Tampa Bay Rays vs Washington Nationals Prediction 8/31/2025 Today’s MLB Picks

The Tampa Bay Rays and Washington Nationals meet Sunday in MLB action at Nationals Park. Here’s a Tampa Bay Rays vs Washington Nationals Prediction. This article will include a Tampa Bay Rays vs Washington Nationals Pick.

Tampa Bay Rays Betting Preview

The Tampa Bay Rays are 66-69 on the year and play the Mariners, Guardians, and White Sox next. The Tampa Bay Rays are batting .250 on the season, have a .313 OBP, and a .401 slugging percentage. The Tampa Bay Rays pitching staff has a 3.92 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP. Yandy Diaz leads the Tampa Bay Rays with 143 hits and 74 RBI, while Junior Caminero and Jonathan Aranda have combined for 243 hits and 148 RBI.

Ian Seymour gets the ball for the Tampa Bay Rays, and he is 2-0 with a 3.18 ERA and 34 strikeouts this season. This will be Seymour’s second career game against the Washington Nationals.

Washington Nationals Betting Preview

The Washington Nationals are 53-82 on the year and play the Marlins, Cubs, and Marlins next. The Washington Nationals are batting .243 on the season, have a .309 OBP, and a .386 slugging percentage. The Washington Nationals pitching staff has a 5.36 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP. James Wood leads the Washington Nationals with 131 hits and 84 RBI while CJ Abrams and Luis Garcia Jr. have combined for 238 hits and 108 RBI.

Brad Lord gets the ball for the Washington Nationals, and he is 4-7 with a 3.84 ERA and 82 strikeouts this season. This will be Lord’s first career game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Tampa Bay Rays vs Washington Nationals Prediction

The Nationals haven’t won a game in a week and look more and more like a team that’s ready for the season to end. Lord isn’t having a great August, where he’s allowed 32 hits and 16 earned runs in 26.1 innings. At home, through 50.1 innings, Lord has a 4.29 ERA and .272 allowed batting average. It’s hard to make a case for the Nats these days. The Rays need to take advantage of games like this if they’re going to stay in the wild card race and outside of a bad showing against the Yankees, Seymour has been sharp in limited frames. The Rays should win this game as the Nats keep free-falling. Give me the Rays.