Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 5/21/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Saturday, May 21, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-140) Baltimore (+120)

The Baltimore Orioles (15-24) will compete against the Tampa Bay Rays (23-15) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Saturday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Rays at -140 while the Orioles are opening at +120. The betting total comes in at 8. The pitchers taking the mound will be Jeffrey Springs and Kyle Bradish.

As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are notching 4.3 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 14th in baseball. They have tallied 162 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .304. The Rays have accounted for 58 doubles as a team and have knocked 37 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 151 RBI's and 301 hits this season, and their team batting average is .239. Tampa Bay has a slugging rate of .386 and have been called out on strikes 325 times, while drawing a walk on 110 occasions.

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The Rays hold a team earned run average of 3.47 for the season (8th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 330 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 91 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.77 as a squad this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.63 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.09. Rays pitchers have given up 44 home runs and also 152 runs (13th in MLB).

The Rays have dispatched 140 relief pitchers to the mound this season. The relief pitchers have inherited 43 runners over the course of the season with 16.3% of those players crossed home plate. They have 11 saves on the campaign and have blown 6 of 17 save opportunities. The Rays relievers have a save percentage of 64.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 41 save situations. The relief pitchers have earned 23 holds on the campaign (13th in baseball). Rays pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 32 times in addition to having 45 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays have amassed 1,012 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 319 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .985 which has them ranked 14th in MLB, and they have twisted 22 double plays. The Rays have converted 72.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 3,036 innings on the field, which has them ranked 2nd in baseball.

Springs has taken the ball for 151 innings and is sitting with 174 punch outs during his MLB career. Springs (11-6 career mark) holds a FIP of 4.10 while facing 653 hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.29 (72 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.391. He has surrendered 149 base knocks (8.9 hits per nine innings) and has had 61 free passes.

The Baltimore Orioles have earned a team on-base percentage of .298 as well as a team batting average of .228 for the season. They have struck out on 353 occasions (4th in MLB) and have tallied 296 base knocks. Baltimore has recorded 30 long balls on the campaign as well as 126 RBIs. The Orioles hold a slugging % of .349 and they are earning 3.36 runs per contest (27th in the league). They have recorded 61 two-baggers, while getting a free base 110 times as well as recording 131 runs.

The Baltimore pitching staff have conceded 165 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 3.86 (146 earned runs surrendered). They have relinquished 37 home runs and they relinquish 4.37 runs per 9 innings (21st in the league). The Orioles have a team WHIP of 1.309 with a FIP of 4.07 as a pitching staff for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.36 (286 strikeouts vs 121 walks). They are sitting at 27th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 324.

Baltimore has had relief pitchers take the mound in 10 save chances and they have recorded 7 saves. They rank 13th in the league with a save rate of 70.0%, and they have dispatched 136 bullpen pitchers onto the field over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 45 times in high leverage situations and on 47 occasions with runners on. Baltimore relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.8% out of 73 inherited base runners. Sitting with 28 save situations, the Orioles have compiled 18 holds and also 3 blown saves.

Out of their 3,060 innings played, the Orioles have a efficiency on defense of 68.7% (25th in professional baseball). The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 49 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .980 (25th in pro baseball). The Orioles have accrued 382 assists, 28 errors and have earned 1,020 putouts this year.

During his MLB career, Bradish has surrendered 23 hits while earning 22 strikeouts in 21 innings. Bradish (1-2 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 5.06 ERA and has surrendered 9.7 hits per 9 innings. He has given up 12 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.359 and a FIP of 4.5. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.67 and he has faced 87 hitters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-140)

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