It's Game 5 of the American League Division Series as the Tampa Bay Rays try to take the series lead against the Cleveland Guardians. Parker Messick takes the ball for Guardians while the Rays are going with Drew Rasmussen. We'll see if the stars such as Junior Caminero, Jose Ramirez, Yandy Diaz, and Jonathan Aranda show up when the lights are the brightest.
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Rays vs Guardians Game 5 Odds
Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cleveland Guardians
- TB: -110 ML
- CLE: +102 ML
- Total: 6.5 O/U
MLB Weather Today, 10/18
Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians - Temperatures are in the 60s with winds blowing out upwards of 10 MPH.
Rays vs Guardians: Pitching Matchup
Drew Rasmussen, Tampa Bay Rays
The Rays send their ace to the mound tonight and he's been fantastic this postseason. He's fired off 14 innings of two run baseball while posting a 17:2 K:BB ratio. The Guardians offense is not overly impressive and Rasmussen should have a good game here.
DraftKings CPT: $17,700 | DraftKings UTIL: $11,800
Parker Messick, Cleveland Guardians
Messick has clearly slowed down as the season has progressed and considering it's his rookie season, it's not overly surprising. Over the last 30 days, Messick has allowed righties to post a .370 wOBA and .338 xwOBA. The Rays are going to throw likely seven righties at him too.
DraftKings CPT: $17,400 | DraftKings UTIL: $11,600
Rays vs Guardians Preview: Key Players to Watch
Jose Ramirez, 3B (Guardians)
Ramirez continues to have a really good postseason and he's hitting for power and running (or trying to) every time he's on base. He has game-changing upside when he's in this type of form.
DraftKings CPT: $14,400 | DraftKings UTIL: $9,600 | FanDuel MVP: $18,300 | FanDuel UTIL: $12,200
Junior Caminero, 3B (Rays)
We finally saw Junior Caminero have some big swings last night as he roped a double and just missed a home run to dead center too. Caminero has dominated lefties posting a .204 ISO, .217 xISO, .390 wOBA, and .409 xwOBA.
DraftKings CPT: $14,700 | DraftKings UTIL: $9,800 | FanDuel MVP: $19,800 | FanDuel UTIL: $13,200
Jonathan Aranda, 1B (Rays)
Aranda hasn't really hit lefties well and hasn't had the best postseason all around but he had a breakout game on Saturday. He had three hits but just had a .091 ISO, .133 xISO, .307 wOBA, and .315 xwOBA against southpaws.
DraftKings CPT: $11,700 | DraftKings UTIL: $7,800 | FanDuel MVP: $13,500 | FanDuel UTIL: $9,000
Chase DeLauter, OF (Guardians)
I respect Drew Rasmussen a LOT but Chase DeLauter does have good numbers against right-handed pitchers this season. He posted a .181 ISO and .354 wOBA and .367 xwOBA along with 13 HR.
DraftKings CPT: $12,000 | DraftKings UTIL: $8,000 | FanDuel MVP: $15,300 | FanDuel UTIL: $10,200
Yandy Diaz, 1B (Rays)
We finally saw the Yandy Diaz breakout in Game 4 and has hit lefties well all season long. He has a .174 ISO, .162 xISO, .335 wOBA, and .351 xwOBA against them on the year.
DraftKings CPT: $12,900 | DraftKings UTIL: $8,600 | FanDuel MVP: $17,100 | FanDuel UTIL: $11,400
Victor Mesa, OF (Rays)
We've talked about this a lot, but Victor Mesa has a very high ceiling against lefties. He hit over .300 against lefties while posting a .150 ISO and .380 wOBA against them. He hasn't put any one singular big game in this series together and we know that's well within his range of outcomes.
DraftKings CPT: $10,500 | DraftKings UTIL: $7,000 | FanDuel MVP: $13,800 | FanDuel UTIL: $9,200
Jonny DeLuca, OF (Rays)
DeLuca hasn't played well in the last two games of the series but he had two multi-hit games to start the series and was good against the Yankees too. DeLuca has speed as he's stolen two bases this postseason.
DraftKings CPT: $9,000 | DraftKings UTIL: $6,000 | FanDuel MVP: $8,100 | FanDuel UTIL: $5,400
Steven Kwan, OF (Guardians)
It was an interesting season for Steven Kwan, but the one thing he did extremely well is hit right-handers well (over .300 for the year) and was on base nearly 40% of the time to boot. I said it every time I've written this series up, but his ceiling is really tied to the guys behind him knocking him in when he gets on.
DraftKings CPT: $10,200 | DraftKings UTIL: $6,800 | FanDuel MVP: $9,600 | FanDuel UTIL: $6,400
Other Notable Options
Ryan Vilade, 1B/OF (Rays): DraftKings UTIL: $5,000 | FanDuel UTIL: $4,800
Patrick Bailey, C (Guardians): DraftKings UTIL: $4,400 | FanDuel UTIL: $4,600
Nathaniel Lowe, 1B (Guardians): DraftKings UTIL: $5,200 | FanDuel UTIL: $6,200
Petey Halpin, OF (Guardians): DraftKings UTIL: $3,800 | FanDuel UTIL: $4,200