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

Rays at Mets

5:10 pm • MLB Network

Tampa Bay Rays

0-0

2 - 3

New York Mets

7-6

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Rays 0-0	-1.5+140	o9-120	-110
Mets 7-6	+1.5-165	u9-104	-108

Thursday 5:10 p.m.

May 18, 2023

Citi FieldFlushing, Queens

NYM -105

0.38u

TB -114 (F5)

0.57u

TB -115 (F5)

0.58u

Bet to -120

TB -116

0.58u

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.

TB -105 (F5)

1.05u

TB -105

1.05u

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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 2-3 in their last 5 games.
Mets are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Mets are 42-39 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Mets' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 42 of Mets' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Mets	86-76	44-37	42-39	52-45	33-30
Rays	89-73	45-36	44-37	32-36	55-34

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Mets	81-76-5	42-39	39-37-5	46-46-5	34-29
Rays	68-88-6	36-40-5	32-48-1	29-38-1	36-48-5

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Mets	89-73	46-35	43-38	60-37	28-35
Rays	80-82	42-39	38-43	36-32	42-47

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	-	-	-

Shane McClanahan
P
McClanahan is out for season with elbow
Out for Season

Paul Blackburn
P
Blackburn is out with hand
Out
Ronny Mauricio
IF
Mauricio is out with knee
Out
Christian Scott
P
Scott is out with elbow
Out

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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