Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays 4/16/2023 Picks Predictions

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The Tampa Bay Rays will meet with the Toronto Blue Jays in MLB action in Rogers Centre, CAN, on Sunday, April 16, 2023, at 1:37 PM ET.

After dominating 13 consecutive matches to start the year, Tampa Bay endured the first defeat of the campaign when they were defeated Friday night in game one of this set.

The Rays dropped to 13-1 overall and held a five-game lead over the Yankees and Blue Jays in the AL East race going into Saturday.

Christian Bethancourt contributed two singles to Tampa Bay’s eight-hit effort on Friday night (run, RBI), but they couldn’t overcome the deficit.

Josh Lowe hit his third home run and Bethancourt hit his second in the Rays’ defeat. In 4.1 innings of work, Drew Rasmussen (2-1), who was starting, suffered the defeat.

He gave up five runs on eight hits, four walks, and four strikeouts.

In this game, the Rays’ Shane McClanahan will make his fourth start of the year on the mound. In 17 innings of action this year, he has a 3-0 record, a 1.59 ERA, a 1.176 WHIP, nine walks, and 21 strikeouts.

In his most recent start, which took place at home on a Tuesday night against the Red Sox, McClanahan was successful.

He pitched five innings in an encounter that Tampa Bay won 7-2, giving up one run on two hits, four walks, and nine strikeouts. McClanahan makes his eighth career start against the Blue Jays.

The total went OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay’s last 11 matches.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 13-2 SU in their last 15 matches.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 1-4 SU in their last 5 matches against Toronto.

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Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays Predictions 4/16/2023

As they defeated the Rays in the first game of this series on Friday night, Toronto triumphed for the fourth time in five matches.

The Blue Jays had an 8-6 record as of Saturday and were tied for second place in the AL East, five matches behind the Rays for first place.

Bo Bichette led a 10-hit attack on Friday night with five hits (two runs, two RBIs), while Kevin Kiermaier added two runs and two more hits.

With his third solo home run of the year to start the game, George Springer gave Toronto the advantage.

In five innings of work, Jose Berrios (1-2) won the victory by giving up just one run on four hits, no walks, and six strikeouts.

In this game, Toronto’s Alek Manoah is making his fourth start of the year on the mound. He pitched 14.2 innings this season and is 1-0 with a 4.91 ERA, a 1.705 WHIP, 11 walks, and 11 strikeouts.

Manoah’s most recent start, against the Tigers at home on Tuesday night, didn’t affect the decision. He pitched 4.1 innings in a Toronto 9-3 victory, surrendering three runs on four hits, 5 walks, and three strikeouts.

In this game, Manoah starts against the Rays for the eighth time in his career.

The Toronto Blue Jays are 5-1 SU in their last 6 matches.
The Blue Jays are 4-1 SU in their last 5 matches at home against Tampa Bay.
The total went OVER in 5 of Toronto’s last 5 matches played on a Sunday.

Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays. The MLB pick for this game is the Tampa Bay Rays. Even though this series finale features a showdown of aces, only one of these two performed up to expectations in the season’s early games.

Given that Jeffrey Springs will be sidelined for a few months due to an arm injury, McClanahan must step up and maintain his great start to the year.

As of Saturday’s games, the Rays hit 34 home runs in just 14 games, displaying plenty of power in their lineup. In his first three starts, Manoah struggled with control, giving as many walks as strikeouts so far this season.

Take the Rays in this game because they win on the day off. Tampa Bay will win to a predicted score of 7-4.

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