Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 6/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Friday, June 17, 2022

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (+110) Detroit (-130)

The Detroit Tigers (24-38) are hosting the Texas Rangers (29-33) at Comerica Park on Friday. The odds on this game have Texas at +110 and Detroit is at -130. The total comes in at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Jon Gray and Tarik Skubal.

As a unit, the Texas Rangers are notching 4.3 runs per game, which puts them at 17th in the league. They are sitting with 267 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .293. The Rangers have hit 77 doubles as a squad and have hit 78 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 249 runs batted in and 494 hits this season, and their batting average is at .234. Texas has a slugging rate of .386 and have been called out on strikes 533 times, while being walked on 167 occasions.

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The Rangers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.95 on the season (18th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 523 batters. They have walked 221 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.01 as a unit so far this year. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.37 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.29. Rangers pitchers have allowed 60 home runs and 269 total runs (19th in baseball).

The Rangers have dispatched 219 relievers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 78 runners this season with 29.5% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have tallied 15 saves this season and have blown 11 out of their 26 save chances. The Rangers relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 57.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 62 save situations. The bullpen have a total of 36 holds on the season (14th in baseball). Rangers relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 53 times and also have had 75 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rangers have converted 69.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of 4,983 innings, which has them sitting at 15th in the majors. The Texas Rangers have earned 1,661 putouts for the season, in addition to 573 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .981 which has them sitting 27th in pro baseball, and they have twisted 53 double plays.

Gray has thrown 881 frames and has earned 906 K's during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.61 (451 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.334. He has conceded 874 hits (8.9 hits per 9 innings) with 302 walks. Gray (54-52 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 3.89 and he has gone up against 3,775 batters during his time in the major leagues.

The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .315 and they are scoring 2.71 runs per contest (30th in MLB). They have hit 81 two-baggers, while walking 141 times as well as putting up 168 runs. Detroit has tallied 31 home runs on the year as well as 162 runs batted in. They have struck out on 529 occasions (16th in MLB) and have tallied 440 base knocks. The Detroit Tigers have earned an OBP of .276 as well as a team batting average of .219 this year.

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.241 with a FIP of 3.98 as a pitching staff for the season. They are sitting at 11th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 492. The Detroit pitching staff have allowed 262 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 3.96 (239 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.65 (483 strikeouts vs 182 walks). They have given up 64 HR's and they give up 4.34 runs per 9 innings (17th in MLB).

Detroit relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 22.1% out of their 68 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 62 times in high leverage situations and on 42 occasions with runners on. With 53 save situations, the Tigers have amassed 31 holds and also 4 blown saves. They sit at 2nd in MLB holding a save percentage of 80.0%, and they have sent 224 bullpen pitchers onto the field for the year. Detroit has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 20 save chances and they have come away with 16 saves.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 49 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (16th in baseball). The Tigers have racked up 530 assists, 33 errors and have earned a total of 1,629 putouts during this campaign. In 4,887 innings on the field, the Tigers have a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (11th in MLB).

So far in his pro baseball career, Skubal has allowed 228 base hits while he has totaled 276 strikeouts in 251 innings. Skubal (14-19 career mark) holds a 4.05 earned run average while allowing 8.2 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 113 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.187 and a FIP of 4.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.94 and he has faced 1,040 hitters in his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit (-130)

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