Rays vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 21, 2024

The Tampa Bay Rays will take the field against the Oakland Athletics (54-72) on Wednesday. The game begins at 9:40 p.m. ET on NBCS-CA, with the Rays listed as -132 favorites on the moneyline. Tampa Bay’s Ryan Pepiot gets the start, and he’ll go against Oakland’s Mitch Spence.

Check out our betting preview for this matchup, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Rays vs. Athletics Betting Lines

• Favorite: Rays (-132)
• Underdog: Athletics (+112)
• Over/under: 7.5

Rays vs. Athletics Betting Insights

• The Rays have won in 31, or 51.7%, of the 60 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This year Tampa Bay has won 17 of 31 games when listed as at least -132 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 56.9% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Athletics have gone 42-68 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 38.2% of those games).
• Oakland is 28-61 (winning only 31.5% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +112 or longer.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Athletics’ implied win probability is 47.2%.

Rays vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

• Yandy Diaz leads Tampa Bay in batting average (.275) and runs batted in (54) this season while also slugging 10 homers.
• Including all hitters in Major League Baseball, Diaz is 160th in home runs and 80th in RBI.
• Christopher Morel is slugging .354 this season, with a team-best 20 homers while driving in 53 runs.
• Brent Rooker has put up a team-high batting average of .287, and leads the Athletics in home runs (29) and runs batted in (83).
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Rooker ranks ninth in homers and 12th in RBI.
• JJ Bleday is batting .243 with 33 doubles, four triples, 16 home runs and 53 walks.

Rays vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

• The Rays strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-best in MLB.
• The Rays have the 12th-ranked ERA (3.92) in the majors this season.
• The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.224 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
• The 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 28th in MLB.
• Oakland’s 4.24 team ERA ranks 22nd across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Athletics have the 24th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.312).