If you are looking for a great offense to place your bets with, the Tampa Bay Rays offer the perfect squad to do that with. Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria, and Ben Zobrist all have been hitting the ball exceptionally well for the Rays all season long, and their contributions have resulted in quite a few wins for Joe Maddon's club. Crawford is currently hitting .306, but where he really shines is on the base paths with a steal total reaching 40. The Rays have possibly the best collection of individual basestealers in all of the Major Leagues, which is a main reason underlying the success they have had this season. While Carlos Pena leads the team in home runs, his .212 average and high strikeout total render him ineffective for the most part. Still, the Rays have some great pitching to backup their superb hitting. This is why they are the free bet selection for Tuesday, August 10th.

The Tigers have been mired in a very bad slump as of late. Their pitching has been pretty bad, and the injuries on the team are starting to mount. If they want to get back to prominence, they are going to need guys like Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer to start having better outings on the mound. These two pitchers are the best that the Tigers can put on the hill, and they need to start pitching like it. Verlander currently has a 3.74 ERA, which would otherwise be good if he wasn't the ace of the staff. Scherzer checks in at 4.28, which isn't that bad considering the horrible start that he had to the season. If the Tigers are to have any chance in this game, there will have to be a concerted effort on the part of the pitching staff to get this team the victory it needs. That is too much to ask a staff that truly just doesn't have that much talent, and the Rays, who are the free wager pick, will be the direct recipient of this lackluster roster.

While this might have been a very competitive matchup a month ago, the Tigers just have too many injuries and uncertainties to honestly say that they can compete on the same level as the Rays right now. This game will no doubt have a lot of public money bet on it due to the fact that these are two of the more popular teams in baseball. In the end, however, there will just be too much for the Tigers to handle, and the Rays will eventually get the free bet victory at Comerica Park.