Tampa Bay Rays at San Diego Padres 6/16/23 - MLB Betting Picks and Odds
Tampa Bay Rays vs. San Diego Padres
MLB: 9:40 PM EST
Jun. 16, 2023
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : TB -115 ; O/U 7.5
The Tampa Bay Rays are the best team in all of baseball and will begin a road trip Friday night in San Diego against the San Diego Padres. Tampa Bay is 28 games above .500 following a three run win over the Oakland Athletics to end a 2 game skid. Shane McClanahan will make his 15th start of the year 10-1 overall with a 2.18 era. McClanahan has been fantastic allowing just twenty runs on 62 hits across 82.2 innings. The Tampa Bay bullpen has been top tier as well carrying 3.55 era to go along with 602 total strike outs in 72 games.
Yandy Diaz leads the Tampa Bay offense this season with a .311 batting average to go along with a team high twelve home runs. Wander Franco has a team leading 80 hits and carries a .301 batting average this season. Isaac Paredes leads Tampa Bay with 46 RBI on 54 hits in 63 games played.
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The San Diego Padres stay home Friday night one game below .500 after winning four of the last five including two in a row after a 5-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Michael Wacha got the start against Cleveland giving up two runs on four hits across 6.2 innings of work to get the victory. The San Diego bullpen was just as good as their starter allowing no runs on no hits over the final 2.1 innings of the game.
Offensively San Diego has had a down year this season with a .229 batting average having scored just 285 runs on 502 total hits. Fernando Tatis Jr. is the man in the San Diego lineup with a .283 batting average and leads the team with fourteen home runs and 34 RBIs as well. Juan Soto started the season slowly but has boosted his batting average to .259 and leads the team with a .408 on base percentage. Xander Bogaerts leads San Diego with 61 hits and has scored 35 runs in 62 games.
Recent Betting Trends:
Rays are 6-1 in their last 7 Friday games.
Rays are 5-1 in their last 6 road games with the total set at 7.0-8.5.
Rays are 21-7 in their last 28 during game 1 of a series.
Padres are 5-1 in their last 6 games with the total set at 7.0-8.5.
Padres are 4-1 in their last 5 interleague home games.
Free Betting Pick: Tampa Bay Rays -115
The Tampa Bay Rays have maintained their spot as the top team in the league through the first few months. Tampa Bay has all the advantages Friday and will exploit their strengths. Look for Tampa Bay to control this game throughout resulting in another road win. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay Rays win 6-3.