Tampa Bay Rays vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 8/16/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+102) San Francisco (-122)

The San Francisco Giants (59-62) are welcoming the Tampa Bay Rays (59-63) at Oracle Park on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has Tampa Bay at +102 while San Francisco is priced at -122. The betting total is set at 8. The starting pitchers are Adrian Houser and Justin Verlander.

Tampa Bay owns a slugging percentage of .402 and have been called out on strikes 1,040 times, while drawing a walk on 357 occasions. They have earned 515 runs batted in and 1,034 base knocks over the course of the season, and their batting average is .251. The Rays have tallied 185 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 136 baseballs out of the stadium. They have racked up 546 runs scored while having a team OBP of .314. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are earning 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 12th in the league.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.96 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.21. Rays pitchers have conceded 156 long balls in addition to 503 total runs (12th in the league). Tampa Bay has conceded 958 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 467 earned runs. The Rays are sitting with a team ERA of 3.90 on the season (15th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,029 hitters. They have walked 348 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.19 as a unit on the campaign.

The Rays relievers have a save percentage of 55.3% and have come into the game in 116 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 123 base runners so far this year and 35.0% of them earned a run for their team. Rays pitchers have entered the game with runners on 84 times in addition to having 113 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have sent 379 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. The relief pitchers have earned 68 holds so far this season (16th in the league). They have accumulated 26 saves on the season and have not converted 21 of 47 chances to save the game.

The Tampa Bay Rays are sitting with 3,236 putouts this year, in addition to 1,087 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which puts them in 9th in the majors, and they have turned 116 double plays. The Rays have turned 71.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,708 innings on the field, which ranks them 6th in baseball.

Houser has taken the ball for 687 innings and has racked up 538 K's in his pro baseball career. Houser (38-43 career mark) holds a FIP of 4.00 and he has gone up against 2,947 batters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.06 (310 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.372. He has allowed 673 hits (8.8 hits per 9 innings) with 270 free passes.

San Francisco is sitting with 113 home runs on the year to go along with 470 RBIs. They have hit 179 doubles, while getting a free base 410 times and putting up 491 runs. The San Francisco Giants have earned a team on-base percentage of .309 as well as a batting average of .232 on the campaign. The Giants have a team SLG% of .373 and they average 4.06 runs per contest (24th in the league). They have been rung up on 1,027 occasions (14th in baseball) and have notched a total of 931 hits.

The San Francisco pitching staff have relinquished 497 runs on the season while having an ERA of 3.71 (442 earned runs conceded). They have given up 106 long balls and they give up 4.17 runs per 9 innings (8th in MLB). The Giants have a WHIP of 1.291 and have a FIP of 3.69 as a staff on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.60 (1,020 strikeouts against 386 walks). They come in at 20th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 998.

San Francisco relievers hold an inherited score rate of 33.3% out of their 132 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 131 times in high leverage situations and on 85 occasions with runners on. With 114 save situations, the Giants have earned 69 holds in addition to 17 blown saves. They are ranked 16th in the league with a save percentage of 62.2%, and they have dispatched 385 bullpen pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 45 save chances and they have tallied 28 saves.

In their 9,648 innings on the diamond, the Giants have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.7% (27th in MLB). The San Francisco Giants have gotten 96 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (24th in the majors). The Giants have recorded 1,140 assists, 69 errors and have earned 3,216 putouts for the year.

Verlander (263-156 record in his career) has earned a 3.33 earned run average and has allowed 7.7 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.55 and he has faced 14,389 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has allowed 1,302 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.136 and having a FIP of 3.3. During his pro baseball career, Verlander has allowed 3,004 base knocks while tallying 3,503 punch outs in 3,514 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (+102)

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