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The Atlanta Braves (36-30) will look to Ozzie Albies, red hot after a four-hit game, to lead them in a matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays (33-36) on Friday at 7:20 PM ET on BSSUN. The Braves are -200 favorites for the contest, according to bookmakers. Chris Sale will get the ball for Atlanta while Tampa Bay will counter with Zack Littell.
Be sure to check out our preview for this matchup, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $30.00
Braves to win vs Rays -200
Braves vs. Rays Betting Lines
- Favorite: Braves (-200)
- Underdog: Rays (+167)
- Over/under: 8
Braves vs. Rays Betting Insights
- The Braves have won in 34, or 57.6%, of the 59 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Atlanta has a record of 17-6 when favored by -200 or more this year.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Braves have a 66.7% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Rays are 10-14 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 41.7% of those games).
- Tampa Bay has not played a game this season with moneyline odds of +167 or longer.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rays’ implied win probability is 37.5%.
Braves vs. Rays Hitting Leaders
- Marcell Ozuna is batting .322 with 18 home runs and 57 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Atlanta hitters this season.
- Ozuna ranks fourth in Major League Baseball in home runs, and third in RBI.
- Albies has 63 hits and an OBP of .329 to go with a slugging percentage of .403 this season.
- Isaac Paredes has accumulated a team-best batting average of .286, and leads the Rays in home runs (10) and runs batted in (38).
- Among all hitters in the majors, Paredes ranks 45th in homers and 33rd in RBI.
- Yandy Diaz has 12 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 26 walks while batting .260.
Braves vs. Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Braves have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, sixth-best in baseball.
- Braves pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.70 this year, eighth-best in baseball.
- The Braves have a combined WHIP of 1.229 as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rays pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors.
- Tampa Bay’s 4.32 team ERA ranks 24th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rays have the 15th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.266).