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Tampa Bay Rays
+115O/U: 8.5
(-110/-110)-135
(-110/-110)-135
Minnesota Twins Insights
- Bailey Ober – Over/Under 3.5 Strikeouts (-140/+110)Bailey Ober has utilized his change-up 5.4% more often this year (34.3%) than he did last season (28.9%).Explain: Because change-ups are one of the most effective pitches to use, a pitcher who alters his pitch mix to use more of them will often see more success as a result.
- Byron Buxton – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+105/-135)Byron Buxton pulls a lot of his flyballs (42% — 99th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 6th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.Explain: This player’s skill set matches up particularly well with the park he’s in today, which may lead to better-than-usual performance.
Tampa Bay Rays Insights
- Tampa Bay Rays – Moneyline (-135)The Tampa Bay Rays infield defense projects as the 5th-weakest out of all the teams playing today.Explain: Defense is an integral part of preventing (or, in this case, allowing) hits and runs.
- Yandy Diaz – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+115/-150)In the past two weeks, Yandy Diaz’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 5% down to 0%.Explain: Barrel% measures how often a player hits the ball at the optimal exit velocity and launch angle and is a terrific measure of underlying power.
- Via the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the offense with the least strikeout-prone lineup today is the Tampa Bay Rays with a 18.8% underlying K%.Explain: THE BAT X analyzes each player in today’s specific lineup to figure out which teams have the least inherent strikeout potential for the opposing pitcher.
Betting Trends
- Over/Under 8.5 Game Total (-110/-110)The Tampa Bay Rays have hit the Game Total Over in 26 of their last 45 games (+9.50 Units / 19% ROI)
- Minnesota Twins – Over/Under 3.5 Team Total (-135/+105)The Minnesota Twins have hit the Team Total Over in 20 of their last 30 games (+8.75 Units / 25% ROI)
- Byron Buxton – Over/Under 0.5 Singles (+120/-155)Byron Buxton has hit the Singles Under in 12 of his last 15 away games (+7.50 Units / 33% ROI)
