Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 7/5/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Fenway Park is the site where the Boston Red Sox (43-42) will meet the Texas Rangers (50-34) on Wednesday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Jon Gray and Brayan Bello.

The Rangers have recorded 185 doubles as a squad and have knocked 114 balls out of the park. Texas is slugging .459 and have been called out on strikes 737 times, while being walked on 292 occasions. As a squad, the Texas Rangers are notching 5.9 runs/g, which puts them at 1st in baseball. They have accounted for 473 RBI's in addition to 808 base knocks for the year, while their average at the plate is at .274. They have accumulated 494 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .343.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.86 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.18. Rangers pitchers have allowed 86 home runs and also 338 runs (5th in baseball). Texas has yielded 643 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 317 earned runs. The Rangers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.82 this year (7th in the league), and the staff has struck out 684 batters. They have walked 239 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.04 as a unit on the year.

Rangers pitchers have come into the game with players on base 75 times as well as having 67 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 39 holds for the year (23rd in the league). The Rangers relief pitchers have a save rate of 51.7% and has come into the game in 69 save situations. They have recorded 15 saves this year and have missed out on 14 of their 29 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 123 base runners on the year and 30.1% of them ended up scoring. The Rangers have dispatched 226 relievers to the mound for the season.

The Texas Rangers have earned a total of 2,239 putouts on the campaign, as well as 755 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which is 6th in pro baseball, and have 76 double plays. The Rangers have converted 71.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 6,717 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 2nd in MLB.

Gray has taken the mound for 1,043 innings and has earned 1,056 K's so far in his MLB career. Gray (66-60 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.94 and he has gone up against 4,423 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.40 (510 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.292. He has given up 1,002 base knocks (8.6 hits per 9 innings) with 346 free passes.

The Boston Red Sox have accumulated an OBP of .329 as well as a batting average of .260 so far this year. They have been rung up on 701 occasions (18th in MLB) and have earned 758 base knocks. Boston has recorded 90 home runs on the campaign as well as 396 RBIs. The Red Sox hold a team SLG% of .424 and they are recording 4.87 runs per outing (8th in the league). They have hit 190 doubles, while walking 273 times as well as scoring 414 runs.

The Boston pitching staff have relinquished 401 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.40 (367 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 110 dingers and they surrender 4.81 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Red Sox have a WHIP of 1.290 and have a FIP of 4.37 as a squad on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.70 (725 strikeouts vs 242 walks). They are sitting at 24th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 727.

Boston relievers have an inherited score percentage of 32.9% of 82 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 70 times in high leverage situations and also on 54 occasions with base runners. With 68 save situations, the Red Sox have accumulated 37 holds in addition to 8 blown saves. They are ranked 3rd in MLB with a save percentage of 74.2%, and they have dispatched 254 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the year. Boston has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 31 save chances and they have tallied 23 saves.

The Boston Red Sox have gotten 69 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (29th in baseball). The Red Sox have accrued 752 assists, 56 errors and have accumulated 2,253 putouts this year. Out of their 6,759 innings played, the Red Sox hold a defensive efficiency of 68.6% (19th in MLB).

Bello (7-13 career mark) has earned a 3.80 earned run average while surrendering 9.7 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.49 and he has faced 576 batters during his career. He has given up 55 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.450 and having a FIP of 3.4. So far in his career, Bello has allowed 140 base knocks while he has tallied 122 punch outs in 130 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston

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