Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 7/26/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Friday, July 26, 2024

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

The Toronto Blue Jays (46-55) are welcoming the Texas Rangers (50-52) at Rogers Centre on Friday. The starting pitchers will be Andrew Heaney and Yusei Kikuchi.

Texas is slugging .377 and have been rung up 789 times, while drawing a walk on 325 occasions. They have accrued 411 runs batted in as well as 805 base knocks so far this season, while their team batting average is sitting at .237. The Rangers have compiled 136 doubles as a team and have knocked 105 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 429 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .309. As a squad, the Texas Rangers are scoring 4.3 runs per contest, which puts them at 17th in the league.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.44 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.26. Rangers pitchers have given up 120 home runs and also 429 runs (13th in MLB). Texas has surrendered 770 base knocks (7.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 397 earned runs. The Rangers are sitting with a team ERA of 4.02 on the year (16th in the league), and their staff has rung up 853 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 349 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.29 as a team for the season.

The Rangers have dispatched 293 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 178 runners this season with 32.0% of them crossed the plate. They have compiled 21 saves so far this season and have not converted 12 out of their 33 chances to get a save. The Rangers relievers have recorded a save percentage of 63.6% and stepped onto the hill in 80 save situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 45 holds so far this year (25th in MLB). Rangers relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 109 times in addition to having 106 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Texas Rangers have earned a total of 2,669 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 874 assists and 45 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .987 which puts them in 5th in baseball, and have 71 double plays. The Rangers have turned 71.6% of balls in play into outs out of 8,007 innings, ranking them 3rd in MLB.

Heaney has thrown 953 innings and has earned 1,012 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.40 (466 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.266. He has conceded 920 hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has had 287 free passes. Heaney (50-58 career win-loss record) has earned a FIP of 4.33 and he has gone up against 4,065 hitters in the majors.

Toronto has accumulated 93 home runs over the course of the season as well as 384 RBIs. They have recorded 162 doubles, while taking a walk 321 times as well as putting up 404 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays have a team on-base percentage of .310 and a team batting average of .236 for the season. The Blue Jays hold a team slugging percentage of .378 and they score 4.04 runs per outing (25th in baseball). They have struck out on 736 occasions (27th in the league) and have notched a total of 778 base hits.

The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.309 in addition to having a FIP of 4.50 as a squad this season. They are sitting at 20th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 845. The Toronto pitching staff have conceded 476 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.47 (437 earned runs conceded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.40 (817 strikeouts vs 307 bases on balls). They have given up 137 dingers and they give up 4.87 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league).

Toronto has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 36 save opportunities and they have walked away with 24 saves. They are currently ranked 12th in MLB with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 340 relief pitchers onto the field so far this year. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 76 times in high leverage situations in addition to 97 occasions with base runners. Toronto relievers have an inherited score rate of 30.2% out of 149 inherited base runners. Sitting with 97 save situations, the Blue Jays have accumulated 59 holds and 12 blown saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 73 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (22nd in MLB). The Blue Jays have accrued 837 assists, 57 errors and are sitting with 2,640 putouts so far this season. Out of their 7,920 innings on the field, the Blue Jays have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (16th in baseball).

Kikuchi (36-46 career win-loss mark) holds a 4.69 earned run average while surrendering 9.1 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.84 and he has faced 3,208 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. He has conceded 388 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.373 and having a FIP of 4.6. During his pro baseball career, Kikuchi has conceded 756 base knocks while he has earned 756 K's in 744 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Texas

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