Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 7/4/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Monday, July 4, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is where the Baltimore Orioles (35-44) will compete against the Texas Rangers (37-39) on Monday. The starting pitchers are Dane Dunning and Dean Kremer.

As a team, the Texas Rangers are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which has them at 17th in baseball. They have tallied 328 runs while having a team OBP of .297. The Rangers have accumulated 95 doubles as a squad and have knocked 95 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 308 RBI's in addition to 605 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average is sitting at .238. Texas is slugging .393 and have struck out 641 times, while drawing a walk on 204 occasions.

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Rangers pitchers have given up 69 long balls and 316 total runs (12th in MLB). They have walked 260 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.95 as a unit on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.36 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.28. The Rangers have an earned run average of 3.92 this year (17th in the league), and their staff has rung up 613 batters.

The Rangers have sent 254 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 86 runners on the season with 31.4% of those players crossed the plate. They have recorded 17 saves for the season and have not converted 12 of their 29 save opportunities. The Rangers bullpen have earned a save rate of 58.6% and stepped onto the hill in 69 save situations. The bullpen have tallied 40 holds for the year (15th in the league). Rangers relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 57 times as well as having 83 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rangers have turned 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs in their 6,000 innings on the field, which ranks them 14th in professional baseball. The Texas Rangers have notched a total of 2,000 putouts so far this season, in addition to 704 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .983 which has them ranked 23rd in the majors, and have accumulated 67 double plays.

Dunning has thrown 239 innings and has accounted for 226 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.28 (114 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.356. He has conceded 237 hits (8.9 hits per nine innings) with 88 free passes. Dunning (8-16 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.99 and he has gone up against 1,032 batters in the majors.

The Baltimore Orioles hold an on-base percentage of .296 and a batting average of .228 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 706 instances (3rd in baseball) and have 601 hits. Baltimore has recorded 79 home runs for the season and 300 runs batted in. The Orioles hold a slugging percentage of .379 and they are recording 4.05 runs per game (23rd in baseball). They have 138 doubles, while walking 213 times and recording 316 runs.

The Orioles have a WHIP of 1.310 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.17 as a team for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.49 (551 strikeouts against 221 walks). They are sitting at 26th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 678. They have allowed 81 long balls and they allow 4.50 runs per 9 innings (21st in the league). The Baltimore pitching staff have surrendered 343 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.03 (307 earned runs yielded).

Baltimore relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.7% out of 150 inherited runners. Their relievers have come in 94 times in high leverage situations and also on 103 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 66 save situations, the Orioles have tallied 39 holds and also 6 blown saves. They rank 4th in MLB holding a save percentage of 76.0%, and they have sent 266 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the year. Baltimore has had relievers take the mound in 25 save chances and they have earned 19 saves.

The Baltimore Orioles have turned 71 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (25th in the majors). The Orioles have accrued 744 assists, 53 errors and have amassed 2,059 putouts for the year. Out of their 6,177 innings on the field, the Orioles hold a defensive efficiency of 68.9% (22nd in MLB).

In his pro baseball career, Kremer has conceded 103 base knocks while he has tallied 88 strikeouts in 100 innings. Kremer (3-9 career record) has a 5.29 ERA while surrendering 9.2 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 59 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.465 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.1. His K/BB ratio is 2.00 and he has gone up against 439 opposing batters during his MLB career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas

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