The New York Mets (45-25) and the Tampa Bay Rays (37-32) meet on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET. The Mets are moneyline favorites (-138) against the underdog Rays (+117). New York’s Tylor Megill and Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen will start this matchup.

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Mets vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-138)
• Underdog: Rays (+117)
• Over/under: 7.5

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have put together a 36-16 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 69.2% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -138 or shorter, New York has a 28-11 record (winning 71.8% of its games).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Mets’ implied win probability is 58%.
• New York has played in 70 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 26 times (26-42-2).
• The Mets have a 38-32-0 record against the spread this season (covering 54.3% of the time).

Mets hitting info

• Pete Alonso has put up a team-best batting average of .298, and leads the Mets in home runs (17) and runs batted in (63).
• In MLB, Alonso ranks ninth in home runs and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto has 14 doubles, 13 home runs and 57 walks while batting .253.
• Among all MLB hitters, Soto ranks 23rd in homers and 54th in RBI.
• Soto brings a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .500 with two doubles, two home runs, five walks and five RBIs.
• Francisco Lindor has 12 doubles, 14 home runs and 25 walks while batting .278.
• Brandon Nimmo is batting .236 with 12 doubles, 13 home runs and 21 walks.

Mets pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Mets has a collective 8.9 K/9, the seventh-best in MLB.
• New York has the top team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (2.87).
• The Mets have the 13th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.233).
• The Mets give up the second-fewest home runs in baseball (50 total, 0.7 per game).
• New York its 7-5 loss the last time out, the team struck out four Rays batters while allowing 13 hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• This season, the Rays have been the underdog 31 times and won 15, or 48.4%, of those games.
• Tampa Bay is 10-9 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +117 or more on the moneyline.
• The Rays have a 46.1% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 26 of its 69 games with a total.
• The Rays are 34-35-0 against the spread this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero leads Tampa Bay in home runs (15) and runs batted in (41) this season while batting .245.
• Caminero is 13th in home runs and 27th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Yandy Diaz is batting .263 with an OBP of .312 and a slugging percentage of .429 this season.
• Diaz currently ranks 56th in homers and 36th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Diaz has hit safely in five games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .524 with a double, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.
• Jonathan Aranda is batting .322 to lead Tampa Bay, while adding eight homers and 37 runs batted in this season.
• Brandon Lowe is batting .254 with an OBP of .306 and a slugging percentage of .451 this season.
• Lowe brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .353 with a double, two walks and two RBIs.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.1) in the majors this season.
• Tampa Bay has the seventh-best ERA (3.50) in the majors this season.
• Rays pitchers have a 1.176 WHIP this season, fourth-best in the majors.
• With 90 homers allowed, the Rays rank 26th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Tampa Bay defeated the Mets, 7-5, with 13 strikeouts and seven hits allowed.