Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 7/5/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers

Date: Friday, July 5, 2024

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The Texas Rangers (39-47) will try to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays (43-43) at Globe Life Field on Friday. The starting pitchers are Taj Bradley and Michael Lorenzen.

Tampa Bay is slugging .369 and have been called out on strikes 776 times, while drawing a walk on 273 occasions. They have earned 321 RBI's in addition to 675 base knocks this season, while their batting average is at .235. The Rays have tallied 131 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 78 balls out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 344 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .309. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are recording 4.0 runs per game, which has them at 25th in the league.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.05 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.25. Rays pitchers have allowed 115 long balls in addition to 398 total runs (21st in baseball). Tampa Bay has conceded 722 base knocks (8.4 per 9 innings) and also 366 earned runs. The Rays are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.25 on the season (22nd in MLB), and they have rung up 748 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 245 hitters and their FIP is 4.26 as a team this season.

The Rays relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 60.5% and has come into the game in 97 save situations. The relievers have inherited 99 base runners this year and 29.3% of those players ended up crossing the plate. Rays pitchers have entered the game with runners on 68 times in addition to having 121 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have dispatched 293 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. The bullpen have 52 holds so far this season (10th in MLB). They have compiled 26 saves on the season and have missed out on 17 of their 43 save chances.

The Tampa Bay Rays have notched a total of 2,323 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 666 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which has them sitting 9th in the majors, and have a total of 58 double plays. The Rays have transformed 70.3% of balls hit into play into outs in their 6,969 innings on the field, which ranks them 12th in pro baseball.

Bradley (8-12 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.76 while facing 688 batters in the majors. He has given up 148 base hits (8.3 hits per 9 innings) with 59 free passes. His earned run average is 4.84 (86 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.294. Bradley has taken the mound for 160 innings and has totaled 201 strikeouts during his MLB career.

The Texas Rangers hold a team on-base percentage of .308 and a batting average of .239 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 662 occasions (24th in baseball) and have totaled 694 base hits. Texas has accounted for 88 home runs on the year and 352 runs batted in. The Rangers have a team SLG% of .380 and they average 4.28 runs per contest (16th in baseball). They have notched 122 two-baggers, while taking a walk 267 times and scoring 368 runs.

The Rangers hold a team WHIP of 1.276 with a FIP of 4.28 as a squad on the season. They are currently ranked 8th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 657. The Texas pitching staff have given up 373 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.09 (343 earned runs yielded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.60 (723 strikeouts against 305 walks). They have yielded 98 dingers and they surrender 4.45 runs per 9 innings (16th in the league).

With 60 save situations, the Rangers have earned 33 holds and 11 blown saves. Texas has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 25 save chances and they have recorded 14 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 89 times in high leverage situations and on 98 occasions with runners on. Texas bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 33.5% out of their 161 inherited base runners. They rank 24th in the league holding a save rate of 56.0%, and they have sent 248 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this year.

The Texas Rangers have gotten 63 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (4th in pro baseball). The Rangers have recorded 742 assists, 38 errors and have 2,264 putouts this season. In their 6,792 innings on the diamond, the Rangers have a defensive efficiency of 71.4% (5th in pro baseball).

So far in his MLB career, Lorenzen has given up 733 base hits while tallying 660 punch outs in 805 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 362 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.311 and having a FIP of 4.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.04 and he has faced 3,402 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. Lorenzen (44-42 win-loss record in his career) holds a 4.05 earned run average and has surrendered 8.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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