New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 5/28/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Saturday, May 28, 2022

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: New York (-150) Tampa Bay (+130)

The New York Yankees (32-13) are headed to Tropicana Field on Saturday where they will try to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays (26-18). The moneyline on this matchup has the Yankees at -150 while the Rays are coming in at +130. The betting total comes in at 7. The expected starting pitchers will be Gerrit Cole and Corey Kluber.

The Yankees have accrued 60 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 63 balls out of the stadium. New York has a slugging percentage of .410 and have struck out 368 times, while drawing a walk on 166 occasions. As a unit, the New York Yankees are scoring 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 5th in baseball. They have accrued 199 RBI's and 356 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average is at .240. They have notched a total of 215 runs and hold an OBP of .321.

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Yankees pitchers have given up 35 home runs and 142 runs (2nd in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 111 opposing batters and their FIP is 3.15 as a unit on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.77 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.10. The Yankees have a team earned run average of 2.98 this year (3rd in the league), and the staff has rung up 418 batters.

The Yankees relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 69.6% and has come into the game in 60 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 72 base runners on the year with 26.4% of those runners earned a run for their team. Yankees relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 50 times and also have had 61 appearances in high leverage situations. The Yankees have dispatched 148 relief pitchers to the hill this season. The bullpen are sitting with 35 holds for the season (2nd in the league). They have accumulated 16 saves on the campaign and have blown 7 of their 23 chances to get a save.

The New York Yankees have earned a total of 1,216 putouts this season, in addition to 415 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .988 which puts them in 6th in the majors, and have a total of 30 double plays. The Yankees have turned 70.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 3,648 innings, ranking them 12th in pro baseball.

Cole has thrown 1,501 innings and has accounted for 1,735 K's in his pro baseball career. Cole (121-64 record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.08 and he has gone up against 6,068 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.20 (534 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.109. He has conceded 1,280 hits (7.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 385 free passes.

The Rays have a team slugging percentage of .391 and they have an average of 4.34 runs per game (13th in baseball). They have hit 70 two-baggers, while taking a walk 124 times and scoring 191 runs. Tampa Bay has compiled 46 home runs on the campaign and 180 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 377 occasions (14th in baseball) and are sitting with 355 base hits. The Tampa Bay Rays have tallied an on-base percentage of .302 and a team batting average of .240 so far this season.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff have given up 179 runs this season while holding an ERA of 3.34 (147 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 47 dingers and they surrender 4.07 runs per 9 innings (13th in baseball). The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.109 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.74 as a unit over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio is 3.31 (387 strikeouts against 117 bases on balls). They rank 6th in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 322.

Tampa Bay bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 24.1% out of 54 inherited runners. Their relievers have taken the field 58 times in high leverage situations and on 43 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 54 save situations, the Rays have earned 31 holds and also 10 blown saves. They rank 28th in baseball with a save rate of 54.5%, and they have dispatched 168 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this season. Tampa Bay has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 22 save opportunities and they have walked away with 12 saves.

Out of their 3,564 innings played, the Rays have a defensive efficiency of 72.1% (5th in baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 28 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (24th in the majors). The Rays have recorded 375 assists, 29 errors and have a tally of 1,188 putouts this season.

In his pro baseball career, Kluber has surrendered 1,281 hits while he has earned 1,581 K's in 1,461 innings. He has given up 524 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.105 and a FIP of 3.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.73 and he has gone up against 5,908 opposing batters during his pro baseball career. Kluber (104-63 career mark) has earned a 3.23 ERA while conceding 7.9 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (+130)

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