Rays vs Red Sox Prediction, Odds, Moneyline, Spread & Over/Under for May 20

Odds updated as of 6:11 PM

The Tampa Bay Rays will take on the Boston Red Sox in MLB action on Monday.

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Rays vs Red Sox Game Info

• Tampa Bay Rays (25-23) vs. Boston Red Sox (23-24)
• Date: Monday, May 20, 2024
• Time: 6:50 PM ET
• Venue: Tropicana Field -- St. Petersburg, Florida
• Coverage: BSSUN

Rays vs Red Sox Odds & Moneyline

• All MLB odds, betting lines and prop bets are available on FanDuel Sportsbook.
• Moneyline: TB: (-122) | BOS: (+104)
• Spread: TB: +1.5 (-215) | BOS: -1.5 (+176)
• Total: 7.5 -- Over: (+102) | Under: (-124)

Rays vs Red Sox Probable Starting Pitchers

Probable Pitchers: Taj Bradley (Rays) - 1-1, 2.45 ERA vs Tanner Houck (Red Sox) - 3-5, 2.17 ERA

The probable pitchers are Taj Bradley (1-1) for the Rays and Tanner Houck (3-5) for the Red Sox. Bradley has a record of 1-1-0 ATS in two starts with a spread this season. This will be Bradley's first start this season with his team as the moneyline favorite. The Red Sox have a 3-6-0 ATS record in Houck's nine starts with a set spread. The Red Sox were named the moneyline underdog for two Houck starts this season -- they lost both.

Rays vs Red Sox Prediction & Pick

All MLB win probability predictions and picks are according to numberFire.
Prediction: Rays win (52.5%)

Rays vs Red Sox Moneyline

• The Rays vs Red Sox moneyline has Tampa Bay as a -122 favorite, while Boston is a +104 underdog on the road.

Rays vs Red Sox Spread

• The Red Sox are 1.5-run favorites against the spread for this matchup with the Rays. The Red Sox are +176 to cover, while the Rays are -215 to cover as a 1.5-run underdog on the runline.

Rays vs Red Sox Over/Under

• The over/under for the Rays versus Red Sox contest on May 20 has been set at 7.5, with +102 odds on the over and -124 odds on the under.

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Rays vs Red Sox Betting Trends

• The Rays have won in 13, or 46.4%, of the 28 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• Tampa Bay has a record of 11-12 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -122 or more on the moneyline.
• The Rays' games have gone over the total in 25 of their 48 opportunities.
• The Rays have an against the spread mark of 22-26-0 in 48 games with a line this season.
• The Red Sox have gone 10-13 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 43.5% of those games).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +104 or longer, Boston has a 5-9 record (winning just 35.7% of its games).
• The Red Sox have played in 47 games with a set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 19 times (19-26-2).
• The Red Sox have a 21-26-0 record ATS this season (covering 44.7% of the time).

Rays Player Leaders

• Isaac Paredes has 50 hits and an OBP of .397 to go with a slugging percentage of .519. All three of those stats are best among Tampa Bay hitters this season. He has a .309 batting average, as well.
• He is 13th in batting average, 12th in on-base percentage, and 18th in slugging among qualified hitters in baseball.
• Paredes has hit safely in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .353 with a double, a home run, three walks and three RBI.
• Yandy Diaz is hitting .259 with nine doubles, three home runs and 18 walks, while slugging .354 with an on-base percentage of .329.
• Among qualifying batters, he is 62nd in batting average, 69th in on-base percentage and 130th in slugging percentage.
• Amed Rosario has collected 45 base hits, an OBP of .316 and a slugging percentage of .423 this season.
• Rosario enters this game with four games in a row with at least one hit. During his last five outings he is batting .318 with a double, a triple and five RBI.
• Jose Caballero is batting .255 with a .314 OBP and 14 RBI for Tampa Bay this season.

Red Sox Player Leaders

• Jarren Duran has a .443 slugging percentage, which leads the Red Sox. He's batting .271 with an on-base percentage of .341.
• Including all the qualified hitters in the majors, he is 46th in batting average, 47th in on-base percentage and 53rd in slugging percentage.
• Duran heads into this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .400 with four doubles, a triple, a home run, two walks and three RBI.
• Rafael Devers paces his team with a .384 OBP. He has a batting average of .285 while slugging .555.
• He ranks 27th in batting average, 16th in on-base percentage and eighth in slugging percentage in MLB.
• Tyler O'Neill leads the Red Sox with 35 hits.
• Wilyer Abreu has 11 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 17 walks while hitting .270.

Rays vs Red Sox Head to Head

• 5/16/2024: 7-5 TB (Favorite: Red Sox, Spread: -1.5, Total: 7.5, Favorite Moneyline: -108, Underdog Moneyline: -108)
• 5/15/2024: 4-3 TB (Favorite: Red Sox, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -132, Underdog Moneyline: +112)
• 5/14/2024: 5-4 BOS (Favorite: Red Sox, Spread: -1.5, Total: 9.5, Favorite Moneyline: -120, Underdog Moneyline: +102)
• 5/13/2024: 5-3 TB (Favorite: Red Sox, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -116, Underdog Moneyline: -102)
• 6/5/2023: 4-1 TB (Favorite: Rays, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -144, Underdog Moneyline: +122)
• 6/4/2023: 6-2 TB (Favorite: Rays, Spread: -1.5, Total: 9, Favorite Moneyline: -126, Underdog Moneyline: +108)
• 6/3/2023: 4-2 TB (Favorite: Rays, Spread: -1.5, Total: 9, Favorite Moneyline: -154, Underdog Moneyline: +130)
• 6/3/2023: 8-5 BOS (Favorite: Red Sox, Spread: -1.5, Total: 9, Favorite Moneyline: -120, Underdog Moneyline: +102)
• 9/7/2022: 1-0 TB (Favorite: Rays, Spread: -1.5, Total: 7, Favorite Moneyline: -184, Underdog Moneyline: +154)
• 9/6/2022: 8-4 TB (Favorite: Rays, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -142, Underdog Moneyline: +120)

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