Guardians vs. Rays Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 14, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians (84-64) are favorites (-130) on the moneyline when they square off against the Tampa Bay Rays (73-75) Saturday at 6:10 p.m. ET, live on BSSUN. Cleveland’s Joey Cantillo gets the start, and he’ll go against Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen.

Here is our betting primer for this game, and uncover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Guardians vs. Rays Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-130)
• Underdog: Rays (+110)
• Over/under: 8.5

Guardians vs. Rays Betting Insights

• The Guardians have been victorious in 60, or 65.2%, of the 92 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This season Cleveland has come away with a win 40 times in 62 chances when named as a favorite of at least -130 on the moneyline.
• The Guardians have an implied victory probability of 56.5% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
• The Rays have a 36-43 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 45.6% of those games).
• When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +110 or longer, Tampa Bay has a 17-27 record (winning just 38.6% of its games).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Rays’ implied win probability is 47.6%.

Guardians vs. Rays Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs (34) and runs batted in (106) this season while batting .270.
• Among hitters in MLB, Ramirez is ninth in home runs and second in RBI.
• Josh Naylor has collected 125 hits this season and has an OBP of .321. He’s slugging .459 on the year.
• Yandy Diaz paces the Rays with 65 runs batted in while racking up a team-high batting average of .284.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Diaz is 128th in home runs and 72nd in RBI.
• Christopher Morel has hit 21 home runs to lead his team.

Guardians vs. Rays Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-best in MLB.
• The Guardians have the sixth-best ERA (3.76) in the majors this season.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of just 1.210 as a pitching staff, which is the fourth-best in baseball this season.
• The Rays pitching staff is 13th in the majors with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay has a 3.88 team ERA that ranks 11th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Rays pitchers combine for the No. 7 WHIP in the majors (1.223).