Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 8/25/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Detroit SportsNet

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+125) Detroit (-150)

The Detroit Tigers (61-69) will try to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays (77-53) at Comerica Park on Tuesday. The odds on this game have Tampa Bay at +125 and Detroit opens at -150. The total is 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Ian Seymour and Jackson Jobe.

Tampa Bay has a slugging % of .404 and have struck out 916 times, while drawing a walk on 421 occasions. They have amassed 558 runs batted in in addition to 1,138 hits on the season, and their team batting average is .261. The Rays have compiled 183 doubles as a squad and have hit 135 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 587 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .330. As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are notching 4.5 runs per game, which puts them at 15th in MLB.

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The Rays have compiled a team earned run average of 3.83 this year (8th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,061 batters. Rays pitchers have given up 167 home runs and 543 runs (8th in baseball). They have walked 329 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.10 as a team on the campaign. Tampa Bay has conceded 1,016 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 494 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.22 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.16.

The Rays have dispatched 414 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. The relievers have inherited 152 base runners for the year with 30.3% of those players crossing home plate. The relievers are sitting with 98 holds on the year (2nd in baseball). Rays relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 106 times in addition to having 128 appearances in high leverage situations. They have recorded 51 saves over the course of the season and have blown 16 out of their 67 save opportunities. The Rays relievers have a save percentage of 76.1% and stepped onto the hill in 165 save situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays have accounted for 3,480 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,028 assists and 78 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .983 which puts them in 23rd in pro baseball, and they have turned 87 double plays. The Rays have turned 71.8% of balls in play into outs in their 10,440 innings, which has them sitting at 3rd in pro baseball.

Seymour has taken the hill for 158 innings and has totaled 187 K's so far in his pro baseball career. Seymour (13-7 career record) holds a FIP of 3.93 while he has faced 663 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.98 (70 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.157. He has surrendered 132 hits (7.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 51 free passes.

The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .404 and they tally 4.52 runs per game (14th in the league). They have hit 200 two-baggers, while getting a free base 465 times as well as recording 587 runs. Detroit is sitting with 154 home runs for the season to go along with 560 RBIs. They have been rung up on 1,109 occasions (13th in the league) and are sitting with 1,060 base knocks. The Detroit Tigers have an on-base percentage of .319 in addition to a team batting average of .242 on the season.

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.217 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.94 as a staff this season. They sit at 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 999. The Detroit pitching staff have surrendered 514 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 3.62 (462 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.30 (1,063 strikeouts against 400 free passes). They have conceded 134 long balls and they concede 4.03 runs per 9 innings (6th in MLB).

With 117 save situations, the Tigers have tallied 61 holds in addition to 28 blown saves. Detroit has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 54 save chances and they have earned 26 saves. Detroit relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 28.0% of 207 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 104 times in high leverage situations and also on 142 occasions with runners on. They are currently ranked 30th in baseball holding a save percentage of 48.1%, and they have dispatched 401 relievers to the hill so far this year.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 99 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (9th in MLB). The Tigers have recorded 1,146 assists, 59 errors and have a tally of 3,448 putouts on the campaign. In 10,344 innings on the field, the Tigers hold a defensive efficiency of 71.4% (4th in baseball).

Thus far in his career, Jobe has given up 61 hits while earning 52 strikeouts in 67 frames. Jobe (5-2 record in his career) holds a 4.03 earned run average while allowing 8.2 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 30 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.403 and a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.58 and he has gone up against 295 hitters so far in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (+125)

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