MLB Wild Card Odds, Picks & Predictions for Friday: Rays vs. Guardians (10/7)

Oct 7, 2022 - 1:40 PM

Let’s take a look at our top picks for today’s games. Here’s our best bet for Rays vs. Guardians.

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(Odds courtesy DraftKings)

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MLB Wild Card Odds, Picks & Predictions for Friday

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cleveland Guardians

Shane McClanahan will take the hill for the Rays tonight. He’s a left-handed pitcher who even started the All-Star game this year after a tremendous first half of the season.

However, in the second half, McClanahan started to struggle a bit. In the last 30 days, after coming off the injured list, McClanahan has a 5.85 xFIP. He’s struck out under 15% of batters and has walked nearly 10% of batters. The lefty won’t give up a ton of line drives, but he’s also not earning a high rate of grounders either.

Cleveland is hitting a .320 wOBA against lefties and has four batters hitting a wOBA of at least .375 against lefties over the last month. Those hitters include Andres Gimenez, Owen Miller, Gabriel Arias, and Myles Straw. Meanwhile, the top of the order has been hitting way more line drives against lefties recently.

Meanwhile, it’ll be Shane Bieber on the mound for the Guardians. He’s holding a 3.55 xFIP in the last 30 days and has limited walks to just 1.9% in the previous month. Plus, he’s earning 50% of grounders and keeping line drives down to 18.6% in those 30 days.

He’ll face a Rays lineup that has hit a .106 ISO and wOBA of .281 in the last month. I’ll take the veteran ace in this one.

Bet: Guardians (-125 at DraftKings) 

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