The 82-52 Tampa Bay Rays will look to remain hot when they open a 3-game set tonight with the 64-70 Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. The Rays have won 4 straight, 8 of their last 9, and are now just 1½ games back of the Baltimore Orioles for the top spot in the AL East. Tampa is expected to turn to Tyler Glasnow to get the job done. Glasnow is 7-4 with a 3.12 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP. Even though the Guardians have a losing record, they are still just 5 games back of the Minnesota Twins for the lead in the pathetic AL Central. Cleveland is expected to turn to Cal Quantrill to throw strikes and the Rays potent offense should be able to get to this guy. Quantrill is 2-6 with an elevated ERA of 6.45 and a 1.57 WHIP.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TAMPA BAY RAYS