while Arizona is coming in at -122. The total has been set at 8.5. The pitchers expected to start will be Zack Littell and Brandon Pfaadt.

As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are notching 4.3 runs per contest, which has them at 17th in the league. They have 94 runs scored and have an OBP of .326. The Rays have compiled 32 two-baggers as a team and have hit 21 balls out of the park. They have recorded 91 RBI's in addition to 185 hits this year, while their average at the plate is .258. Tampa Bay is slugging .399 and have been rung up 174 times, while taking a walk on 72 occasions.

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The Rays have compiled a team earned run average of 3.66 for the season (11th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 209 batters. Rays pitchers have given up 34 home runs and also 86 runs in total (8th in MLB). They have walked 58 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.18 as a team for the year. Tampa Bay has given up 172 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) as well as 80 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 3.60 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.17.

The Rays relievers have a save percentage of 60.0% and stepped onto the hill in 13 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 11 runners on the year with 54.5% of them crossed the plate. Rays relief pitchers have come into the game with players on base 6 times as well as having 13 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have dispatched 69 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The relievers have tallied 8 holds over the course of the season (27th in the league). They have accumulated 3 saves this year and have missed out on 2 of 5 save chances.

The Tampa Bay Rays have a total of 590 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 193 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .987 which has them sitting 9th in baseball, and have a total of 20 double plays. The Rays have turned 71.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,770 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 14th in pro baseball.

Littell has taken the mound for 439 innings and is sitting with 385 K's during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.00 (195 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.264. He has surrendered 446 base knocks (9.1 hits per nine innings) and has 109 walks. Littell (24-25 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.94 and he has faced 1,850 hitters in the major leagues.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have accounted for a team OBP of .340 as well as a batting average of .251 for the season. They have been rung up on 169 instances (25th in MLB) and have recorded 185 base hits. Arizona has hit 30 home runs this season as well as 117 runs batted in. The Diamondbacks have a team SLG% of .442 and they earn 5.45 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have tallied 45 doubles, while taking a walk 96 times as well as recording 120 runs.

The Diamondbacks have a team WHIP of 1.221 and have a FIP of 3.93 as a team this year. They are sitting at 18th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 174. The Arizona pitching staff have given up 103 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.43 (96 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.20 (199 strikeouts vs 64 bases on balls). They have allowed 27 homers and they allow 4.75 runs per 9 innings (24th in MLB).

Sitting with 19 save situations, the Diamondbacks have accumulated 11 holds in addition to 1 blown save. Arizona has had relief pitchers enter the game in 8 save chances and they have tallied 7 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 16 times in high leverage situations in addition to 15 occasions with runners on. Arizona bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 22.2% of 18 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 3rd in baseball with a save rate of 87.5%, and they have dispatched 63 relief pitchers to the mound on the season.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have turned 11 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (22nd in professional baseball). The Diamondbacks have 190 assists, 13 errors and have notched a total of 585 putouts so far this season. In 1,755 innings on the field, the Diamondbacks are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 70.3% (17th in MLB).

Pfaadt (17-20 career record) is the owner of a 4.91 ERA while conceding 9.4 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.07 and he has gone up against 1,274 batters thus far in his career. He has conceded a total of 164 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.285 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.8. In his MLB career, Pfaadt has allowed 313 hits and he has 297 K's in 300 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Arizona (-122)

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