Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 9/16/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Friday, September 16, 2022

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (+115) Tampa Bay (-135)

Tropicana Field is the site where the Tampa Bay Rays (79-63) will take on the Texas Rangers (62-81) on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has Texas at +115 and Tampa Bay is at -135. The total is set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Martin Perez and Corey Kluber.

As a squad, the Texas Rangers are scoring 4.5 runs per game, which ranks them 11th in baseball. They have racked up 643 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .306. The Rangers have tallied 204 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 177 balls out of the park. They have accrued 612 RBI's in addition to 1,181 hits for the year, while their team batting average comes in at .243. Texas has a slugging % of .401 and have struck out 1,264 times, while taking a walk on 415 occasions.

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Rangers pitchers have surrendered 145 home runs and 660 total runs (22nd in MLB). They have walked 522 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.13 as a squad so far this year. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.25 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.35. The Rangers have compiled a team ERA of 4.22 on the campaign (21st in the league), and they have struck out 1,175 hitters.

The Rangers relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 56.9% and has come into the game in 133 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 175 runners on the campaign and 32.6% of those runners crossed the plate. Rangers relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 114 times and also have had 154 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rangers have dispatched 474 relievers to the hill so far this season. The relief pitchers have a total of 75 holds on the campaign (15th in MLB). They have 33 saves for the year and have not converted 25 of 58 chances to save the game.

The Texas Rangers are sitting with 3,702 putouts this season, in addition to 1,318 assists and 86 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .983 which is 26th in MLB, and have accumulated 115 double plays. The Rangers have converted 69.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,106 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 16th in baseball.

Perez has taken the ball for 1,274 innings and has 896 punch outs so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.45 (630 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.446. He has given up 1,385 hits (9.8 hits per nine innings) and has had 458 walks. Perez (74-75 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 4.36 and he has faced 5,540 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The Rays have a slugging percentage of .381 and they score 4.19 runs per outing (20th in MLB). They have recorded 259 doubles, while taking a walk 432 times and scoring 595 runs. Tampa Bay has recorded 125 HRs on the campaign to go along with 566 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,220 occasions (13th in MLB) and have earned 1,153 base knocks. The Tampa Bay Rays have accounted for an on-base percentage of .310 and a batting average of .242 on the season.

The Rays have a WHIP of 1.144 and have a FIP of 3.66 as a pitching staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.63 (1,228 strikeouts vs 338 walks). They have a ranking of 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,106. They have conceded 150 HR's and they allow 3.84 runs per 9 innings (6th in MLB). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have allowed 538 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.38 (474 earned runs given up).

Tampa Bay relievers have an inherited score percentage of 25.5% out of 161 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 180 times in high leverage situations in addition to 122 occasions with base runners. With 181 save situations, the Rays have earned 105 holds and 32 blown saves. They sit at 23rd in baseball holding a save rate of 56.8%, and they have sent 503 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the campaign. Tampa Bay has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 74 save chances and they have come away with 42 saves.

Out of their 11,067 innings on the diamond, the Rays have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.8% (6th in professional baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten 91 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (15th in professional baseball). The Rays have recorded 1,177 assists, 70 errors and have earned a total of 3,689 putouts for the year.

Kluber (113-69 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.30 ERA while giving up 8.0 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.84 and he has faced 6,337 batters thus far in his career. He has allowed 574 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.107 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.1. So far in his career, Kluber has allowed 1,388 hits and he has 1,666 strikeouts in 1,565 frames.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-135) and under 8.5 runs

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