- The Tampa Bay Rays host the Detroit Tigers in an Opening Day affair on Thursday afternoon.
- Ace Shane McClanahan takes the mound for Tampa Bay, while Detroit turns to Eduardo Rodriguez.
- Continue reading for a full breakdown of this matchup, including how to bet it.
Tigers vs. Rays Odds
Thursday, March 30 3:10 p.m. ET MLB.TV
| Tigers Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Moneyline | Total | Run Line |
| +190 | 7 -105 / -115 | +1.5 -126 |
| Rays Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Moneyline | Total | Run Line |
| -230 | 7 -105 / -115 | -1.5 +105 |
Odds via'FanDuel.'Get up-to-the-minute'MLB odds here.
It’s here! The Detroit Tigers are in St. Petersburg, Fla., to take on the Tampa Bay Rays for Opening Day baseball!
I hope you all are as excited as I am. Getting our season-long futures bets in makes for a fun January to March, but nothing matches the day-to-day of having a baseball game on for basically every hour over the next seven months.
It’s the time of year where hope springs eternal for every team. From clubs like the Tigers, who would shock most folks if they were in any sort of contention, to the Rays who, as always, seem to have positioned themselves to be a playoff team come October. There’s something — Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene, Wander Franco, Shane McClanahan, etc. — to get everyone’s hopes irrationally high.
Thursday’s opening game between the Tigers and Rays pits Eduardo Rodriguez and Shane McClanahan in a battle of southpaws. Interestingly, these are both teams that hit notably better against lefties last season. Let’s see if that carries over to 2023.