Cubs vs. Rays prediction, odds, time: 2026 MLB picks for Monday, April 6 from proven model

SportsLine's model simulated Chicago Cubs vs.

Tampa Bay Rays 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for Monday's matchup
First pitch Tropicana Field in St.

Petersburg, Fla., is set for 4:10 p.m.

ET.

The Rays lead the all-time series 14-11, but the Cubs won the season series 2-1 in 2025.

Tampa Bay is a -119 favorite on the money line (risk $119 to win $100) in the latest Cubs vs.

Rays odds, while the over/under is 7.5.

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Cubs picks, be sure to see the Cubs vs.

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Top Cubs vs.

Rays predictions
After 10,000 simulations of Cubs vs.

Rays, the model is going Over 7.5 combined runs.

Tampa Bay enters the game with MLB's sixth-best offense, hitting .265 on the season.

The Rays also have the ninth-best slugging percentage at .391.

Last season, Tampa Bay hit .251 as a team, ninth-best in MLB, while Chicago was 13th at .249.

SportsLine's model projects more than 1.48 total bases for Michael Busch , Alex Bregman , Ian Happ , Pete Crow-Armstrong , Nico Hoerner and Carson Kelly .

The Rays, meanwhile, are projected to get over 1.5 total bases from Yandy Diaz , Jonathan Aranda , Junior Caminero and Nick Fortes .

The model projects 9.3 combined runs as the Over hits in 66% of simulations.

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Rays money-line pick at SportsLine .

How to make Cubs vs.

Rays picks
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Rays 10,000 times, the model also says one side of the money line has all the value.

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