Rays vs. Guardians Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 12, 2024

The Tampa Bay Rays (45-47) are favorites (-136) on the moneyline when they square off against the Cleveland Guardians (57-35) Friday at 6:50 PM ET, live on Apple TV+. Taj Bradley takes the mound for Tampa Bay while Carlos Carrasco is Cleveland’s starter for the contest.

Here is our betting preview for this game, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Rays vs. Guardians Betting Lines

• Favorite: Rays (-136)
• Underdog: Guardians (+116)
• Over/under: 8.5

Rays vs. Guardians Betting Insights

• The Rays have been victorious in 25, or 50%, of the 50 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This year Tampa Bay has won 13 of 25 games when listed as at least -136 on the moneyline.
• The Rays have an implied victory probability of 57.6% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Guardians have gone 15-13 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 53.6% of those games).
• Cleveland has an 8-6 record (winning 57.1% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +116 or longer.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Guardians’ implied win probability is 46.3%.

Rays vs. Guardians Hitting Leaders

• Isaac Paredes is batting .265 this season with a team-high 15 home runs and 50 RBI.
• Including all hitters in baseball, Paredes is 34th in homers and 36th in RBI.
• Yandy Diaz is batting .269 to lead Tampa Bay, while adding eight homers and 44 runs batted in this season.
• Jose Ramirez paces the Guardians in home runs (23) and runs batted in (77).
• In all of the majors, Ramirez is fifth in homers and second in RBI.
• Josh Naylor is batting .248 with 16 doubles, 22 home runs and 34 walks.

Rays vs. Guardians Pitching Rankings

• The Rays have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, ninth-best in baseball.
• Rays pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.31 this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• The Rays rank 14th in MLB with a combined 1.263 WHIP this season.
• The nine strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Guardians pitching staff ranks fourth in the majors.
• Cleveland has the ninth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.79).
• The Guardians have the 10th-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.223).