Nelly’s Wednesday AL Knockout 30-15 April Run
- Handicapper
- Nelly's Sports
- League
- MLB
- Competition
- Tampa Bay Rays vs Chicago White Sox
- Release Date
- 04/15/2026 09:23 AM
- Event Date
- 04/15/2026 07:40 PM
- Bet Type
- Moneyline
- Pick
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Tampa Bay Rays -113
(BetOnline)
- Outcome
- Win
- Analysis
- The Rays have won four in a row and are in first place in the AL East. After a down 2025 season, Tampa Bay is a threat to be a playoff contender again and the 9-7 record has come with 10 of 16 games on the road in a tough early schedule. Tampa Bay won 8-5 yesterday in Chicago for a fourth straight win with 23 combined runs scored on the winning streak. Jesse Scholtens broke into the big leagues with Chicago, struggling on the 2023 team in a variety of roles. He showed promise in two outings last season for Tampa Bay and pitched well in his season debut with nearly five innings of scoreless work against het Cubs last week. The bullpen for the Rays had a tough start to the season but has settled into form in recent games. Both teams used four relievers yesterday in an 8-5 win for the Rays with Tampa Bay featuring a 12-5 edge in hits including having 15 at-bats with runners in scoring position. The Rays had two errors that helped keep Chicago in the game but over the past five games the White Sox are batting .153 with 1.8 runs per nine vs. right-handers and the numbers aren’t much better in the season splits. The White Sox are 3-3 vs. left-handed starters but just 3-8 vs. right-handed starters this season and these teams are 26 runs apart in scoring differential. Sean Burke had average results while going 4-11 last season for Chicago and his pace appears to be similar this season. Chicago has lost all three of his starts and he didn’t pitch dramatically better at home last season. Scholtens is a bit of an unproven commodity but these teams are likely to land far apart by season’s end and this is a favorable early season price with a mismatch between the recent splits for these lineups, with Chicago already with two key batters on the IL.
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