Los Angeles Angels vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 9/21/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Texas Rangers

Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+120) Texas (-140)

The Texas Rangers (63-83) will play the Los Angeles Angels (64-83) at Globe Life Field on Wednesday. The line on this contest has the Angels at +120 while the Rangers are priced at -140. The total is set at 8. The starting pitchers are Tucker Davidson and Dane Dunning.

The Angels have accounted for 187 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 176 balls out of the stadium. Los Angeles has a slugging % of .387 and have been called out on strikes 1,403 times, while drawing a walk on 414 occasions. As a squad, the Los Angeles Angels are earning 3.8 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 25th in baseball. They have compiled 538 RBI's and 1,115 base knocks on the campaign, while their team batting average sits at .229. They have 560 runs scored and have an OBP of .294.

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The Angels hold a team ERA of 3.82 for the year (10th in the league), and they have struck out 1,231 hitters. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.51 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.25. Angels pitchers have given up 158 long balls and also 610 total runs (11th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 490 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.05 as a unit on the year.

Angels bullpen pitchers have entered the game with players on base 148 times as well as having 142 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers are sitting with 65 holds this year (21st in baseball). The Angels relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 54.4% and has entered the game in 124 save situations. They have earned 31 saves for the year and have missed out on 26 of their 57 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 231 runners on the campaign and 35.9% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Angels have dispatched 439 relievers to the mound this season.

The Angels have transformed 70.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 11,655 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 5th in the majors. The Los Angeles Angels have a tally of 3,885 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,251 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which has them ranked 15th in MLB, and have a total of 126 double plays.

Davidson has thrown 64 innings and is sitting with 47 K's during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 6.02 (43 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.648. He has allowed 64 base hits (9.0 hits per 9 innings) with 42 walks. Davidson (2-7 mark in his career) has a FIP of 5.79 while he has gone up against 297 hitters in the major leagues.

The Texas Rangers hold a team on-base percentage of .305 and a team batting average of .242 on the year. They have struck out on 1,295 occasions (6th in MLB) and have 1,203 hits. Texas has knocked in 181 home runs on the season and 620 RBIs. The Rangers have a SLG% of .400 and they tally 4.46 runs per game (11th in baseball). They have hit 206 doubles, while walking 417 times and notching 651 runs.

The Texas pitching staff have relinquished 673 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.23 (608 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 148 home runs and they allow 4.68 runs per 9 innings (21st in baseball). The Rangers hold a team WHIP of 1.347 and have a FIP of 4.13 as a staff this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.26 (1,193 strikeouts against 529 free passes). They rank 18th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,214.

Texas has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 59 save opportunities and they have walked away with 34 saves. They sit at 20th in baseball with a save percentage of 57.6%, and they have dispatched 485 relievers to the hill this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 159 times in high leverage situations in addition to 118 occasions with runners on. Texas bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 32.2% out of 180 inherited runners. Sitting with 138 save situations, the Rangers have 79 holds in addition to 25 blown saves.

Out of their 11,646 innings played, the Rangers have a defensive efficiency of 69.1% (20th in pro baseball). The Texas Rangers have gotten 119 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (27th in the majors). The Rangers have recorded 1,380 assists, 92 errors and have 3,882 putouts so far this year.

Thus far in his career, Dunning has given up 306 base hits while he has earned 278 punch outs in 300 innings pitched. Dunning (10-18 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 4.44 earned run average while conceding 9.2 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 148 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.410 and a FIP of 4.2. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.38 and he has gone up against 1,307 opposing batters in his career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Texas (-140)

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