Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 5/4/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-115) Oakland (-105)

The Oakland Athletics (10-13) will play the Tampa Bay Rays (13-10) at Oakland Coliseum on Wednesday. The moneyline on this matchup has Tampa Bay at -115 while Oakland is sitting at -105. The total comes in at 6.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Corey Kluber and Frankie Montas.

The Rays have tallied 40 doubles as a team and have hit 20 balls out of the park. Tampa Bay has a slugging rate of .385 and have struck out 205 times, while taking a walk on 74 occasions. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 4.2 runs per game, which has them at 14th in MLB. They have accrued 91 RBI's and 183 base knocks on the season, and their batting average comes in at .242. They have notched a total of 96 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .313.

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The Rays are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.30 this year (9th in the league), and they have rung up 213 batters. They have a K/BB ratio of 3.49 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.09. Rays pitchers have given up 21 home runs and 94 runs in total (18th in the league). They have walked 61 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.38 as a team on the season.

Rays bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 21 times in addition to having 20 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have accumulated 13 holds on the season (16th in baseball). The Rays relievers have recorded a save rate of 75.0% and stepped onto the hill in 21 save situations. They have accumulated 6 saves so far this season and have blown 2 out of their 8 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 29 runners this year and 20.7% of those players ended up scoring. The Rays have sent 85 relievers to the mound so far this season.

The Rays have turned 71.6% of balls in play into outs out of 1,818 innings, which has them sitting 8th in professional baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have earned a total of 606 putouts this season, in addition to 186 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .981 which puts them in 22nd in baseball, and have earned 12 double plays.

Kluber has taken the ball for 1,443 innings and has totaled 1,562 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Kluber (104-62 career mark) holds a FIP of 3.05 while facing 5,825 opposing batters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 3.19 (512 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.101. He has given up 1,258 base knocks (7.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 331 free passes.

The Athletics have a slugging percentage of .331 and they are scoring 3.70 runs per contest (22nd in the league). They have 34 doubles, while taking a walk 59 times as well as scoring 85 runs. Oakland has 18 home runs this year as well as 77 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 216 occasions (4th in MLB) and are sitting with 154 hits. The Oakland Athletics hold a team OBP of .270 as well as a batting average of .206 on the year.

The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.236 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.75 as a unit on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.63 (184 strikeouts vs 70 free passes). They rank 22nd in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 180. They have relinquished 21 home runs and they relinquish 4.14 runs per 9 innings (16th in MLB). The Oakland pitching staff have conceded 93 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.78 (85 earned runs surrendered).

Oakland has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 10 save opportunities and they have tallied 7 saves. They rank 19th in the league holding a save rate of 70.0%, and they have sent 83 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the campaign. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 29 times in high leverage situations and on 30 occasions with base runners. Oakland relievers have an inherited score percentage of 27.3% out of 44 inherited runners. With 31 save situations, the Athletics have compiled 21 holds in addition to 3 blown saves.

Out of their 1,824 innings played, the Athletics have a defensive efficiency of 69.4% (21st in professional baseball). The Oakland Athletics have turned 24 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .975 (28th in baseball). The Athletics have recorded 215 assists, 21 errors and have a tally of 608 putouts over the course of the season.

Montas (33-25 career mark) is the owner of a 3.88 ERA while allowing 8.5 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.11 and he has gone up against 2,027 hitters so far in his career. He has allowed a total of 206 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.285 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.8. In his pro baseball career, Montas has given up 453 base knocks while totaling 500 K's in 477 innings pitched.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Oakland (-105) and under 6.5 runs

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