Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees Prediction, 6/25/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees

Date: Sunday, June 25, 2023

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (+100) New York (-120)

The Texas Rangers (47-28) are traveling to Yankee Stadium on Sunday where they will attempt to defeat the New York Yankees (41-35). The moneyline on this contest has Texas at +100 while New York is coming in at -120. The total comes in at 7.5. The expected starting pitchers are Andrew Heaney and Gerrit Cole.

As a unit, the Texas Rangers are scoring 6.1 runs per outing, which is 1st in the league. They have accounted for 455 runs and have an on-base percentage of .341. The Rangers have accrued 162 doubles as a team and have smacked 101 balls out of the park. They have accrued 436 runs batted in and 715 base knocks on the campaign, and their average at the plate is .272. Texas has a slugging % of .455 and have struck out 654 times, while drawing a walk on 262 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.85 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.19. Rangers pitchers have given up 76 home runs and 300 runs in total (5th in baseball). Texas has given up 577 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings) and 279 earned runs. The Rangers hold a team ERA of 3.76 this season (6th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 609 hitters. They have walked 214 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.03 as a team so far this season.

The Rangers have sent 202 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 115 runners on the campaign and 30.4% of those runners ended up scoring. They have compiled 15 saves for the season and have not converted 11 of their 26 chances to get a save. The Rangers bullpen have a save percentage of 57.7% and has entered the game in 64 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 37 holds on the season (22nd in baseball). Rangers pitchers have come into the game with players on base 70 times and also have had 59 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Texas Rangers have earned 2,002 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 673 assists and 36 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .987 which has them ranked 12th in professional baseball, and they have twisted 68 double plays. The Rangers have turned 71.2% of balls hit into play into outs in their 6,006 innings on the field, which has them sitting 3rd in the majors.

Heaney (41-46 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 4.43 while going up against 3,304 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 744 base hits (8.6 hits per nine innings) and has 229 walks. His earned run average is 4.50 (390 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.249. Heaney has thrown 779 innings and has accounted for 836 strikeouts during his MLB career.

The New York Yankees have recorded an on-base percentage of .297 as well as a batting average of .229 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 625 instances (20th in MLB) and have earned a total of 573 hits. New York has accumulated 111 home runs this year as well as 322 runs batted in. The Yankees hold a team SLG% of .409 and they are earning 4.38 runs per game (18th in baseball). They have recorded 98 doubles, while taking a walk 226 times and notching 333 runs.

The Yankees have a team WHIP of 1.222 and have a FIP of 4.21 as a squad for the season. They sit at 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 584. The New York pitching staff have relinquished 313 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.73 (282 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.90 (672 strikeouts against 247 free passes). They have surrendered 85 dingers and they allow 4.14 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball).

New York has had relief pitchers enter the game in 32 save opportunities and they have tallied 22 saves. They rank 9th in the league holding a save percentage of 68.8%, and they have dispatched 241 relievers to the hill on the campaign. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 92 times in high leverage situations and also on 91 occasions with runners on base. New York relievers hold an inherited score rate of 37.8% out of 127 inherited runners. Sitting with 71 save situations, the Yankees have compiled 39 holds in addition to 10 blown saves.

In their 6,120 innings on the diamond, the Yankees have a efficiency on defense of 70.9% (5th in MLB). The New York Yankees have turned 55 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (25th in the majors). The Yankees have 671 assists, 47 errors and have accounted for 2,040 putouts over the course of the season.

Cole (138-72 record in his career) has earned a 3.20 ERA and has surrendered 7.6 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 4.49 and he has gone up against 7,049 hitters in his career. He has given up a total of 622 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.099 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. In his career, Cole has surrendered 1,469 base hits while he has earned 2,036 punch outs in 1,749 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take New York (-120) and under 7.5 runs

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