Tampa Bay Rays vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction and Pick, MLB Betting Picks, 3-26-2026

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Tampa Bay Rays vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction – 3-26-2026 – MLB Betting Picks

A total of 242 doubles were hit by the Rays as a team, and 182 of their baseballs were hit out of the park. In addition to striking out 1,397 times and walking 468 times, Tampa Bay had a slugging percentage of.401. They also walked 468 times. During the course of the season, the Tampa Bay Rays averaged 4.4 runs per game, which placed them in the fifteenth spot in the league. During the course of the previous year, they had a total of 1,374 hits, which resulted in 680 runs batted in, and their team batting average was.251 for the year. Their on-base percentage was.313, and they scored a total of 714 runs during their time on the field.

The Rays finished the previous season with a team earned run average of 3.94, which was the 15th best in the league. Additionally, the Rays’ pitching staff walked 1,416 batters. The Rays’ pitchers allowed 205 long balls and 683 runs in total, which ranked them thirteenth in the league. Over the course of the previous season, they walked 474 players from the opposing team, and their batting average per game was 4.15. Tampa Bay allowed a total of 627 earned runs and 1,273 hits, with an average of 8.0 hits per nine innings. The ratio of strikeouts to walks for this team was 2.99, and the WHIP for the entire pitching staff was 1.22.

During the course of the previous year, the Rays used 518 different relief pitchers to take at least one pitch. During the course of the previous season, relief pitchers were responsible for inheriting 165 base runners, and 32.1% of those runners succeeded in reaching the plate. During the previous season, they had a total of 35 saves, but they were only able to save 29 of the 64 opportunities they had to save the game. A total of 154 save opportunities were presented to the Rays bullpen before the game began, and they recorded a save percentage of 54.7%. The relievers finished the previous season with 87 holds, which was the 18th most in Major League Baseball. On 112 occasions, pitchers from the Rays’ bullpen entered the game with runners on base, and they also had 156 games in which they faced high leverage situations.

There were a total of 4,294 putouts earned by the Tampa Bay Rays during the course of the previous season, in addition to 1,416 assists and 81 errors. The total number of double plays that they had was 147, and their fielding percentage was.986, which placed them 15th in the entire baseball league. Out of a total of 12,882 innings played on the diamond, the Rays were able to convert 70.5% of balls hit into play into outs, which placed them in tenth place in the Major League Baseball.

During his time in the Major League Baseball, Rasmussen has commanded the ball for 460 innings and has recorded 428 strikeouts. As of right now, Rasmussen has a career record of 30-17 wins and losses, a batting average of 2.85, and he has faced 1,840 batters in the major leagues. His career earned run average is 2.89, and his WHIP is 1.067. He has allowed 148 earned runs across his career. With 119 walks, he has allowed 372 base knocks, which are equivalent to 7.3 hits per nine innings.

Over the course of the previous season, St. Louis hit 148 home runs and drove in 653 runs, in addition to recording 653 RBIs. They walked 478 times and scored 689 runs, in addition to accumulating 263 doubles and putting up 689 runs. Through the course of the previous season, the St. Louis Cardinals were able to amass a batting average of.245 and an on-base percentage of.314. A team slugging percentage of.378 was held by the Cardinals, and they scored 4.25 runs per game, which ranked them nineteenth in the entire sport of baseball. Their total number of base knocks was 1,331 and they had 1,321 strikeouts, which ranked them 22nd in the Major League Baseball.

Last year, the pitching staff for St. Louis allowed 754 runs to be scored against them while maintaining an earned run average of 4.29 (682 earned runs surrendered). They allowed 170 long balls and surrendered 4.74 runs per nine innings, which ranked them 22nd in the Major League Baseball. During the course of the previous year, the Cardinals’ pitching staff had a WHIP of 1.323 and a FIP of 4.06 over the course of the time period. A total of 1,209 strikeouts were recorded against 461 walks, resulting in a strikeout to walk ratio of 7.60. When it came to the total number of hits that they allowed, their pitching staff ranked 28th in the league with 1,434.

A total of 217 inherited runners had an inherited score rate of 33.6%, which was held by St. Louis relievers. 158 times, their bullpen pitchers were called upon to pitch in high leverage situations, and 156 times, they were called upon to pitch when there were runners on base. Not only did the Cardinals finish with 161 save situations, but they also recorded 92 holds and 23 blown saves among their total. As of the previous year, they had a save percentage of 64.6%, which placed them in the 12th position in the league, and they had 487 relievers at their disposal. A total of 65 save opportunities were presented to relief pitchers for St. Louis, and they were able to convert 42 of those opportunities into saves.

The Cardinals finished with a defensive efficiency of 68.9%, which was the 23rd best in all of professional baseball throughout their 12,888 innings played on the diamond. There were 124 double plays committed by the St. Louis Cardinals, and their fielding percentage was.987, which ranked eleventh in the major leagues. Over the course of the previous season, the Cardinals recorded a total of 4,296 putouts, 1,557 assists, and 80 errors together.

In his career as a professional baseball player, Liberatore has permitted 347 base hits while amassing 272 strikeouts over the course of 333 innings pitched. While he has earned a WHIP of 1.374 and a FIP of 4.6, he has allowed 172 earned runs to be scored against him. The ratio of strikeouts to walks that he has achieved in his professional baseball career is 2.45, and he has faced 1,442 batters from opposing teams. Liberatore has a career record of 16-24 and has a 4.64 earned run average (ERA) while allowing 9.4 hits per nine innings pitched.

Tampa Bay Rays vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction – Betting Odds

Now in this Tampa Bay Rays vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, we have the odds for this game:

TEAM	SPREAD	MONEYLINE	TOTAL
Tampa Bay Rays	+N/A	+N/A	N/A O
St. Louis Cardinals	-N/A	-N/A	N/A U

Tampa Bay Rays vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction – Head to Head – MLB Betting Picks

Date	Team	Opp	Close	Result	RL/OU
Aug 24, 2025	Cardinals	@Rays	+125 / 9	Lost 2-7	Lost / Push
Aug 22, 2025	Cardinals	@Rays	+117 / 9	Lost 6-10	Lost / Over
Aug 21, 2025	Cardinals	@Rays	-119 / 8.5	Won 7-4	Won / Over
Aug 8, 2024	Cardinals	Rays	-115 / 8	Lost 4-6	Lost / Over
Aug 7, 2024	Cardinals	Rays	-103 / 7.5	Won 5-2	Won / Under
Aug 6, 2024	Cardinals	Rays	-134 / 7.5	Won 4-3	Lost / Under
Aug 10, 2023	Cardinals	@Rays	+166 / 9.5	Won 5-2	Won / Under
Aug 9, 2023	Cardinals	@Rays	+145 / 9	Won 6-4	Won / Over
Aug 8, 2023	Cardinals	@Rays	+140 / 8.5	Lost 2-4	Lost / Under
Jun 9, 2022	Cardinals	@Rays	+140 / 7	Lost 1-2	Won / Under

✅ Our Tampa Bay Rays vs St. Louis Cardinals Pick: Tampa Bay ✅

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