{"id":221746,"date":"2025-08-03T05:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T05:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/221746\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T05:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T05:12:11","slug":"dodgers-at-rays-odds-picks-and-predictions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/221746\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers at Rays odds, picks and predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The LA Dodgers (64-47) visit the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/tampa-bay-rays\/254\" data-autotag=\"e9a88456-f8c5-40b7-9742-6ea3ee6a611a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> (55-57) for the finale of their 3-game series Sunday. First pitch from George M. Steinbrenner Field is set for 12:10 p.m. ET. Let&#8217;s analyze <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaserver.betmgmpartners.com\/renderBanner.do?zoneId=1731778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\">BetMGM Sportsbook&#8217;s<\/a> MLB odds around the Dodgers vs. Rays odds and make our expert <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbookwire.usatoday.com\/mlb-picks-predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MLB picks and predictions<\/a> for the best bets.<\/p>\n<p>Season series: Tied 1-1<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers lost to the Rays 4-0 in the second game of the series Saturday after winning the series-opener 5-0 Friday. Despite sitting atop the NL West, Los Angeles is just 6-8 over its last 14 games. The Dodgers are 4-4 on their 9-game road trip, which ends Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Rays snapped their 4-game losing streak Saturday, but have struggled over the past few weeks. Tampa Bay has lost 8 of its last 10 games and sits fourth in the AL East. It has performed relatively well at home, going 32-29.<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers at Rays projected starters<\/p>\n<p>RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. RHP Joe Boyle<\/p>\n<p>Yamamoto (9-7, 2.63 ERA) makes his 22nd start. He has a 1.05 WHIP, 3.0 BB\/9 and 10.3 K\/9 through 116 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Last start: Win, 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 9 K in 5-2 road win vs. Cincinnati Reds Monday2025 road stats: 6-3, 1.78 ERA (60 2\/3 IP, 12 ER), 0.91 WHIP, 9.9 K\/9 in 11 startsSecond-year pitcher&#8217;s first game against Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p>Boyle (1-1, 2.82 ERA) makes his third start and seventh appearance. He has a 0.85 WHIP, 3.6 BB\/9 and 9.7 K\/9 through 22 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Last start: Loss, 3 1\/3 IP, 4 ER (6 R), 4 H, 3 BB, 6 K in 7-5 road loss vs. New York Yankees Tuesday2025 home stats: 1-0, 0.90 ERA (10 IP, 1 ER), 0.40 WHIP, 9.0 K\/9 in 1 start and 2 appearancesThird-year pitcher&#8217;s first game against LA<\/p>\n<p>Win your fantasy baseball league with <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballhq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BaseballHQ.com<\/a>. For decades, BHQ has been helping players just like you win! BHQ offers full-season subscriptions. <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballhq.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up today and start winning<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers at Rays odds<\/p>\n<p>Provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaserver.betmgmpartners.com\/renderBanner.do?zoneId=1731778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\">BetMGM Sportsbook<\/a>; access <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/scores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub<\/a> for a full list. Lines last updated Saturday at 11:45 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline (ML): Dodgers -200 (bet $200 to win $100) | Rays +165 (bet $100 to win $165)Run line (RL)\/Against the spread (ATS): Dodgers -1.5 (-125) | Rays +1.5 (+105)Over\/Under (O\/U): 8.5 (O: -120 | U: +100)Dodgers at Rays picks and predictionsPrediction<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers 5, Rays 2<\/p>\n<p>PASS.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no value here. The Dodgers (-200) are far too expensive to consider, while the Rays (+165) are too risky, especially against a pitcher like Yamamoto.<\/p>\n<p>BET DODGERS -1.5 (-125).<\/p>\n<p>While Boyle&#8217;s home numbers are impressive, he has pitched against the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves and Chicago White Sox, so he hasn&#8217;t had much resistance. Against the Yankees in his last start, he gave up a season-high 4 ERs. The Dodgers have a similar offense.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay has struggled defensively, allowing at least 5 runs in 4 of its last 5 games. It hasn&#8217;t scored more than 4 runs in 9 straight games as well.<\/p>\n<p>Back DODGERS -1.5 (-125).<\/p>\n<p>BET UNDER 8.5 (+100).<\/p>\n<p>The Rays have gone Under in 2 straight games. They are 2-5-1 O\/U in their last 8 contests and 44-62-6 O\/U on the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers, on the other hand, are 0-8-1 O\/U in their last 9, having allowed 5 or fewer runs in each of those battles. In his last 7 starts, Yamamoto is 2-5 O\/U.<\/p>\n<p>Take UNDER 8.5 (+100).<\/p>\n<p>Play our free daily <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyticket.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pick\u2019em Challenge<\/a> and win! <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyticket.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Play now<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>For more sports betting picks and tips, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbookwire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SportsbookWire.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/betftw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BetFTW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow SportsbookWire on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsBookWire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a> and like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportsbookwire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The LA Dodgers (64-47) visit the Tampa Bay Rays (55-57) for the finale of their 3-game series Sunday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[686,290,5,296,684,687,39,438,1923,1165,4332,4333,289,774,57,3224,4331,4,306,319,846,169,300,850,297,303,939,943,302,318,185,1272,694,317,305,295,68,940,304,685,279,278,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-221746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-and","9":"tag-angeles","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-bay","12":"tag-betting","13":"tag-disclaimer","14":"tag-dodgers","15":"tag-exclude","16":"tag-exclude-sports-betting","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-la-dodgers","19":"tag-ladodgers","20":"tag-los","21":"tag-los-angeles","22":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","23":"tag-losangeles","24":"tag-losangelesdodgers","25":"tag-mlb","26":"tag-national","27":"tag-national-sports","28":"tag-neutral","29":"tag-news","30":"tag-overall","31":"tag-overall-neutral","32":"tag-rays","33":"tag-scores","34":"tag-smg","35":"tag-smg-timely","36":"tag-sport","37":"tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","38":"tag-sports","39":"tag-sports-betting","40":"tag-sports-betting-widget-and-disclaimer","41":"tag-sports-news","42":"tag-statistics","43":"tag-tampa","44":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","45":"tag-timely","46":"tag-u0026","47":"tag-widget","48":"tag-yamamoto","49":"tag-yoshinobu","50":"tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}