Dodgers vs. Rays Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups August 3, 2025

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A pair of MLB’s top power hitters square off when the Los Angeles Dodgers (64-47) and the Tampa Bay Rays (55-57) meet at 12:10 p.m. ET on Sunday at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Shohei Ohtani has 38 homers (second in the majors) for the favored Dodgers (-198), and Junior Caminero ranks sixth in MLB play with 28 long balls this season for the Rays (+163). Los Angeles’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto starts against Tampa Bay’s Joe Boyle.

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Moneyline

Dodgers to win vs Rays -198

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Dodgers vs. Rays betting lines

  • Favorite: Dodgers (-198)
  • Underdog: Rays (+163)
  • Over/under: 8.5

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

  • The Dodgers have won 60% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (57-38).
  • Los Angeles has gone 27-12 (winning 69.2% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -198 or shorter.
  • The Dodgers have an implied moneyline win probability of 66.4% in this contest.
  • In the 111 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Los Angeles, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 54 times (54-52-5).
  • The Dodgers have collected a 47-64-0 record against the spread this season.

Dodgers hitting info

  • Ohtani leads the Dodgers in home runs (38) and runs batted in (73).
  • Ohtani ranks second in home runs and 11th in RBI among all hitters in MLB action.
  • Ohtani heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .190 with a double, three walks and two RBIs.
  • Mookie Betts has 15 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 41 walks while hitting .235.
  • Betts currently ranks 124th in homers and 89th in RBI in the bigs.
  • Will Smith leads the Dodgers with a team-best batting average of .325.
  • Smith takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with three doubles, three walks and two RBIs.
  • Freddie Freeman is hitting .304 with 28 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 40 walks.
  • Freeman heads into this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .450 with a double, two home runs, two walks and seven RBIs.

Dodgers pitching rankings

  • The 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks sixth in the majors.
  • Los Angeles has a 4.19 team ERA that ranks 20th among all MLB pitching staffs.
  • The Dodgers have the 22nd-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.311).
  • Dodgers pitchers combine to allow 134 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (22nd-fewest in MLB).
  • Los Angeles struck out 13 Rays batters while giving up eight hits in a 4-0 loss in its last game.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

  • The Rays have entered the game as underdogs 54 times this season and won 23, or 42.6%, of those games.
  • Tampa Bay has played as an underdog of +163 or more twice this season and split those games.
  • Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 38% chance to win.
  • Tampa Bay’s games have gone over the total in 44 of its 112 chances.
  • The Rays have an ATS record of 51-61-0 in 112 games with a spread this season.

Rays hitting info

  • Yandy Diaz has been key for Tampa Bay with 120 hits, an OBP of .346 plus a slugging percentage of .477.
  • Diaz is 25th in homers and 23rd in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
  • Caminero is batting .250 this season with a team-high 28 home runs and 72 RBI.
  • Caminero is sixth in homers and 13th in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
  • Brandon Lowe is slashing .271/.322/.475 this season for the Rays.
  • Chandler Simpson has 68 hits and an OBP of .332 to go with a slugging percentage of .341 this season.

Rays pitching rankings

  • The Rays strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 12th in MLB.
  • Tampa Bay has the 13th-ranked ERA (3.87) in the majors this season.
  • Rays pitchers have a 1.213 WHIP this season, fifth-best in the majors.
  • The Rays have given up the 25th-fewest long balls so far this season with 144 home runs allowed.
  • Tampa Bay pitchers struck out 11 Dodgers batters while allowing six hits in a 4-0 win last time out.
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