The Tampa Bay Rays are favored (-202) at home when they open the season against the Colorado Rockies (+168) at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Friday at 4:10 p.m. ET. Tampa Bay’s Ryan Pepiot gets the start against Colorado’s Kyle Freeland.

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Rays vs. Rockies betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-202)
• Underdog: Rockies (+168)
• Over/under: 7.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays were favored on the moneyline 68 total times last season. They went 36-32 in those games.
• In games it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -202 or shorter last year, Tampa Bay finished with a record of 1-3 (25%).
• The Rays have a 66.9% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Tampa Bay played in 162 games with a set over/under, and combined with its opponents to go over the total 68 times (68-86-8).
• The Rays collected a 91-70-0 record against the spread last season (covering 56.5% of the time).

Rays hitting info

• Yandy Diaz had 65 runs batted in while accumulating a batting average of .281 last season.
• Ha-Seong Kim hit .233 with 16 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 58 walks.
• Brandon Lowe hit 21 home runs last season while slugging .473.
• Christopher Morel hit 21 home runs on the season while slugging .346.

Rays pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Rays had a collective 8.8 K/9 last season, which ranked 11th in MLB.
• Tampa Bay’s 3.78 team ERA ranked ninth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Last season Rays pitchers combined for the No. 5 WHIP in MLB (1.203).
• The Rays surrendered the 22nd-fewest home runs in baseball (196 total, 1.2 per game).

Rockies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rockies betting info

• The Rockies won 59, or 37.3%, of the 158 games they played as underdogs last season.
• Last season, Colorado won 15 of its 53 games, or 28.3%, when it was the underdog by at least +168 on the moneyline.
• The Rockies have a 37.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Games involving Colorado went over the total set by oddsmakers in 80 of 162 chances last season.
• The Rockies were 79-82-0 against the spread in their 161 chances last season.

Rockies hitting info

• Brenton Doyle finished with a .260 average, 23 home runs and 72 RBI last season.
• Ezequiel Tovar posted a .269 average with 26 homers and 78 RBI.
• Ryan McMahon finished with a .242 average, 20 home runs and 65 RBI last season.
• Mike Toglia collected 87 hits, posted an OBP of .311 and a .456 SLG.

Rockies pitching rankings

• The Rockies had a 7.1 K/9 last season as a pitching staff, which ranked 30th in baseball.
• Colorado pitchers had a combined ERA of 5.48 last year, which ranked 30th in MLB.
• The Rockies had a combined WHIP of 1.522 as a pitching staff, which was first-worst in baseball last season.
• The Rockies gave up the first-most long balls last season with 221 home runs allowed.