Tampa Bay Rays
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Texas Rangers
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Tampa Bay Rays Insights
- Tampa Bay Rays – Moneyline (-110)Out of all the teams in action today, the strongest infield defense is that of the Tampa Bay Rays.Explain: Defense is an integral part of preventing hits and runs.
- The 5.9% Barrel% of the Tampa Bay Rays ranks them as the #30 club in Major League Baseball this year by this metric.Explain: Barrel% measures how often a player hits the ball at the optimal exit velocity and launch angle and is a terrific measure of underlying power.
Texas Rangers Insights
- MacKenzie Gore – Over/Under 17.5 Pitching Outs (-105/-125)Compared to the average hurler, MacKenzie Gore has been given a longer leash than the typical pitcher this year, tallying an extra 5.0 adjusted pitches each outing.Explain: Pitchers with a longer leash are more likely to go deeper into games and record more outs.
- Justin Foscue – Over/Under 0.5 Hits (-145/+115)Justin Foscue has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this season (52% of the time), but he is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in today’s game.Explain: The higher in the order a player bats, the more plate appearances he will get and the more opportunities he will get to hit the Over for every market. A player who hits higher in the order than he normally does may provide extra value opportunity since the market may be based on him hitting lower.
- Brandon Nimmo – Over/Under 0.5 Total Bases (-175/+135)Brandon Nimmo hits many of his flyballs to center field (39.8% — 97th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards MLB’s 6th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.Explain: This player’s skill set does not match up particularly well with the park he’s in today, which may lead to worse-than-usual performance.
Betting Trends
- Over/Under 7.5 Game Total (-110/-110)The Texas Rangers have hit the Game Total Over in 6 of their last 9 games (+3.75 Units / 38% ROI)
- Tampa Bay Rays – Moneyline (-110)The Tampa Bay Rays have hit the Moneyline in 14 of their last 19 away games (+8.15 Units / 32% ROI)
- Chandler Simpson – Over/Under 1.5 Hits Runs and RBIs (-120/-110)Chandler Simpson has hit the Hits Runs and RBIs Over in 18 of his last 25 games (+9.35 Units / 30% ROI)