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The Tampa Bay Rays (4-0) and Luke Raley (2 HR in his last game) are favored (-174) on the moneyline for their matchup with the Washington Nationals (1-3) on Tuesday at 7:05 PM ET on MASN.
Josh Fleming gets the starting nod for Tampa Bay while Chad Kuhl is Washington’s starter for the contest.
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Rays and Nationals Betting Trends (2022)
The Rays were the moneyline favorite 106 total times last season. They finished 63-43 in those games.
When it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -174 or shorter last year, Tampa Bay had a record of 27-10 (73%).
The Nationals were underdogs 141 times last season and won 47, or 33.3%, of those games.
Last season, Washington won 28 of its 83 games, or 33.7%, when it was the underdog by at least +148 on the moneyline.
The Rays played in 164 games with an over/under set, and combined with their opponents to go over the total 73 times (73-82-9).
The Nationals and their opponents hit the over in 74 of their 159 games with a total last season.
Rays Stats & Insights (2022)
Last season the Rays were the 21st-highest scoring team in MLB action averaging 4.1 runs per game (666 total).
Tampa Bay averaged 0.9 home runs per game to rank 25th in MLB with 139 total home runs last season.
The Rays had the 17th-ranked batting average in the majors (.239).
The team’s 8.6 strikeouts per game ranked 19th in the majors.
The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rays pitching staff last season ranked 12th in MLB.
Tampa Bay had the fourth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.41).
Nationals Stats & Insights (2022)
The Nationals scored the 26th-most runs in the league last season with just 603 (3.7 per game).
Washington ranked 28th in Major League Baseball with just 136 home runs as a team.
The Nationals ranked 11th in MLB with a .248 team batting average.
Washington ranked fourth in MLB in strikeouts per game at 7.5 whiffs per contest.
The Nationals had a 7.8 K/9 last season as a pitching staff, which ranked 23rd in the majors.
Washington pitchers had a combined ERA of 5.01 last year, which ranked 29th in MLB.
Rays Key Players to Watch (2022)
Fleming makes his first start of the season for the Rays.
Yandy Diaz finished last season with a .296 batting average while adding nine home runs and 57 RBI.
Randy Arozarena slugged 20 homers and finished with 89 RBI.
Harold Ramirez finished with a .300 average, six home runs and 59 RBI last season.
Isaac Paredes slugged 20 long balls while driving in 45 runs.
Nationals Key Players to Watch (2022)
Kuhl has been named the starter for the Nationals and will make his first start this season.
Lane Thomas put up a batting average of .241, with 17 home runs and 52 runs batted in last season.
Keibert Ruiz had 22 doubles, seven home runs and 30 walks while batting .251.
Jeimer Candelario hit .217 last season with 19 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 29 walks.
Joey Meneses had 14 doubles, 13 home runs and 17 walks while batting .324.
Rays and Nationals Injuries
Rays: Tyler Glasnow: 15 Day IL (Oblique), Shane Baz: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Shawn Armstrong: 15 Day IL (Neck), Andrew Kittredge: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Nationals: Corey Dickerson: 10 Day IL (Calf), Israel Pineda: 10 Day IL (Finger), Carter Kieboom: 10 Day IL (Finger), Stephen Strasburg: 60 Day IL (Ribs/shoulder), Tanner Rainey: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Cade Cavalli: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Victor Arano: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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