New York Yankees vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 10/3/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Yankees vs Texas Rangers

Date: Monday, October 3, 2022

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: New York (-145) Texas (+125)

The Texas Rangers (66-91) will try to beat the New York Yankees (97-61) at Globe Life Field on Monday. The moneyline on this contest has New York at -145 while Texas is priced at +125. The total comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Luis Severino and Martin Perez.

As a unit, the New York Yankees are notching 5.1 runs per game, which puts them at 2nd in the league. They have tallied 794 runs while having a team OBP of .325. The Yankees have hit 224 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 246 balls out of the park. They have compiled 752 RBI's and 1,278 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average sits at .243. New York is slugging .428 and have struck out 1,349 times, while being walked on 598 occasions.

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The Yankees hold a team earned run average of 3.31 on the year (3rd in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,418 batters. They have walked 430 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.56 as a unit over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.30 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.12. Yankees pitchers have given up 153 home runs and also 552 total runs (3rd in baseball).

Yankees bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 175 times in addition to having 179 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have earned 79 holds so far this year (18th in baseball). The Yankees relief pitchers have a save percentage of 68.2% and stepped onto the hill in 149 save situations. They have accumulated 45 saves this season and have blown 21 of 66 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 248 runners on the year with 29.0% of them crossed the plate. The Yankees have dispatched 492 relievers to the hill on the season.

The Yankees have turned 72.0% of balls hit into play into outs in their 12,678 innings, ranking them 2nd in MLB. The New York Yankees are sitting with 4,226 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,432 assists and 72 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which has them ranked 6th in baseball, and they have turned 97 double plays.

Severino has taken the mound for 631 innings and has earned 702 punch outs so far in his career. Severino (49-29 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 3.41 while he has faced 2,584 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.42 (240 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.132. He has conceded 534 base hits (7.6 hits per nine innings) with 180 free passes.

The Rangers hold a slugging percentage of .397 and they have an average of 4.41 runs per contest (12th in the league). They have hit 218 doubles, while walking 443 times and earning 692 runs. Texas has accounted for 193 home runs so far this year and 656 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 1,404 occasions (7th in the league) and are sitting with 1,277 base hits. The Texas Rangers have an OBP of .302 and a team batting average of .240 for the year.

The Rangers have a team WHIP of 1.340 in addition to having a FIP of 4.13 as a staff on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio is 2.28 (1,277 strikeouts against 559 walks). They rank 18th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,305. They have surrendered 160 HR's and they allow 4.68 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The Texas pitching staff have conceded 723 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.23 (653 earned runs relinquished).

Texas relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.6% out of their 187 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 158 times in high leverage situations and on 125 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 147 save situations, the Rangers have amassed 83 holds and also 29 blown saves. They rank 28th in baseball with a save rate of 54.7%, and they have dispatched 518 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the campaign. Texas has had relievers enter the game in 64 save opportunities and they have earned 35 saves.

The Texas Rangers have turned 130 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (25th in MLB). The Rangers have recorded 1,475 assists, 96 errors and are sitting with 4,173 putouts over the course of the season. In 12,519 innings on the diamond, the Rangers hold a defensive efficiency of 69.2% (18th in pro baseball).

So far in his career, Perez has given up 1,404 hits while he has tallied 907 strikeouts in 1,293 innings. Perez (75-76 career record) is the owner of a 4.45 earned run average while giving up 9.8 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 639 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.445 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.95 and he has faced 5,621 batters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Texas (+125)

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