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Texas Rangers Insights

• Kumar Rocker – Over/Under 4.5 Strikeouts (-130/+100)
  Kumar Rocker’s 2153-rpm fastball spin rate this year ranks in the 20th percentile among all starting pitchers.
  Explain: Spin rate is a key component to fastball success in generating strikeouts and preventing runs.
• Wyatt Langford – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+120/-155)
  Wyatt Langford has been hot in recent games, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 89.6-mph to 93.1-mph in the last two weeks.
  Explain: Hitting the ball hard increases the chances of either a home run or the ball landing in fair territory for a hit before a fielder can get to it.
• Brandon Nimmo – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+130/-170)
  Brandon Nimmo hits many of his flyballs to center field (39.4% — 96th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the game’s 8th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.
  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.

Houston Astros Insights

• Peter Lambert – Over/Under 17.5 Pitching Outs (-130/+100)
  Compared to the average hurler, Peter Lambert has been granted an above-average leash this year, recording an additional 3.1 adjusted pitches each start.
  Explain: Pitchers with a longer leash are more likely to go deeper into games and record more outs.
• It may be best to expect worse numbers for the Houston Astros offense going forward, given that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes they are the 9th-luckiest offense in MLB this year.
  Explain: When teams overperform their projected talent level, markets may overvalue them even while they are likely to perform worse in the near future.

Betting Trends

• Houston Astros – Run Line -1.5 (+155)
  The Houston Astros have hit the Run Line in 11 of their last 17 games (+7.25 Units / 34% ROI)
• Over/Under 8.5 Game Total (-110/-110)
  The Texas Rangers have hit the Game Total Over in 34 of their last 50 games (+17.50 Units / 32% ROI)
• Corey Seager – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+130/-170)
  Corey Seager has hit the Total Bases Under in 15 of his last 20 games (+8.35 Units / 29% ROI)