Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 5/20/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Friday, May 20, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-130) Baltimore (+110)

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is the location where the Baltimore Orioles (14-24) will play the Tampa Bay Rays (23-15) on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has the Rays at -130 and the Orioles are at +110. The betting total is set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound will be Jalen Beeks and Tyler Wells.

The Rays have compiled 58 doubles as a team and have hit 37 baseballs out of the stadium. Tampa Bay is slugging .386 and have been called out on strikes 325 times, while drawing a walk on 110 occasions. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are notching 4.3 runs/g, which has them at 15th in baseball. They have accrued 151 RBI's as well as 301 hits this season, while their batting average sits at .239. They have earned a total of 162 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .304.

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The Rays have an earned run average of 3.47 so far this year (8th in the league), and their staff has rung up 330 hitters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.63 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.09. Rays pitchers have allowed 44 long balls and also 152 total runs (13th in MLB). They have walked 91 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.76 as a team on the season.

Rays bullpen pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 32 times and also have had 45 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have earned 23 holds on the campaign (13th in the league). The Rays relievers have a save percentage of 64.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 41 save situations. They have earned 11 saves for the season and have blown 6 of their 17 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 43 runners so far this year and 16.3% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Rays have dispatched 140 relief pitchers to the hill for the year.

The Tampa Bay Rays have a total of 1,012 putouts for the season, in addition to 319 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .985 which ranks 14th in MLB, and they have turned 22 double plays. The Rays have converted 72.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of 3,036 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 2nd in MLB.

Beeks has pitched in 190 innings and has earned 174 strikeouts in his career. His ERA is 4.31 (91 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.416. He has surrendered 197 hits (9.3 hits per nine innings) and has 72 walks. Beeks (13-5 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 4.12 while he has gone up against 826 batters in the majors.

The Orioles have a team SLG% of .344 and they average 3.21 runs per game (29th in the league). They have notched 59 two-baggers, while taking a walk 107 times and scoring 122 runs. Baltimore has hit 28 home runs for the year as well as 117 RBIs. They have been rung up on 345 occasions (5th in the league) and have notched a total of 285 base knocks. The Baltimore Orioles have accumulated a team OBP of .297 and a team batting average of .226 this season.

The Orioles hold a team WHIP of 1.296 in addition to having a FIP of 4.04 as a staff for the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.42 (278 strikeouts against 115 bases on balls). They are sitting at 26th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 314. They have relinquished 36 homers and they relinquish 4.32 runs per 9 innings (20th in the league). The Baltimore pitching staff have yielded 159 runs for the season while having an ERA of 3.81 (140 earned runs relinquished).

Baltimore relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 27.9% out of 68 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 40 times in high leverage situations in addition to 44 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 25 save situations, the Orioles have earned 16 holds in addition to 2 blown saves. They sit at 3rd in the league with a save rate of 77.8%, and they have sent 131 relievers to the mound for the season. Baltimore has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 9 save chances and they have tallied 7 saves.

Out of their 2,979 innings on the diamond, the Orioles have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.8% (25th in pro baseball). The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 46 double plays and have a fielding rate of .981 (24th in baseball). The Orioles have 372 assists, 27 errors and have accumulated 993 putouts for the year.

In his MLB career, Wells has surrendered 71 base hits and he has 84 strikeouts in 85 frames. He has surrendered 39 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.024 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.8. His K/BB ratio is 5.25 and he has faced 341 opposing batters in his career. Wells (3-6 mark in his career) has a 4.13 ERA while giving up 7.5 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-130)

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