New York Mets at Tampa Bay Rays Free Picks and Betting Lines. The 54-55 Tampa Bay Rays plays host to the 58-50 New York Mets on the turf of Tropicana Field, August 7, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Mets -120/Rays +110
O/U Total: 6.5
Pitching Matchup
Jacob deGrom (R) W/L 10-6 WHIP 0.89 ERA 2.09
Jake Odorizzi (R) W/L 6-6 WHIP 1.12 ERA 2.86
New York had the day off yesterday and is 3-0 on their road trip. They have won 6 games in a row and are 9-2 in their last 11 games. They are 20-32 away from home in 2015. Tampa Bay also had Thursday off and just finished a 3-3 road trip. They are 5-4 in their past 9 games.
The Mets have a 5-2 edge in the last 7 encounters between these two clubs, since 2001.
deGrom received a no decision in his last start, a 3-2 win over Washington. He allowed 2 runs over 6 innings and struck out 7 for his 16th Q start of the year. He has allowed 2 ERs or less in 12 of his last 13 starts (3 in the other one).
Odorizzi also received a no decision in his last outing, a 4-3 win at Boston. He yielded 3 ERs over 6 innings for his 11th Q start of the season.
Only 3 Mets’ hitters have seen Odorizzi before. OF Yoenis Cespedes is 3-9 (.333) with a solo HR while 2B Kelly Johnson is 0-4. OF Curtis Granderson walked in his only appearance against the right-hander.
Only 2 Rays’ hitters have faced deGrom in the past. OF Grady Sizemore is 2-9 (.222) while SS Asdrubal Cabrera is 0-2 vs. the right-hander.
New York at Tampa Bay Betting Trends
The Mets are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games overall.
New York is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 road games.
The game total has gone over in 4 of New York’s last 5 games against Tampa Bay.
Tampa Bay is 2-5 straight up in their last 7 games against the Mets
The Rays are 6-3 straight up in their last 9 home games.
Injury Report
NEW YORK METS
Jerry Blevins P 60-Day Disabled List
Buddy Carlyle P 60-Day Disabled List
Michael Cuddyer OF 15-Day Disabled List
Josh Edgin P 15-Day Disabled List
Erik Goeddel P 15-Day Disabled List
Steven Matz P 15-Day Disabled List
Rafael Montero P 60-Day Disabled List
Kirk Nieuwenhuis 15-Day Disabled List
Cesar Puello OF 60-Day Disabled List
Zack Wheeler P 60-Day Disabled List
David Wright 3B 60-Day Disabled List
TAMPA BAY RAYS
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 60-Day Disabled List
Desmond Jennings 60-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
Drew Smyly P 60-Day Disabled List
Steven Souza OF 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Betting (Moneyline)
New York: 84%
Tampa Bay: 16%
Free MLB Pick
This should be a good pitcher’s duel and we believe that the Rays are the value play in this spot. Sure the Mets are on a roll winning six straight over divisional foes Miami and Washington, but may feel a letdown in this situation. The Rays have also been playing well winning three of their last four and have been hitting the ball over the last week scoring 6.1 runs per game compared to the Mets 6.0 runs. New York has been playing better ball all the road but this is still a team that is 12 games under .500 as a visitor.
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