Red Sox vs. Rays Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 28, 2024

The Boston Red Sox (80-80) are -126 favorites for their Saturday matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays (79-81). Kutter Crawford gets the ball for the Red Sox and will look to earn his 10th win of the campaign. Boston’s Crawford and Tampa Bay’s Shane Baz have been named the starters for this contest.

Here is our preview for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Red Sox vs. Rays Betting Lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-126)
• Underdog: Rays (+106)
• Over/under: 8

Red Sox vs. Rays Betting Insights

• The Red Sox have won in 40, or 51.9%, of the 77 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This year Boston has won 31 of 53 games when listed as at least -126 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Red Sox have a 55.8% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Rays have put together a 40-48 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 45.5% of those games).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +106 or longer, Tampa Bay has gone 20-36 (35.7%).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Rays have an implied win probability of 48.5%.

Red Sox vs. Rays Hitting Leaders

• Jarren Duran leads Boston with a batting average of .286. He’s also hit 21 home runs with 75 RBI.
• Of all hitters in baseball, Duran’s home run total places him 63rd and his RBI tally places him 52nd.
• Tyler O’Neill is slugging .512 this season, with a team-best 31 homers while driving in 61 runs.
• Yandy Diaz paces the Rays in runs batted in (65) and has racked up a team-best batting average of .280.
• Among all batters in MLB, Diaz is 139th in homers and 85th in RBI.
• Brandon Lowe’s 21 home runs pace his team.

Red Sox vs. Rays Pitching Rankings

• The Red Sox have an 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the majors.
• The Red Sox have pitched to a 4.04 ERA this season, which ranks 16th in baseball.
• Red Sox pitchers have a 1.256 WHIP this season, 17th in the majors.
• The Rays pitching staff is 11th in MLB with a collective 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay has the ninth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.80).
• Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 4-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.206).