Data Skrive:
The Cleveland Guardians (84-63) are favorites (-176) on the moneyline when they square off against the Tampa Bay Rays (72-75) Friday at 7:10 p.m. ET, live on BSSUN. Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee gets the start, and he’ll go against Tampa Bay’s Zack Littell.
Be sure to check out our betting preview for this contest, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Odds to Win
Bet $20, Payout $31.36
Guardians to win vs Rays -176
Guardians vs. Rays Betting Lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-176)
- Underdog: Rays (+148)
- Over/under: 7.5
Guardians vs. Rays Betting Insights
- The Guardians have won in 60, or 65.9%, of the 91 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- This season Cleveland has been victorious nine times in 14 chances when named as a favorite of at least -176 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 63.8% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Rays have won 44.9% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (35-43).
- Tampa Bay has a 3-8 record (winning just 27.3% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +148 or longer.
- The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Rays a 40.3% chance to win.
Guardians vs. Rays Hitting Leaders
- Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs (34) and runs batted in (106) this season while batting .270.
- Ramirez’s home runs put him ninth in Major League Baseball, and he is second in RBI.
- Josh Naylor has 125 hits and an OBP of .321 to go with a slugging percentage of .462 this season.
- Yandy Diaz has a team-best batting average of .284 while pacing the Rays in runs batted in (65).
- Among all hitters in the majors, Diaz’s home run total puts him 125th, and his RBI total ranks 69th.
- Christopher Morel has shown his power as he paces his team with 21 home runs.
Guardians vs. Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Guardians strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-best in MLB.
- Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.77 this year, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Guardians have a combined 1.212 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-lowest in MLB.
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rays pitching staff ranks 13th in MLB.
- Tampa Bay has a 3.90 team ERA that ranks 12th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Rays pitchers combine for the No. 9 WHIP in MLB (1.228).