Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend.
It’s Friday night and the MLB slate is littered with appealing matchups. All 15 games take place under the lights and there’s value across the board. Our analysts have a pair of picks on Rays vs. Blue Jays, and one each on White Sox vs. Orioles, Cubs vs. Dodgers and Rockies vs. Mariners.
Here are our best bets from the MLB slate on Friday, April 14th.
Today’s MLB Best Bets for Friday, April 14
The team logos in the table below represent each of the matchups that our MLB betting staff is targeting from today’s slate of games. Click the team logos for one the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.
Rays vs. Blue Jays
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Friday, April 14 7:07 p.m. ET MLB.TV |
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Rays -124 |
By D.J. James
Drew Rasmussen looks to continue the Tampa Bay Rays' historic stretch through the beginning of the season. He has been a giant part of it with a combined 15 strikeouts and zero earned runs over 13 innings.
His opponent will be Jose Berrios and the Toronto Blue Jays. Berrios is once again allowing a ton of hard contact. He ranks in the 14th percentile in Hard Hit Rate and the 20th percentile in Average Exit Velocity. He has been above average in strikeout and walk rates, but he has been tagged for at least four earned runs over 9 2/3 innings.
Both the Rays and Blue Jays rank in the top of the league in wRC+ off of righties. The Rays come into this game at 170, while the Blue Jays are at 133. There is a noteworthy separation between what Tampa Bay has been able to do, compared to the other good hitting teams of MLB, like the Blue Jays. The Rays have a better walk and strikeout rate, too.