Rays vs. Padres Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 31, 2024

The Tampa Bay Rays will take the field against the San Diego Padres (76-60) on Saturday. The game begins at 4:10 p.m. ET on SDPA, with the Rays listed as -120 favorites on the moneyline. Shane Baz starts for Tampa Bay while Randy Vasquez is San Diego’s starter for the contest.

Here is our betting primer for this contest, and find all of our MLB picks, too!

Rays vs. Padres Betting Lines

• Favorite: Rays (-120)
• Underdog: Padres (+101)
• Over/under: 8

Rays vs. Padres Betting Insights

• The Rays have been victorious in 32, or 51.6%, of the 62 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• Tampa Bay has a record of 27-21 in contests when bookmakers favor them by -120 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Rays have a 54.5% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• The Padres have won 27 of the 50 games they were the moneyline underdog this season (54%).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +101 or longer, San Diego has a record of 15-16 (48.4%).
• The Padres have a 49.8% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Rays vs. Padres Hitting Leaders

• Yandy Diaz is batting .273 with 57 RBI, both of which are best among Tampa Bay hitters this season.
• Diaz is 156th in homers and 81st in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Christopher Morel’s 21 home runs are most among Tampa Bay batters. He’s driven in 55 runs this season while slugging .357.
• Jurickson Profar has put up a team-high 80 runs batted in.
• In all of the majors, Profar ranks 36th in homers and 19th in RBI.
• Jackson Merrill has 22 doubles, six triples, 20 home runs and 24 walks while batting .291.

Rays vs. Padres 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 3.90 this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
• The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.218 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
• The pitching staff for the Padres has a collective 9.1 K/9, the fourth-best in the majors.
• San Diego has the 14th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.96).
• Pitchers for the Padres combine for the 11th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.242).