Rays vs. Diamondbacks Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 16, 2024

The Tampa Bay Rays (59-61) are favored on the moneyline (-111) in Friday’s contest with the Arizona Diamondbacks (69-53). Game time is at 6:50 p.m. ET on ARID. The Diamondbacks, with +162 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5). Tampa Bay’s Ryan Pepiot and Arizona’s Ryne Nelson have been named the starters for this contest.

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Rays vs. Diamondbacks Betting Lines

• Favorite: Rays (-111)
• Underdog: Diamondbacks (-108)
• Over/under: 8

Rays vs. Diamondbacks Betting Insights

• The Rays have won in 30, or 51.7%, of the 58 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This season Tampa Bay has come away with a win 30 times in 57 chances when named as a favorite of at least -111 on the moneyline.
• The Rays have an implied victory probability of 52.6% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Diamondbacks are 29-32 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 47.5% of those games).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -108 or longer, Arizona has a record of 28-32 (46.7%).
• The Diamondbacks have a 51.9% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Rays vs. Diamondbacks Hitting Leaders

• Yandy Diaz leads Tampa Bay with a batting average of .270. He’s also hit 10 home runs with 52 RBI.
• Diaz ranks 155th in baseball in homers, and 80th in RBI.
• Christopher Morel is batting .188 this season with a team-high 20 home runs and 53 RBI.
• Ketel Marte has a team-high batting average of .298, and paces the Diamondbacks in home runs (30) and runs batted in (81).
• Marte is seventh in home runs and 10th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Corbin Carroll has 16 doubles, 11 triples, 11 home runs and 53 walks while hitting .220.

Rays vs. Diamondbacks Pitching Rankings

• The Rays strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 11th in MLB.
• Rays pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.99 this year, which ranks 16th in MLB.
• The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.233 as a pitching staff, which is the ninth-best in baseball this season.
• The pitching staff for the Diamondbacks has a collective 7.6 K/9, the second-worst in MLB.
• Arizona has a 4.44 team ERA that ranks 25th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Diamondbacks combine for the fifth-worst WHIP in MLB (1.330).