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The Cleveland Guardians (84-62) will vie for their fourth straight victory when they host the Tampa Bay Rays (71-74) on Thursday at 7:15 p.m. ET on FOX. The Guardians are listed as -140 favorites by sportsbooks, while the Rays are +119 underdogs. Cleveland’s Gavin Williams gets the start, and he’ll go against Tampa Bay’s Ryan Pepiot.
Here is our betting primer for this game, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $34.29
Guardians to win vs Rays -140
Guardians vs. Rays Betting Lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-140)
- Underdog: Rays (+119)
- Over/under: 7.5
Guardians vs. Rays Betting Insights
- The Guardians have been favorites in 90 games this season and have come away with the win 60 times (66.7%) in those contests.
- Cleveland has a record of 27-14 in contests when oddsmakers favor them by -140 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 58.3% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Rays have compiled a 34-42 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 44.7% of those games).
- Tampa Bay has a 12-19 record (winning just 38.7% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +119 or longer.
- The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 45.7% in this matchup.
Guardians vs. Rays Hitting Leaders
- Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs (34) and runs batted in (106) this season while batting .270.
- Ramirez ranks ninth in MLB in homers, and second in RBI.
- Josh Naylor has 124 hits and an OBP of .322 to go with a slugging percentage of .464 this season.
- Yandy Diaz paces the Rays in runs batted in (65) and has racked up a team-high batting average of .280.
- Among all hitters in the majors, Diaz ranks 124th in homers and 64th in RBI.
- Christopher Morel has hit 21 home runs to lead his team.
Guardians vs. Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Guardians average 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-most in the league.
- Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.77 this year, eighth-best in baseball.
- Guardians pitchers have a 1.209 WHIP this season, fourth-best in the majors.
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors.
- Tampa Bay’s 3.91 team ERA ranks 12th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 9-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.231).