Texas Rangers vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 8/12/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Saturday, August 12, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (-110) San Francisco (-110)

The San Francisco Giants (62-53) will try to beat the Texas Rangers (68-47) at Oracle Park on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has the Rangers at -110 while the Giants are priced at -110. The total is set at 8.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Andrew Heaney and Alex Cobb.

As a team, the Texas Rangers are recording 5.7 runs per game, which ranks them 1st in the league. They have a total of 659 runs and hold an OBP of .342. The Rangers have tallied 254 doubles as a squad and have smacked 162 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 632 runs batted in and 1,084 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average sits at .271. Texas has a slugging percentage of .463 and have been called out on strikes 997 times, while drawing a walk on 408 occasions.

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The Rangers hold a team earned run average of 4.06 on the year (13th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 934 hitters. Rangers pitchers have surrendered 127 long balls in addition to 484 total runs (8th in the league). They have walked 333 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.15 as a team for the year. Texas has surrendered 914 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 458 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.80 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.23.

The Rangers relief pitchers have a save percentage of 56.1% and has entered the game in 99 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 169 runners on the year with 29.6% of those players ended up crossing the plate. Rangers pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 101 times in addition to having 98 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rangers have sent 311 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have racked up 57 holds for the season (19th in baseball). They have tallied 23 saves for the season and have missed out on 18 of 41 save chances.

The Rangers have transformed 70.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,141 innings on the field, which has them ranked 4th in baseball. The Texas Rangers have 3,047 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,007 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .989 which has them sitting 5th in MLB, and have 102 double plays.

Heaney has taken the hill for 820 innings and has totaled 878 strikeouts thus far in his career. His earned run average is 4.50 (410 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.250. He has allowed 782 base knocks (8.6 hits per nine innings) and has 243 walks. Heaney (45-48 career mark) has a FIP of 4.43 and he has gone up against 3,474 opposing hitters in the majors.

The Giants hold a team SLG% of .390 and they are scoring 4.43 runs per outing (17th in the league). They have recorded 187 doubles, while walking 390 times as well as putting up 509 runs. San Francisco has accounted for 127 home runs so far this season and 495 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,080 occasions (3rd in MLB) and have accounted for 924 base knocks. The San Francisco Giants have tallied a team on-base percentage of .316 in addition to a batting average of .239 so far this season.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.231 with a FIP of 3.86 as a squad so far this season. They are sitting at 21st in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 966. The San Francisco pitching staff have surrendered 485 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 3.87 (440 earned runs given up). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.70 (983 strikeouts vs 292 walks). They have conceded 119 dingers and they allow 4.27 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league).

San Francisco relievers have an inherited score rate of 33.1% out of their 139 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 125 times in high leverage situations and also on 101 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 114 save situations, the Giants have compiled 52 holds and also 18 blown saves. They are currently ranked 5th in the league holding a save percentage of 70.0%, and they have dispatched 354 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the year. San Francisco has had relief pitchers take the mound in 60 save opportunities and they have walked away with 42 saves.

The San Francisco Giants have gotten 103 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .983 (27th in pro baseball). The Giants have 1,137 assists, 74 errors and are sitting with 3,068 putouts during this campaign. In 9,204 innings played, the Giants have a defensive efficiency of 68.4% (22nd in professional baseball).

During his MLB career, Cobb has surrendered 1,256 hits and he has 1,074 punch outs in 1,277 innings pitched. Cobb (76-71 career record) has earned a 3.80 ERA while giving up 8.8 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 539 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.275 and a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.88 and he has gone up against 5,366 batters during his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas (-110)

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