Texas Rangers vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 6/11/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

The Los Angeles Dodgers (41-26) will take on the Texas Rangers (31-34) at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday. The starting pitchers are Dane Dunning and James Paxton.

As a squad, the Texas Rangers are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which is 14th in the league. They have earned 285 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .312. The Rangers have recorded 85 doubles as a unit and have knocked 66 baseballs out of the park. They have recorded 269 RBI's and 533 hits for the year, and their batting average sits at .242. Texas owns a slugging percentage of .379 and have struck out 501 times, while being walked on 208 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.38 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.26. Rangers pitchers have allowed 68 long balls and 272 runs (11th in baseball). Texas has yielded 487 base hits (7.6 per 9 innings) and 244 earned runs. The Rangers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.83 over the course of the season (11th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 556 batters. They have walked 234 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.10 as a squad this season.

The Rangers have dispatched 194 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The relievers have inherited 128 base runners this year and 34.4% of those players ended up scoring. They have recorded 10 saves on the campaign and have not converted 8 of their 18 save opportunities. The Rangers relievers have earned a save rate of 55.6% and stepped onto the hill in 46 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 26 holds on the campaign (27th in the league). Rangers pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 77 times and also have had 69 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rangers have turned 71.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of 5,166 innings, which has them sitting 5th in the majors. The Texas Rangers have a tally of 1,722 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 575 assists and 33 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .986 which is 12th in the majors, and they have turned 50 double plays.

Dunning has taken the hill for 527 innings and has earned 483 K's in his MLB career. Dunning (27-29 career win-loss mark) sits with a FIP of 4.11 while he has faced 2,258 opposing hitters in the majors. His ERA is 4.17 (244 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.339. He has surrendered 509 base hits (8.7 hits per 9 innings) and has had 196 walks.

Los Angeles has knocked in 86 home runs so far this season to go along with 317 RBIs. They have put up 129 two-baggers, while taking a walk 258 times and putting up 331 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers have tallied a team OBP of .335 and a team batting average of .256 on the year. The Dodgers have a SLG% of .434 and they tally 4.94 runs per contest (6th in MLB). They have struck out on 557 occasions (12th in MLB) and have a total of 586 base knocks.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have surrendered 239 runs on the year while having an ERA of 3.30 (220 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 70 homers and they allow 3.58 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The Dodgers have a team WHIP of 1.131 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.80 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.80 (589 strikeouts against 195 free passes). They sit at 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 484.

With 63 save situations, the Dodgers have earned 36 holds and also 7 blown saves. Los Angeles has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 26 save opportunities and they have tallied 19 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 61 times in high leverage situations and on 44 occasions with runners on base. Los Angeles relievers hold an inherited score rate of 32.1% of 56 inherited runners. They rank 3rd in the league holding a save percentage of 73.1%, and they have sent 205 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season.

In their 5,403 innings on the diamond, the Dodgers hold a defensive efficiency of 72.5% (3rd in MLB). The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 44 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .988 (4th in professional baseball). The Dodgers have 581 assists, 30 errors and have amassed 1,801 putouts so far this year.

During his pro baseball career, Paxton has allowed 827 base knocks while he has totaled 965 punch outs in 903 innings pitched. Paxton (69-39 win-loss record in his career) holds a 3.73 earned run average and has allowed 8.2 hits per nine innings. He has given up 374 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.241 and a FIP of 3.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.28 and he has gone up against 3,773 hitters during his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Texas

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