Tampa Bay Rays vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 8/16/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-110) San Francisco (-110)

Oracle Park is the site where the San Francisco Giants (63-55) will try to beat the Tampa Bay Rays (71-49) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Rays at -110 while the Giants are sitting at -110. The total is set at 8.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Aaron Civale and Ross Stripling.

The Rays have tallied 205 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 173 balls out of the park. Tampa Bay is slugging .444 and have been rung up 1,034 times, while being walked on 378 occasions. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are recording 5.2 runs per outing, which has them at 4th in MLB. They have tallied 594 RBI's as well as 1,026 hits for the season, while their batting average is .255. They have a total of 620 runs and have an OBP of .327.

The Rays have compiled a team earned run average of 3.89 for the year (8th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,065 batters. Rays pitchers have allowed 127 home runs and 481 total runs (2nd in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 343 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.91 as a unit so far this season. Tampa Bay has allowed 930 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and 458 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 3.10 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.20.

The Rays have sent 391 relievers to the mound so far this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 138 runners so far this year with 25.4% of those players earned a run for their team. They have earned 31 saves for the season and have blown 19 of their 50 save chances. The Rays bullpen have a save percentage of 62.0% and has come into the game in 102 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 51 holds for the season (27th in the league). Rays bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 88 times and also have had 112 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays have earned 3,182 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,088 assists and 51 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which puts them in 6th in baseball, and have a total of 87 double plays. The Rays have converted 70.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,546 innings, which has them sitting at 4th in the majors.

Civale has taken the mound for 439 innings and has earned 376 punch outs in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.79 (185 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.159. He has surrendered 401 hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has 108 walks. Civale (29-24 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 4.01 while he has faced 1,796 batters in the major leagues.

The San Francisco Giants have compiled a team on-base percentage of .314 and a batting average of .238 on the year. They have struck out on 1,111 occasions (4th in baseball) and have totaled 946 base hits. San Francisco has compiled 131 HRs this year as well as 502 runs batted in. The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .390 and they have an average of 4.37 runs per contest (18th in the league). They have recorded 191 two-baggers, while taking a walk 396 times as well as scoring 516 runs.

The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 498 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 3.87 (452 earned runs relinquished). They have yielded 122 home runs and they relinquish 4.27 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.232 and have a FIP of 3.86 as a staff for the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.60 (1,005 strikeouts vs 298 free passes). They are currently ranked 20th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 996.

San Francisco bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.8% out of their 145 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 127 times in high leverage situations in addition to 105 occasions with base runners. With 115 save situations, the Giants have amassed 52 holds in addition to 19 blown saves. They are ranked 6th in MLB holding a save percentage of 68.9%, and they have sent 361 relievers to the hill this season. San Francisco has had relievers take the mound in 61 save opportunities and they have converted 42 saves.

In their 9,456 innings on the diamond, the Giants have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.4% (23rd in professional baseball). The San Francisco Giants have gotten 106 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (27th in MLB). The Giants have racked up 1,171 assists, 76 errors and have a tally of 3,152 putouts on the season.

In his MLB career, Stripling has surrendered 724 base knocks while tallying 680 punch outs in 744 innings pitched. He has allowed 323 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.201 and having a FIP of 4.1. His K/BB ratio is 4.00 and he has gone up against 3,086 batters so far in his pro baseball career. Stripling (38-43 career mark) has earned a 3.91 earned run average while allowing 8.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take San Francisco (-110) and under 8.5 runs

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