Houston Astros vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 8/6/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Houston Astros vs Texas Rangers

Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

The Texas Rangers (53-59) will try to beat the Houston Astros (57-54) at Globe Life Field on Tuesday. The men taking the mound will be Framber Valdez and Tyler Mahle.

As a team, the Houston Astros are compiling 4.6 runs per contest, which ranks them 13th in baseball. They have notched a total of 506 runs scored and have an OBP of .318. The Astros have recorded 186 doubles as a unit and have knocked 124 baseballs out of the stadium. They have recorded 484 RBI's and 984 base knocks this year, and their average at the plate is .259. Houston has a slugging rate of .413 and have been called out on strikes 790 times, while taking a walk on 294 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.49 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.30. Astros pitchers have conceded 132 home runs and 465 runs (10th in baseball). Houston has surrendered 876 base knocks (8.0 per 9 innings) as well as 437 earned runs. The Astros have compiled a team earned run average of 4.00 on the year (14th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 997 batters. They have walked 401 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.26 as a squad for the year.

Astros pitchers have come into the game with runners on 60 times as well as having 102 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers are sitting with 63 holds over the course of the season (11th in baseball). The Astros bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 64.3% and has come into the game in 106 save situations. They have recorded 27 saves so far this year and have missed out on 15 of 42 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 91 runners over the course of the season with 27.5% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Astros have sent 354 relievers to the hill on the year.

The Astros have transformed 70.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 8,859 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 14th in MLB. The Houston Astros are sitting with 2,953 putouts this season, in addition to 917 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .987 which ranks 5th in MLB, and have a total of 93 double plays.

Valdez (63-39 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.37 while he has gone up against 3,455 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has given up 708 hits (7.7 hits per nine innings) with 304 walks. His ERA is 3.42 (315 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.222. Valdez has pitched in 828 innings and has tallied 805 punch outs in his career.

Texas has knocked in 121 home runs on the season as well as 456 runs batted in. They have put up 149 doubles, while walking 348 times as well as putting up 475 runs. The Texas Rangers have tallied a team on-base percentage of .308 and a team batting average of .239 on the season. The Rangers hold a team SLG% of .382 and they have an average of 4.24 runs per outing (16th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 859 instances (24th in baseball) and have accounted for 900 hits.

The Rangers have a team WHIP of 1.277 and have a FIP of 4.34 as a unit so far this year. They come in at 11th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 882. The Texas pitching staff have conceded 495 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 4.23 (463 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (939 strikeouts vs 375 bases on balls). They have allowed 136 home runs and they relinquish 4.53 runs per 9 innings (18th in baseball).

With 92 save situations, the Rangers have tallied 53 holds and 13 blown saves. Texas has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 37 save opportunities and they have walked away with 24 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 116 times in high leverage situations in addition to 124 occasions with base runners. Texas relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.0% out of their 206 inherited base runners. They rank 13th in the league with a save percentage of 64.9%, and they have sent 326 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year.

The Texas Rangers have gotten 77 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (2nd in the majors). The Rangers have recorded 972 assists, 45 errors and have earned a total of 2,953 putouts so far this season. Out of their 8,859 innings on the diamond, the Rangers have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 71.1% (3rd in the majors).

During his career, Mahle has allowed 620 hits while he has totaled 705 punch outs in 660 frames. Mahle (34-43 career win-loss record) has a 4.27 earned run average while allowing 8.5 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 313 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.298 and a FIP of 4.2. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.99 and he has faced 2,822 opposing batters in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Houston

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