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Tampa Bay Rays Insights

• Tampa Bay Rays – Moneyline (+130)
  The Tampa Bay Rays infield defense profiles as the 2nd-weakest out of every team in action today.
  Explain: Defense is an integral part of preventing (or, in this case, allowing) hits and runs.
• Junior Caminero – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+135/-175)
  Junior Caminero has been hot in recent games, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 90.9-mph to 96.4-mph in the past week’s worth of games.
  Explain: Hitting the ball hard increases the chances of either a home run or the ball landing in fair territory for a hit before a fielder can get to it.
• Junior Caminero – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+135/-175)
  Junior Caminero pulls a lot of his flyballs (38.7% — 95th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the league’s 10th-deepest LF fences today.
  Explain: This player’s skill set does not match up particularly well with the park he’s in today, which may lead to worse-than-usual performance.

Pittsburgh Pirates Insights

• Paul Skenes – Over/Under 17.5 Pitching Outs (-175/+135)
  The leading projection system (THE BAT X) expects Paul Skenes to be limited in today’s game, projecting a maximum of 80 pitches.
  Explain: A pitcher who is on a pitch count is likely to be pulled from the game earlier, record fewer outs, and generate fewer strikeouts.
• Henry Davis – Over/Under 0.5 Total Bases (-125/-105)
  Henry Davis has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his wOBA since the start of last season; his .237 mark is deflated compared to his .297 Expected wOBA, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.
  Explain: xwOBA uses highly advanced Statcast data to measure a player’s overall hitting ability more accurately than actual wOBA can.
• It may be best to expect negative regression for the Pittsburgh Pirates offense going forward, considering that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes they are the 8th-luckiest offense in Major League Baseball this year.
  Explain: When teams overperform their projected talent level, markets may overvalue them even while they are likely to perform worse in the near future.

Betting Trends

• Pittsburgh Pirates – 1st Five Innings (F5) Run Line -0.5 (-115)
  The Pittsburgh Pirates have hit the 1st Five Innings (F5) Run Line in 14 of their last 19 games (+7.45 Units / 32% ROI)
• Over/Under 7.5 Game Total (+100/-120)
  The Tampa Bay Rays have hit the Game Total Over in 20 of their last 35 games (+7.95 Units / 21% ROI)
• Yandy Diaz – Over/Under 1.5 Hits Runs and RBIs (-105/-125)
  Yandy Diaz has hit the Hits Runs and RBIs Over in 15 of his last 20 games (+8.70 Units / 33% ROI)