MLB Player Prop Bets Thursday: Shea Langeliers vs Texas Rangers

Game: Oakland A's vs Texas Rangers

Total Bases Prop: 5 - Over (-166) Under (-190)

Hits Prop: .5 - Over (-166) Under (+130)

Shea Langeliers and the Oakland Athletics will take on the Texas Rangers on Thursday. Langeliers' prop bets open at .5 total bases and .5 hits.

Shea Langeliers Season Stats

Shea Langeliers is having his best year to date as he is 8 for 32 at the plate with a batting average of .250. He’s slugging .625 and has an on-base percentage of .306. He’s already hit 4 home runs this season and has 7 runs batted in. He has struck out 9 times and gotten a walk to first on 2 occasions. He also has 20 total bases in 10 games this season.

Shea Langeliers Career Stats

• Shea Langeliers is playing in his 3rd year as a big leaguer and has 679 plate appearances.
• He’s earned 131 hits in that time with 29 doubles, 5 triples and 32 dingers.
• He has also taken 45 walks in his career and has an on-base percentage of .268.
• His OPS is .696 and he has racked up a total of 266 bases throughout his career.
• He has been struck out 205 times and has crossed the plate 70 times.

Shea Langeliers vs Texas Rangers

In his time in the league, Langeliers has played the Texas Rangers a total of 17 times. In those games, he has a batting average of .259, an on-base percentage of .348 and a slugging percentage of .672. He has a total of 15 hits in 58 at bats with 3 doubles, 3 home runs and 13 runs batted in. Jon Gray is the expected starter for the Rangers and Langeliers is hitless against him in 5 at bats. In those PAs, Langeliers was sat down on strikes 2 times.

Oakland Athletics Offense Last 5 Games

The Oakland Athletics took a loss to the Boston Red Sox on April 3rd by a score of 0 – 1. The A’s had 8 hits in the game with J.D. Davis having 2 of them. Of those 8 hits, the team couldn’t do anything to get them in and left 10 on base when all was said and done. They fared better at the plate on April 5th against the Detroit Tigers, but still came up short 4 – 5. Brent Rooker went 2 for 4 with a home run and 2 runs batted in. He also was struck out 2 times. Oakland got their 2nd win of the season on Saturday against the Tigers with a 4 – 0 win. Brent Rooker had another home run on this night with 1 on base. He ended up 2 for 4 on the day. Oakland kept the momentum going with a 7 – 1 win on Sunday. Zack Gelof led the team going 4 for 5 with a home run and a triple. He drove in 4 runs in this game and got his average up to .243. In the first game of the series against the Texas Rangers, the A’s got the 1-run win and earned 5 hits doing so. Shea Langeliers went 3 for 4 with 3 home runs in the game.

Texas Rangers Pitching Last 5 Games

The Rangers beat Houston 10 – 2 on April 5th behind a wonderful outing by Cody Bradford. He got his 2nd win of the season throwing 7.2 innings, striking out 4 and allowing only 1 run. They tallied another win on Saturday against Houston by a score of 7 – 2. The pitching staff struck out 7 in the game and walked 4 batters. Kirby Yates got the win in this one. The Astros ended up winning the next game 3 – 1, only allowing 2 hits to the Rangers. While Dane Dunning pitched well, he still got the L after giving up 3 earned runs in 6.2 innings. Houston then beat the Rangers 10 – 5 on Monday with the starting pitcher for the Rangers getting cracked for 6 ER in 3.2 innings. In the first game of the series against the Oakland Athletics, the Rangers lost 3 – 4 and gave up 5 hits as a team. Nathan Eovaldi pitched 5.2 innings for Texas and allowed 1 earned run while striking out 8. His performance wasn’t enough to get the team in the win column for this game.

Other Prop Bets to Watch

JJ Bleday is also in his 3rd year as a pro and is currently in his best year. Check out his prop bets if you want some extra action.

• Bleday went 1 for 4 on April 3rd with a single.
• He followed that up with a hitless night but did score after getting on base via a walk.
• On April 6th, Bleday went hitless.
• Over the course of his next two games, Bleday went 3 for 9 with an RBI and 3 strikeouts.

Guy's Pick: Take Shea Langeliers Under .5 hits (+130)

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