Texas Rangers vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 4/25/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (-110) Cincinnati (-110)

The Texas Rangers (14-7) are traveling to Great American Ball Park on Tuesday where they will take on the Cincinnati Reds (7-15). The moneyline on this matchup has Texas at -110 while Cincinnati opens at -110. The betting total is set at 9.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Martin Perez and Luke Weaver.

Texas owns a slugging percentage of .437 and have been rung up 174 times, while drawing a walk on 80 occasions. They have accrued 135 RBI's in addition to 187 base knocks so far this season, while their average at the plate is at .263. The Rangers have hit 37 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 27 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 139 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .343. As a squad, the Texas Rangers are earning 6.6 runs per contest, which is 2nd in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.23 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.17. Rangers pitchers have surrendered 17 home runs in addition to 79 runs in total (4th in baseball). Texas has allowed 158 base hits (7.6 per 9 innings) as well as 70 earned runs. The Rangers have a team earned run average of 3.37 this season (5th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 197 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 61 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.46 as a team this year.

Rangers relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 23 times in addition to having 13 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have racked up 12 holds on the campaign (14th in the league). The Rangers relievers have recorded a save rate of 60.0% and has come into the game in 18 save situations. They have compiled 3 saves so far this season and have not converted 2 out of their 5 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 37 runners for the season and 32.4% of them crossed the plate. The Rangers have dispatched 60 relief pitchers to the mound this year.

The Rangers have turned 69.3% of balls in play into outs out of 1,683 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 17th in pro baseball. The Texas Rangers have accounted for 561 putouts for the season, in addition to 167 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which has them sitting 22nd in MLB, and have accumulated 19 double plays.

Perez has thrown 1,320 frames and has racked up 928 punch outs in his career. Perez (78-78 career mark) has a FIP of 4.36 and he has faced 5,738 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.42 (648 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.448. He has conceded 1,435 hits (9.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 477 free passes.

Cincinnati has accumulated 15 home runs this year as well as 84 RBIs. They have hit 30 doubles, while walking 79 times and putting up 88 runs. The Cincinnati Reds have accumulated an OBP of .313 in addition to a team batting average of .231 on the year. The Reds hold a team slugging percentage of .344 and they average 4.00 runs per outing (23rd in the league). They have been rung up on 215 instances (4th in baseball) and have accounted for 166 base hits.

The Reds have a team WHIP of 1.541 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.17 as a pitching staff this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.40 (198 strikeouts vs 82 free passes). They are sitting at 29th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 211. They have yielded 22 long balls and they allow 5.21 runs per 9 innings (24th in baseball). The Cincinnati pitching staff have given up 110 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 5.02 (106 earned runs yielded).

With 19 save situations, the Reds have compiled 9 holds and also 4 blown saves. Cincinnati has called on relievers to enter the contest in 8 save chances and they have earned 4 saves. Their relievers have taken the field 28 times in high leverage situations and on 30 occasions with runners on base. Cincinnati relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 26.9% out of their 52 inherited base runners. They rank 25th in baseball with a save rate of 50.0%, and they have sent 76 relievers to the hill on the season.

The Cincinnati Reds have gotten 16 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .987 (17th in the majors). The Reds have 166 assists, 10 errors and have notched a total of 571 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 1,713 innings played, the Reds hold a defensive efficiency of 64.2% (30th in pro baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Weaver has surrendered 487 base hits while he has totaled 470 punch outs in 456 frames. He has allowed 244 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.395 and having a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.13 and he has faced 1,996 opposing batters thus far in his career. Weaver (24-37 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 4.81 earned run average while allowing 9.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cincinnati (-110)

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