San Diego Padres vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 7/2/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Texas Rangers

Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Padres.TV

The San Diego Padres (46-42) are en route to Globe Life Field on Tuesday where they will compete against the Texas Rangers (38-46). The starting pitchers will be Dylan Cease and Nathan Eovaldi.

As a squad, the San Diego Padres are compiling 4.7 runs per game, which ranks them 10th in MLB. They have notched a total of 412 runs scored and have an OBP of .326. The Padres have tallied 128 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 98 balls out of the park. They have 396 RBI's as well as 784 base knocks for the season, and their batting average is sitting at .263. San Diego has a slugging rate of .411 and have been rung up 592 times, while drawing a walk on 259 occasions.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.96 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.27. Padres pitchers have yielded 97 home runs and also 378 runs in total (20th in the league). San Diego has relinquished 728 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and 349 earned runs. The Padres have compiled a team earned run average of 4.04 so far this year (17th in the league), and their staff has rung up 764 batters. They have walked 258 hitters and their FIP is 3.94 as a team on the year.

Padres bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 87 times in addition to having 71 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 42 holds on the year (16th in MLB). The Padres relief pitchers have a save percentage of 62.9% and stepped onto the hill in 78 save situations. They have 22 saves this season and have blown 13 of their 35 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 130 base runners on the year and 36.2% of those players ended up scoring. The Padres have dispatched 286 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign.

The Padres have transformed 69.1% of balls hit into play into outs in their 6,990 innings on the field, ranking them 22nd in baseball. The San Diego Padres have accumulated 2,330 putouts this year, in addition to 694 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .986 which ranks 13th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 64 double plays.

Cease (50-41 career record) has earned a FIP of 3.78 while he has faced 3,219 hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 639 hits (7.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 324 walks. His ERA is 3.83 (322 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.274. Cease has taken the hill for 756 innings and has 917 K's so far in his MLB career.

Texas has recorded 86 long balls this year to go along with 341 runs batted in. They have 112 two-baggers, while taking a walk 262 times and earning 357 runs. The Texas Rangers have compiled a team OBP of .308 in addition to a team batting average of .238 this season. The Rangers hold a team SLG% of .376 and they average 4.25 runs per game (17th in MLB). They have struck out on 641 occasions (25th in MLB) and have 675 base hits.

The Rangers hold a team WHIP of 1.284 and have a FIP of 4.30 as a staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.60 (706 strikeouts against 303 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 642. They have conceded 96 long balls and they give up 4.49 runs per 9 innings (18th in baseball). The Texas pitching staff have given up 367 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.12 (337 earned runs conceded).

Texas has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 24 save opportunities and they have come away with 14 saves. They are currently ranked 22nd in baseball holding a save percentage of 58.3%, and they have dispatched 243 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the season. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 86 times in high leverage situations in addition to 95 occasions with base runners. Texas relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.3% of 156 inherited base runners. With 59 save situations, the Rangers have 33 holds and 10 blown saves.

In 6,630 innings on the diamond, the Rangers are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 71.3% (5th in professional baseball). The Texas Rangers have gotten 63 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (5th in pro baseball). The Rangers have recorded 726 assists, 38 errors and have a total of 2,210 putouts this season.

Eovaldi (83-76 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 4.07 earned run average and has allowed 9.1 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.95 and he has gone up against 6,232 opposing hitters so far in his pro baseball career. He has conceded 667 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.297 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. In his career, Eovaldi has surrendered 1,483 base knocks while he has earned 1,266 punch outs in 1,474 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas

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