Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 4/9/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Saturday, April 9, 2022

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (+195) Tampa Bay (-240)

The Tampa Bay Rays (100-62 last year) will try to defeat the Baltimore Orioles (52-110 last season) at Tropicana Field on Saturday. The moneyline on this matchup has Baltimore at +195 while Tampa Bay is opening at -240. The over/under is 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Jordan Lyles and Drew Rasmussen.

The Orioles accounted for 266 doubles as a team and hit 195 balls out of the park. Baltimore had a slugging percentage of .402 and were rung up 1,454 times, while drawing a walk on 451 occasions. As a unit, the Baltimore Orioles put up 4.1 runs per game, which had them at 26th in the league. They earned 632 RBI's in addition to 1,296 base knocks over the course of the prior season, while their team batting average came in at .239. They earned a total of 659 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .304.

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The Orioles had a team earned run average of 5.84 in the previous season (30th in MLB), and the staff struck out 1,234 hitters. Their pitching staff walked 563 opposing players and their FIP came in at 5.15 as a team for the previous season. They had a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.19 and their pitching staff had a team WHIP of 1.48. Orioles pitchers yielded 258 home runs and 956 runs (30th in MLB).

Orioles relief pitchers came into the game with runners on base 212 times as well as having 156 contests in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers had a total of 63 holds during the previous year (30th in baseball). The Orioles bullpen recorded a save percentage of 48.1% and came into the game in 119 save situations. They accumulated 26 saves in the prior season and did not convert 28 of 54 save opportunities. The relief pitchers inherited 335 runners in the previous season and 39.7% of those runners ended up scoring. The Orioles had sent 569 relief pitchers to the mound last season.

The Baltimore Orioles accounted for 4,206 putouts last season, as well as 1,359 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage finished at .987 which had them sitting 6th in pro baseball, and they twisted 101 double plays. The Orioles turned 68.3% of balls in play into outs out of 12,618 innings on the diamond, which had them sitting 28th in the majors.

Lyles has thrown 1,147 innings and is sitting with 878 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. Lyles (54-79 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.72 and he has gone up against 5,045 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 5.21 (664 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.435. He has allowed 1,252 base hits (9.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 394 free passes.

Tampa Bay hit 222 HRs over the course of last year in addition to 810 runs batted in. They had 288 two-baggers, while getting a free base 585 times as well as scoring 857 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays tallied an on-base percentage of .321 in addition to a team batting average of .242 over the course of the prior season. The Rays held a team SLG% of .428 and they averaged 5.29 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They were rung up on 1,542 instances (3rd in the league) and earned a total of 1,335 base hits.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff given up 651 runs last year while having an ERA of 3.67 (593 earned runs allowed). They gave up 184 dingers and they surrendered 4.03 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Rays finished with a team WHIP of 1.168 and had a FIP of 3.79 as a staff in the prior season. Their K/BB ratio came in at 3.39 (1,478 strikeouts against 436 free passes). They had a ranking of 11th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,264.

Tampa Bay bullpen pitchers had an inherited score percentage of 27.7% out of 166 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers stepped onto the mound 180 times in high leverage situations and on 126 occasions with runners on. Finishing with 159 save situations, the Rays accumulated 91 holds and also 22 blown saves. They were ranked 7th in baseball holding a save percentage of 65.6%, and they sent 531 bullpen pitchers onto the field last year. Tampa Bay had relievers step onto the mound in 64 save opportunities and they walked away with 42 saves.

In their 13,101 innings on the field, the Rays held a defensive efficiency of 70.6% (7th in pro baseball). Tampa Bay Rays turned 130 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .986 (9th in MLB). The Rays accrued 1,358 assists, 80 errors and earned a total of 4,367 putouts for the previous season.

So far in his pro baseball career, Rasmussen has surrendered 74 hits while accumulating 94 punch outs in 91 frames. Rasmussen (5-1 career record) has a 3.35 ERA and has surrendered 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 34 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.182 and a FIP of 3.4. His K/BB ratio is 2.76 and he has gone up against 378 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore (+195)

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