Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 4/3/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Tropicana Field is the location where the Tampa Bay Rays (2-3) will take on the Texas Rangers (3-1) on Wednesday. The starting pitchers are Nathan Eovaldi and Aaron Civale.

As a squad, the Texas Rangers are compiling 7.3 runs per game, which has them at 4th in MLB. They have tallied 29 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .375. The Rangers have accumulated 7 doubles as a unit and have smacked 7 balls out of the park. They have earned 28 runs batted in in addition to 40 base knocks for the year, and their batting average is sitting at .280. Texas is slugging .503 and have been rung up 33 times, while being walked on 21 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.62 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.32. Rangers pitchers have surrendered 4 long balls and 17 runs in total (11th in MLB). Texas has conceded 28 hits (6.8 per 9 innings) as well as 16 earned runs. The Rangers have compiled a team ERA of 3.89 on the campaign (15th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 34 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 21 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 5.11 as a squad this season.

Rangers bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 4 times in addition to having 7 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 4 holds for the year (6th in MLB). The Rangers bullpen have recorded a save rate of 0.0% and has entered the game in 4 save situations. They have recorded 0 saves for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 6 base runners for the year and 50.0% of those runners crossed the plate. The Rangers have dispatched 14 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The Texas Rangers have accumulated 111 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 37 assists and 2 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which ranks 14th in baseball, and have earned 6 double plays. The Rangers have turned 73.3% of balls in play into outs out of their 333 innings on the field, which has them ranked 6th in baseball.

Eovaldi has pitched in 1,407 innings and has racked up 1,195 punch outs so far in his career. Eovaldi (79-73 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 3.83 while he has gone up against 5,954 opposing batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.10 (641 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.301. He has surrendered 1,428 hits (9.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 404 walks.

The Tampa Bay Rays have tallied an OBP of .313 in addition to a team batting average of .231 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 42 instances (13th in the league) and have tallied 37 base hits. Tampa Bay has hit 7 long balls on the year to go along with 20 RBIs. The Rays have a slugging percentage of .406 and they are earning 4.00 runs per outing (22nd in baseball). They have 7 doubles, while taking a walk 16 times as well as putting up 20 runs.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff have yielded 29 runs on the year while having an ERA of 5.60 (28 earned runs surrendered). They have relinquished 8 homers and they concede 5.80 runs per 9 innings (22nd in baseball). The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.400 and are the owners of a FIP of 6.11 as a staff this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 7.40 (37 strikeouts against 26 walks). They come in at 17th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 37.

Tampa Bay has called on relievers to enter the game in 0 save chances. They are ranked 28th in MLB holding a save percentage of 0.0%, and they have sent 14 relievers to the mound so far this year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 1 time in high leverage situations and also on 3 occasions with base runners. Tampa Bay relievers have an inherited score percentage of 33.3% out of 6 inherited base runners. With 3 save situations, the Rays have tallied 3 holds and also 0 blown saves.

In 405 innings on the diamond, the Rays have a efficiency on defense of 74.4% (3rd in baseball). The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten 7 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (19th in pro baseball). The Rays have recorded 39 assists, 3 errors and have amassed 135 putouts over the course of the season.

In his MLB career, Civale has surrendered 440 hits while earning 434 punch outs in 481 frames. He has conceded 208 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.161 and a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.65 and he has gone up against 1,970 opposing hitters during his career. Civale (32-26 mark in his career) holds a 3.89 earned run average while giving up 8.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Texas

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