Rays vs. Rangers Prediction, Betting Tips & Picks 6/2/2022

by | Jun 2, 2022

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The Tampa Bay Rays (29-21) are set to take on the Texas Rangers (24-25) Thursday at 2:05 PM ET. The Rays are listed as -123 favorites by sportsbooks, while the underdog Rangers have +104 odds for the contest. Tampa Bay’s Corey Kluber and Texas’ Taylor Hearn have been named the starters for this contest.

Rays vs. Rangers Spread and Betting Line

Rays vs Rangers Betting Information
Favorite Favorite Moneyline Underdog Moneyline Total Over Total Odds Under Total Odds Spread Favorite Spread Odds Underdog Spread Odds
Rays -123 +104 7.5 +100 -120 -1.5 +140 -164

Computer Predictions for Rays vs. Rangers

Our computer pick: Texas Rangers (+104) and Over (7.5)

Rays vs. Rangers Game Info

  • Tampa Bay Rays probable starting pitcher: Corey Kluber
  • Texas Rangers probable starting pitcher: Taylor Hearn
  • Game Day: Thursday, June 2, 2022
  • Game Time: 2:05 PM ET
  • Location: Arlington, Texas
  • Stadium: Globe Life Field

Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers Pitching Matchup

Kluber Hearn
9 GS 9
1-2 W-L 3-3
4.03 ERA 5.36
44.2 IP 40.1
8 BB 19
42 SO 38

Rays Starter Corey Kluber

  • Kluber (1-2 with a 4.03 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 44 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Rays, his 10th of the season.
  • The righty’s last time out was on Saturday against the New York Yankees, when he went six innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing three hits.
  • In nine games this season, the 36-year-old has put up a 4.03 ERA and 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .263 to opposing batters.
  • Kluber is looking to record his fifth quality start of the year in this outing.
  • Kluber enters this game with six outings of five or more innings pitched this year.
  • He will take the hill against a Rangers offense that ranks 21st in MLB with 385 total hits (on a .233 batting average). The team also slugs a collective .380 (19th in MLB) with 57 total home runs (10th in MLB).

Rangers Starter Taylor Hearn

  • The Rangers will hand the ball to Hearn (3-3) for his 10th start of the season.
  • The left-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up two earned runs and allowed eight hits in six innings against the Oakland Athletics.
  • The 27-year-old has pitched to a 5.36 ERA this season with 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 4.2 walks per nine across nine games.
  • In nine starts this season, he’s earned a quality start in one of them.
  • In nine starts this season, Hearn has lasted five or more innings four times, with an average of 4.1 innings per appearance.
  • The Rays have scored 207 runs this season, which ranks 17th in MLB. They are batting .230 for the campaign with 49 home runs, 16th in the league.

Rays Betting Picks & Insights

  • The Rays have entered the game as favorites 37 times this season and won 23, or 62.2%, of those games.
  • Tampa Bay is 22-13 this season when entering a game favored by -123 or more on the moneyline.
  • The moneyline for this contest implies a 55.2% chance of a victory for the Rays.
  • So far this season, Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 22 of their 50 games with a total.
  • In 50 games with a spread this season, the Rays are 23-27-0 ATS.

Rangers Betting Picks & Insights

  • The Rangers have come away with 18 wins in the 36 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
  • Texas has a mark of 15-13 in contests where sportsbooks favor them by +104 or worse on the moneyline.
  • The Rangers have an implied victory probability of 49% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
  • Texas’ games have gone over the total in 21 of their 49 opportunities.
  • The Rangers are 31-18-0 against the spread in their 49 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.

Rays Leaders & Batting Stats

  • Yandy Diaz is batting .259 with three doubles, three home runs and 26 walks.
  • Diaz’s home runs place him 173rd in MLB, and he is 225th in RBI.
  • Diaz has collected a hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .231 with three walks and an RBI.
  • Randy Arozarena is batting .253 with 12 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 11 walks.
  • Including all MLB hitters, Arozarena ranks 87th in homers and 99th in RBI.
  • Manuel Margot has put up a team-high 23 runs batted in.
  • Harold Ramirez is hitting .274 with five doubles, two home runs and six walks.
Name GP BA OBP SLG HR RBI H
Yandy Díaz 42 .259 .387 .345 3 11 36
Randy Arozarena 48 .253 .300 .409 5 21 47
Manuel Margot 34 .314 .367 .449 3 23 37
Harold Ramirez 40 .274 .317 .368 2 15 32
Ji-Man Choi 33 .262 .374 .456 4 21 27

Rangers Leaders & Batting Stats

  • Corey Seager leads the Rangers with 11 long balls.
  • Among all hitters in MLB, Seager’s home run total is 12th and his RBI tally is 60th.
  • Seager has collected a hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .318 with a double, three home runs, two walks and four RBI.
  • Adolis Garcia has driven in the most runs for the Rangers with 32 runs batted in.
  • Garcia ranks 37th in home runs and 14th in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
  • Kole Calhoun is batting .260 with six doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 11 walks.
  • Jonah Heim is batting .245 with five doubles, six home runs and 12 walks.
Name GP BA OBP SLG HR RBI H
Corey Seager 48 .236 .303 .435 11 24 45
Adolis García 47 .226 .266 .430 8 32 42
Kole Calhoun 47 .260 .317 .453 7 20 39
Jonah Heim 35 .245 .320 .455 6 18 27
Marcus Semien 48 .193 .258 .266 1 17 37

Betting Tips for Rays vs. Rangers

We have the Rangers on the moneyline at +104 on the moneyline as our best bet in this game after looking at all of the key trends and statistics for this matchup. Our computer picks see the scoring going over the total of 7.5 runs.

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