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The Saturday slate in MLB includes a matchup between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n
We’ve got you covered, in terms of the vital information regarding this matchup before you take a look at the MLB odds and spreads<\/a> on FanDuel Sportsbook.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh Pirates (12-8) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (11-8)Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026Time: 4:05 p.m. ETVenue: PNC Park — Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCoverage: SportsNet PT and Rays.TVAll MLB odds<\/a>, betting lines and prop bets are available on FanDuel Sportsbook.Moneyline: PIT: (-172) | TB: (+144)Spread: PIT: -1.5 (+120) | TB: +1.5 (-144)Total: 7 — Over: (-122) | Under: (+100)Pirates<\/a> vs Rays<\/a> Probable Starting Pitchers<\/p>\n Probable Pitchers: Paul Skenes (Pirates) – 3-1, 4.00 ERA vs Drew Rasmussen (Rays) – 1-0, 1.13 ERA<\/p>\n The Pirates will look to Paul Skenes (3-1) versus the Rays and Drew Rasmussen (1-0). Skenes and his team have a record of 3-1-0 against the spread when he starts. Skenes’ team has won each of the three games he’s started as the moneyline favorite. The Rays have a 1-2-0 ATS record in Rasmussen’s three starts that had a set spread. The Rays were the underdog on the moneyline for two Rasmussen starts this season — they split the games.<\/p>\n All MLB win probability predictions and picks are according to numberFire<\/a>. Tampa Bay is the underdog, +144 on the moneyline, while Pittsburgh is a -172 favorite at home.The Rays are at the Pirates, and are +1.5 on the runline. The Rays are +120 to cover the spread, and the Pirates are -144.An over\/under of 7 has been set for Pirates-Rays on April 18, with the over being -122 and the under +100.<\/p>\n Bet on Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Tampa Bay Rays on FanDuel today!<\/a><\/p>\n The Pirates have been victorious in eight, or 72.7%, of the 11 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.This season Pittsburgh has been victorious two times in three chances when named as a favorite of at least -172 on the moneyline.Contests with the Pirates have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 11 of 20 chances this season.The Pirates have posted a record of 13-7-0 against the spread this season.The Rays have been the moneyline underdog nine total times this season. They’ve gone 5-4 in those games.Tampa Bay has not played a game this season with moneyline odds of +144 or longer.The Rays have played in 19 games with a set over\/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 13 times (13-6-0).The Rays have gone 11-8-0 ATS this season.Pirates<\/a> Player LeadersOneil Cruz has an OPS of .970, fueled by an OBP of .382 and a team-best slugging percentage of .588 this season. He has a .313 batting average.Among qualified hitters in MLB, his batting average ranks 23rd, his on-base percentage ranks 33rd, and he is 15th in slugging.Cruz will look for his third straight game with a hit in this contest. In his last five games he is hitting .238 with a double, a home run, three walks and six RBIs.Brandon Lowe leads Pittsburgh with 20 hits. He is batting .286 this season and has 11 extra-base hits. He’s also slugging .643 with an on-base percentage of .390.Among qualifying hitters, he is 44th in batting average, 28th in on-base percentage and seventh in slugging percentage.Lowe brings a two-game streak with at least one hit into this contest. In his last five games he is hitting .429 with two doubles, two home runs, a walk and nine RBIs.Ryan O’Hearn has 21 hits this season and a team-best OBP of .400.Bryan Reynolds has been key for Pittsburgh with 19 hits, an OBP of .379 plus a slugging percentage of .431.Rays<\/a> Player LeadersYandy Diaz has accumulated an on-base percentage of .453, a slugging percentage of .554, and has 27 hits, all club-bests for the Rays (while batting .365).Including all the qualifying players in the majors, his batting average ranks second, his on-base percentage is fourth, and he is 19th in slugging.Diaz brings a seven-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 games he is batting .324 with two doubles, a home run, four walks and six RBIs.Chandler Simpson is hitting .342 with two triples and three walks. He’s slugging .397 with an on-base percentage of .368.His batting average ranks sixth among all qualified players, his on-base percentage is 42nd, and he is 88th in slugging.Jonathan Aranda is hitting .214 with four doubles, three home runs and 13 walks.Junior Caminero is batting .247 with two doubles, four home runs and 12 walks.4\/17\/2026: 5-1 PIT (Favorite: Pirates, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -126, Underdog Moneyline: +108)4\/2\/2025: 4-2 PIT (Favorite: Pirates, Spread: -1.5, Total: 7, Favorite Moneyline: -116, Underdog Moneyline: -102)4\/1\/2025: 7-0 TB (Favorite: Rays, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -164, Underdog Moneyline: +138)3\/31\/2025: 6-1 TB (Favorite: Rays, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -188, Underdog Moneyline: +158)6\/23\/2024: 3-1 TB (Favorite: Pirates, Spread: -1.5, Total: 7.5, Favorite Moneyline: -168, Underdog Moneyline: +142)6\/22\/2024: 4-3 PIT (Favorite: Pirates, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -112, Underdog Moneyline: -104)6\/21\/2024: 10-3 TB (Favorite: Rays, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -134, Underdog Moneyline: +114)5\/4\/2023: 3-2 TB (Favorite: Rays, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -196, Underdog Moneyline: +164)5\/3\/2023: 8-1 TB (Favorite: Rays, Spread: -1.5, Total: 7, Favorite Moneyline: -225, Underdog Moneyline: +188)5\/2\/2023: 4-1 TB (Favorite: Rays, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -164, Underdog Moneyline: +138)<\/p>\n Sign up for FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> and FanDuel Daily Fantasy<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Odds updated as of 1:11 a.m. The Saturday slate in MLB includes a matchup between the Pittsburgh Pirates…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402],"tags":[5,4,10,776,64,4297],"class_list":{"0":"post-678140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-pirates","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-pirates","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","13":"tag-pittsburghpirates"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116424038677984175","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678140","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=678140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Prediction: Pirates win (52.5%)<\/p>\n