Rays vs. Mets Odds & Betting Predictions - May 18, 2023

Rays at Mets

5:10 pm • MLB Network

Tampa Bay Rays

14-14

2 - 3

New York Mets

19-9

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Rays 14-14	-1.5+140	o9-120	-110
Mets 19-9	+1.5-165	u9-104	-108

Thursday 5:10 p.m.

May 18, 2023

Citi FieldFlushing, Queens

NYM -105

0.38u

Over 9-112

1.12u

TB -115 (F5)

0.58u

Bet to -120

T.Megill u4.5 Ks+124

1.24u

Available at FanDuel. Megill has struggled to get both strikeouts and whiffs this year with a 17.3% strikeout rate and 8.9% swinging-strike rate. As a result, he has hit the over on this number just once -- back on April 1st. The Rays' active roster has just a 21.8% strikeout rate against righties, and they're a threat to chase a guy early with all the power they've got. I have Megill projected for 3.9 strikeouts, making the under an easy call.

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The Rays are 55-25 (.688) vs bottom 10 scoring offenses since last season -- 3rd best in MLB; League Avg: .582.

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MLB Public Betting

Mets are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Mets are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread
Mets are 6-9 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Mets' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 4 of Mets' 13 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Mets	14-14	8-5	6-9	9-12	5-2
Rays	13-15	8-11	5-4	7-9	6-5

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Mets	9-19	4-9	5-10	9-12	0-7
Rays	11-15-2	8-9-2	3-6	7-7-2	4-7

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Mets	19-9	12-1	7-8	15-6	4-3
Rays	14-14	9-10	5-4	9-7	5-6

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 17th	TB	W 8-7	-1.5 L	O 8.5	NYM -130
May 16th	TB	L 5-8	-1.5 L	O 9	TB -163
May 15th	@WSH	L 3-10	-1.5 L	O 10	WSH -162
May 14th	@WSH	W 8-2	-1.5 W	O 9	NYM -202
May 14th	@WSH	L 2-3	-	-	-

Josh Lowe
RF
Lowe is out with oblique
Out
Alex Faedo
RP
Faedo is out with shoulder
Out
Shane McClanahan
SP
McClanahan is out with triceps
Out
Jake Mangum
RF
Mangum is out with groin
Out
Richie Palacios
LF
Palacios is out with knee
Out
Ha-Seong Kim
SS
Kim is out with shoulder
Out
Jonny DeLuca
CF
DeLuca is out with shoulder
Out

Frankie Montas
SP
Montas is out with back
Out
Sean Manaea
SP
Manaea is out with oblique
Out
Paul Blackburn
SP
Blackburn is out with knee
Out
Jose Siri
CF
Siri is out with leg
Out
Nick Madrigal
3B
Madrigal is out with shoulder
Out
Ronny Mauricio
SS
Mauricio is out with knee
Out
Christian Scott
SP
Scott is out for season with elbow
Out for Season

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RT.Bradley, P	86	5	4	2
RZ.Littell, P	24	1	1	1
LJ.Beeks, P	18	1	1	0
RT. Kelley, P	21	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.Lowe, RF	2-4	2	1	1
2R.Arozarena, LF	2-3	0	0	0
3H.Ramirez, DH	1-4	0	0	1
4B.Lowe, 2B	0-4	0	0	0
5I.Paredes, 3B	0-3	0	0	0
5I.Paredes, 1B	0-3	0	0	0
6T.Walls, SS	0-3	0	0	0
6T.Walls, 3B	0-3	0	0	0
7L.Raley, 1B	0-2	0	0	0
7W. Franco, PH	1-1	0	0	0
7W. Franco, SS	1-1	0	0	0
8C.Bethancourt, C	0-3	0	0	0
9M.Margot, CF	0-3	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RT.Megill, P	79	6	4	2
LB.Raley, P	15	1	2	0
RJ. Brigham, P	7	1	0	0
RD.Robertson, P	11	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1B.Nimmo, CF	1-4	0	0	0
2F.Lindor, SS	0-3	1	0	0
3J.McNeil, RF	2-4	1	0	0
3J.McNeil, 2B	2-4	1	0	0
4P.Alonso, 1B	1-3	1	1	1
5B.Baty, 3B	1-4	0	0	1
5S.Marte, RF	0-0	0	0	0
6T.Pham, LF	2-4	0	0	1
7D.Vogelbach, DH	0-3	0	0	0
7M.Canha, PR	0-0	0	0	0
7M.Canha, DH	0-0	0	0	0
8E. Escobar, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
8E. Escobar, 3B	1-4	0	0	0
9M. Pérez, C	0-3	0	0	0