Cleveland Guardians vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 5/15/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Texas Rangers

Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (+100) Texas (-118)

Globe Life Field is the location where the Texas Rangers (22-21) will compete against the Cleveland Guardians (26-16) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has the Guardians at +100 while the Rangers are sitting at -118. The total is 0. The pitchers taking the mound will be Carlos Carrasco and Jon Gray.

The Guardians have tallied 67 two-baggers as a team and have hit 45 balls out of the park. Cleveland has a slugging percentage of .391 and have struck out 321 times, while taking a walk on 125 occasions. As a squad, the Cleveland Guardians are earning 4.8 runs per contest, which ranks them 8th in the league. They have earned 184 RBI's and 332 hits for the season, and their batting average is at .236. They have tallied 202 runs while holding a team OBP of .309.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.92 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.20. Guardians pitchers have allowed 36 home runs and 153 runs in total (8th in the league). Cleveland has allowed 325 hits (7.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 141 earned runs. The Guardians have a team earned run average of 3.35 on the year (7th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 379 batters. They have walked 130 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.55 as a team on the campaign.

The Guardians relief pitchers have a save percentage of 68.4% and stepped onto the hill in 48 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 52 base runners on the year and 23.1% of them crossed the plate. Guardians pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 45 times and also have had 63 appearances in high leverage situations. The Guardians have sent 158 relievers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have earned 28 holds on the campaign (7th in MLB). They have 13 saves this year and have blown 6 out of their 19 save opportunities.

The Cleveland Guardians have a tally of 1,137 putouts this season, in addition to 368 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which has them ranked 12th in professional baseball, and have earned 35 double plays. The Guardians have turned 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 3,411 innings, ranking them 19th in professional baseball.

Carrasco has pitched in 1,578 frames and is sitting with 1,604 punch outs so far in his career. His ERA is 4.08 (715 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.253. He has surrendered 1,543 hits (8.8 hits per 9 innings) with 435 walks. Carrasco (109-96 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.68 while he has gone up against 6,592 opposing batters in the majors.

The Texas Rangers have accumulated an on-base percentage of .321 and a team batting average of .253 this season. They have been rung up on 338 instances (18th in baseball) and have a total of 374 base knocks. Texas has compiled 41 home runs for the season to go along with 195 runs batted in. The Rangers hold a team slugging percentage of .388 and they are scoring 4.77 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have put up 62 doubles, while taking a walk 138 times as well as notching 205 runs.

The Texas pitching staff have allowed 192 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.14 (174 earned runs yielded). They have given up 43 homers and they concede 4.57 runs per 9 innings (19th in MLB). The Rangers hold a team WHIP of 1.278 with a FIP of 4.09 as a unit on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.70 (367 strikeouts vs 160 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 10th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 323.

Texas relievers hold an inherited score rate of 40.7% out of their 81 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 54 times in high leverage situations in addition to 49 occasions with base runners. With 40 save situations, the Rangers have accumulated 23 holds and 6 blown saves. They are ranked 19th in baseball with a save percentage of 60.0%, and they have dispatched 125 relievers to the hill for the year. Texas has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 15 save chances and they have walked away with 9 saves.

The Texas Rangers have turned 31 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (11th in professional baseball). The Rangers have racked up 360 assists, 22 errors and have amassed 1,134 putouts so far this year. In their 3,402 innings on the field, the Rangers have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.1% (6th in MLB).

Gray (70-65 mark in his career) holds a 4.37 earned run average and has conceded 8.7 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.05 and he has faced 4,925 opposing batters thus far in his career. He has allowed 563 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.304 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.9. So far in his pro baseball career, Gray has allowed 1,127 base hits while tallying 1,174 K's in 1,159 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Texas (-118)

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