Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 5/22/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Sunday, May 22, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-155) Baltimore (+135)

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is where the Baltimore Orioles (16-24) will attempt to beat the Tampa Bay Rays (23-16) on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has Tampa Bay at -155 while Baltimore is opening at +135. The over/under has been set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Corey Kluber and Spenser Watkins.

The Rays have hit 60 doubles as a squad and have knocked 38 balls out of the park. Tampa Bay has a slugging percentage of .383 and have been called out on strikes 334 times, while taking a walk on 113 occasions. As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are notching 4.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 13th in baseball. They have amassed 157 RBI's and 311 base knocks so far this year, and their team batting average comes in at .238. They have tallied 168 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .302.

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Rays pitchers have surrendered 45 home runs and 160 runs (14th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 95 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.76 as a squad over the course of the season. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.59 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.09. The Rays have compiled a team earned run average of 3.43 over the course of the season (8th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 341 batters.

The Rays have sent 148 relief pitchers to the hill this season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 47 runners over the course of the season with 21.3% of those runners crossed home plate. They have tallied 11 saves on the campaign and have blown 9 of their 20 save opportunities. The Rays bullpen have earned a save rate of 55.0% and stepped onto the hill in 45 save situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 24 holds this year (13th in baseball). Rays relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 37 times and also have had 52 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rays have turned 72.5% of balls in play into outs out of 3,147 innings, which ranks them 3rd in the majors. The Tampa Bay Rays have a total of 1,049 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 335 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .984 which puts them in 18th in the majors, and have accumulated 23 double plays.

Kluber has pitched in 1,458 innings and has accumulated 1,579 K's thus far in his career. His ERA is 3.22 (522 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.103. He has allowed 1,276 hits (7.9 hits per nine innings) and has had 332 free passes. Kluber (104-63 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 3.06 while going up against 5,891 batters in the majors.

The Orioles have a slugging percentage of .349 and they are earning 3.48 runs per contest (27th in MLB). They have 63 doubles, while walking 114 times and putting up 139 runs. Baltimore has tallied 31 home runs so far this year and 132 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 364 instances (4th in baseball) and have notched a total of 307 base hits. The Baltimore Orioles are sitting with a team OBP of .299 and a batting average of .228 on the campaign.

The Baltimore pitching staff have conceded 171 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 3.82 (150 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 38 home runs and they relinquish 4.36 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Orioles have a team WHIP of 1.297 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.03 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.38 (295 strikeouts vs 124 bases on balls). They rank 27th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 334.

Baltimore relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 28.6% of 77 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 48 times in high leverage situations and on 51 occasions with runners on. With 28 save situations, the Orioles have accrued 18 holds and 3 blown saves. They are currently ranked 13th in MLB with a save percentage of 70.0%, and they have dispatched 142 relievers to the mound over the course of the season. Baltimore has had relief pitchers enter the game in 10 save chances and they have recorded 7 saves.

Out of their 3,177 innings played, the Orioles have a efficiency on defense of 68.8% (24th in baseball). The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 49 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .980 (25th in the majors). The Orioles have 399 assists, 30 errors and have accumulated 1,059 putouts on the campaign.

So far in his pro baseball career, Watkins has surrendered 107 hits while totaling 49 K's in 84 frames. He has surrendered 66 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.665 and being the owner of a FIP of 6.3. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.44 and he has faced 392 opposing hitters thus far in his career. Watkins (2-8 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 7.02 earned run average and has allowed 11.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-155)

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