Rays Vs Orioles: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – July 17, 2022

The Tampa Bay Rays (50-41) and Baltimore Orioles (46-45) play a rubber match on Sunday at 1:40 PM ET with the series tied 1-1. Tampa Bay’s (-151 to win) Corey Kluber gets the start against Baltimore’s (+128) Jordan Lyles.

The betting insights in the article below are based off odds valid as of July 17, 2022 at 1:34 PM ET.

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Rays vs Orioles Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Rays Probable Starter Corey Kluber

• Kluber (5-5 with a 3.58 ERA and 79 strikeouts in 88 innings pitched) gets the start for the Rays, his 18th of the season.
• In his most recent appearance on Tuesday, the righty tossed 6 2/3 innings against the Boston Red Sox, allowing two earned runs while surrendering four hits.
• The 36-year-old has put up a 3.58 ERA and 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings in 17 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .243 to opposing hitters.
• Kluber is looking to register his third quality start in a row in this outing.
• The opposing Orioles offense has a collective .232 batting average, and is 23rd in the league with 715 total hits and 20th in MLB play with 381 runs scored. It has the 17th-ranked slugging percentage (.385) and ranks 16th in home runs (93) in all of MLB.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of July 17, 2022 at 1:34 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Orioles Stats vs Kluber

Orioles Probable Starter Jordan Lyles

• The Orioles’ Lyles (6-7) will make his 19th start of the season.
• The right-hander’s last appearance was on Wednesday, when he threw 7 2/3 innings against the Chicago Cubs, giving up two earned runs while allowing seven hits.
• The 31-year-old has an ERA of 4.37, a 2.688 strikeout to walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.381 in 18 games this season.
• He’s looking to extend his three-game quality start streak.
• The Rays are batting .240 this season, 17th in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .380 (22nd in the league) with 83 home runs.
• Among qualified pitchers in the majors this season, the 31-year-old ranks 55th in ERA (4.37), 55th in WHIP (1.381), and 44th in K/9 (7.4).

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of July 17, 2022 at 1:34 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Rays Stats vs Lyles

Rays Betting Trends

• The Rays have won 60.7% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (37-24).
• In games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -151 or shorter, Tampa Bay has gone 20-10 (66.7%).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Rays have an implied win probability of 60.2%.
• Tampa Bay has combined with opponents to go over the total 44 times this season for a 44-43-4 record against the over/under.
• The Rays have covered 45.1% of their games this season, going 41-50-0 ATS.

Orioles Betting Trends

• This season, the Orioles have won 40 out of the 83 games, or 48.2%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Baltimore has a record of 23-27, a 46% win rate, when they’re set as an underdog of +128 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• The implied probability of a win by the Orioles, based on the moneyline, is 43.9%.
• Baltimore’s games have gone over the total in 42 of their 91 chances.
• The Orioles are 61-30-0 against the spread this season.

Rays Players to Watch

• Yandy Diaz a has .407 on-base percentage to lead the Rays, while hitting .294 with 18 doubles, three home runs and 49 walks.
• Diaz ranks 23rd in batting average, third in on base percentage, and 111th in slugging among the qualifying batters in MLB.
• Randy Arozarena has collected 84 hits while slugging .421. Both pace his team. Overall, he has 20 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 23 walks while batting .251.
• Arozarena currently ranks 83rd in batting average, 104th in on base percentage, and 74th in slugging among qualifying batters.
• Harold Ramirez is hitting .329 with 16 doubles, four home runs and 16 walks.
• Ji-Man Choi is hitting .278 with 16 doubles, seven home runs and 39 walks.

Rays Batting Stats (2022)

Orioles Players to Watch

• Cedric Mullins has an OPS of .709, fueled by an OBP of .321 and a team-best slugging percentage of .388 this season.
• Among all qualifying hitters, Mullins ranks 68th in batting average, his on-base percentage ranks 92nd, and he is 115th in slugging percentage.
• Austin Hays is batting .267 with a .444 slugging percentage and 45 RBI this year.
• Among all qualified players, Hays ranks 58th in batting average, 88th in on-base percentage and 58th in slugging percentage.
• Anthony Santander has 74 hits this season and has a slash line of .238/.324/.418.
• Ryan Mountcastle has 82 hits, which is tops among Baltimore hitters this season, while batting .267 with 35 extra-base hits.

Orioles Batting Stats (2022)

Rays vs Orioles Player Props

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