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Tampa Bay Rays vs Miami Marlins MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 9/25/2021

Miami Marlins (64-89) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (95-59)
September 25, 2021 6:10 pm EDT
The Line: Tampa Bay Rays -215 / Miami Marlins +196; Over/Under: -7.5
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The Miami Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays meet in MLB action from Tropicana Field on Saturday afternoon.

The Miami Marlins will look to rebound after an 8-0 loss at the hands of the Rays on Friday night. Miguel Rojas leads the Marlins with a .267 batting average and 127 hits with 30 doubles while Jesus Aguilar has team-highs of 22 home runs, 93 RBIs and a .329 OBP. Rojas has 3 triples this season but it’s Jazz Chisholm Jr. who leads the Marlins with.4 triples this season. Sandy Alcantara will start here and is 9-13 with a 3.05 ERA and 189 strikeouts this season.

The Tampa Bay Rays will look to build on their big win over the Marlins from Friday night. Randy Arozarena leads the Rays with a .273 batting average and 138 hits along with 31 doubles and 3 triples while Joey Wendle has a team-high 4 triples. Brandon Lowe leads Tampa Bay with 34 home runs while Austin Meadows has a team-high 103 RBIs and Yandy Diaz has a team-best .356 OBP this season. Shane McClanahan will get the start here and is 9-6 with a 3.51 ERA and 135 strikeouts this season.

Miami is 15-38 in their last 53 road games and 23-53 in their last 76 road games against a left-handed starter while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 game two matchups. Tampa Bay is 23-8 in their last 31 interleague home games and 30-12 in their last 42 games against the NL East while the over is 8=1 in their last 9 interleague games against a right-handed starter.

These battle of Florida games can be tricky, but the Rays flexed some serious muscle on Friday. I’m not so sure we’ll see more of the same on Saturday as Sandy Alcantara has been arguably Miami’s best pitcher this season despite not having the win-loss record to show for it. I think there’s some value with the Marlins behind their starter on Saturday, so I’ll take a stab at the Fish and the plus money here.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Miami +196

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Chris joined the Sports Chat Place team in August 2016 and has a proven system that combines multiple analytical and situational statistics and trends to give out thousands of winning picks over the last three years with winning records across all of the top leagues, Follow Chris Ruffolo on Twitter @ruffthepickdawg

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