Current Player Trends for Athletics vs Rays - Wednesday September 16, 2026

+155O/U: 8
(-110/-110)-180

Brady Basso – Over/Under 2.5 Strikeouts (-120/-110)
With 7 batters who bat from the other side in the opposing team’s projected batting order, Brady Basso will have a tough matchup while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in today’s game.
Explain: Right-handed pitchers perform worse against left-handed hitters (and visa-versa). If several hitters hold this advantage against the pitcher, it can have a huge impact on whether he will perform well or struggle on any given day.
Shea Langeliers – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+120/-155)
Shea Langeliers is an extreme flyball hitter and matches up with the strong outfield defense of Tampa Bay (#1-best of all teams today).
Explain: This player’s skill set matches up poorly with the opposing team’s defensive strength, which may lead to worse-than-usual performance.
Lawrence Butler – Over/Under 0.5 Total Bases (-170/+135)
Lawrence Butler has a 96th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (37.5%) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the game’s 6th-shallowest LF fences today.
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 – Moneyline (-180)
Out of every team on the slate today, the strongest infield defense is that of the the Tampa Bay Rays.
Explain: Defense is an integral part of preventing hits and runs.
Jonny DeLuca – Over/Under 0.5 Hits (-220/+165)
Jonny DeLuca is projected to bat 4th in the batting order today, which would be an upgrade from his 54% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this season.
Explain: The higher in the order a player bats, the more plate appearances he will get and the more opportunities he will get to hit the Over for every market. A player who hits higher in the order than he normally does may provide extra value opportunity since the market may be based on him hitting lower.
The underlying talent of the Tampa Bay Rays projected batting order today (.309 projected wOBA per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) figures to be a fair amount worse than their .320 wOBA this year.
Explain: Betting lines are often based on seasonal team quality. If today’s lineup is watered down, however, there may be value if markets aren’t accounting for the lower quality of this offense.

Tampa Bay Rays – Over/Under 4.5 Team Total (-105/-125)
The Tampa Bay Rays have hit the Team Total Under in 16 of their last 25 games at home (+6.45 Units / 22% ROI)
Over/Under 8.0 Game Total (-110/-110)
The Athletics have hit the Game Total Over in 10 of their last 14 games (+5.70 Units / 38% ROI)
Chandler Simpson – Over/Under 0.5 Singles (-190/+145)
Chandler Simpson has hit the Singles Over in 18 of his last 20 games at home (+14.75 Units / 41% ROI)

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