The Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles meet Monday in MLB action at Oriole Park. Here’s an Orioles vs. Rangers Prediction. This article will include an Orioles vs. Rangers Pick.
Texas Rangers Betting Preview
The Texas Rangers are 2-1 on the year and play the Reds and Mariners next. The Texas Rangers are batting .241 on the season and have a .291 OBP, and a .407 slugging percentage. The Texas Rangers pitching staff has a 2.67 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP. Jake Burger leads the Texas Rangers with 6 hits and 4 RBI, while Corey Seager and Andrew McCutchen have combined for 8 hits and 6 RBI.
Jack Leiter gets the ball for the Texas Rangers, and he was 10-10 with a 3.86 ERA and 148 strikeouts last season. This will be Leiter’s first career game against the Baltimore Orioles.
Baltimore Orioles Betting Preview
The Baltimore Orioles are 2-1 on the year and play the Pirates and White Sox next. The Baltimore Orioles are batting .237 on the season, have a .339 OBP, and have a .323 slugging percentage. The Baltimore Orioles pitching staff has a 3.33 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP. Adley Rutschman leads the Baltimore Orioles with 3 hits and 1 RBI while Jeremiah Jackson and Pete Alonso have combined for 6 hits and 2 RBI.
Chris Bassitt gets the ball for the Baltimore Orioles, and he was 11-9 with a 3.96 ERA and 166 strikeouts last season. Bassitt is 5-3 with a 3.77 ERA and 69 strikeouts in his career against the Texas Rangers.
Why the Baltimore Orioles will win
- The Rangers have lost eight of their last nine road games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
- The Orioles have won each of their last nine Monday games as favorites against AL West opponents.
- The Orioles have covered the run line in each of their last seven Monday games against the Rangers.
- The Rangers have failed to cover the run line in four of their last five games as underdogs against AL East opponents following a road win.
- The Rangers have lost the first inning in five of their last six road games against American League opponents.
- The Rangers have trailed after 3 innings in seven of their last eight night games against American League opponents.
- The Rangers have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last six Monday games as road underdogs.
Why the Texas Rangers will win
- The Orioles have lost each of their last four games as home favorites against American League opponents following a win.
- The Rangers have won five of their last six games as road underdogs against the Orioles following a win.
- The Orioles have failed to cover the run line in each of their last seven games as home favorites against AL West opponents.
- The Rangers have covered the run line in each of their last seven games as road underdogs against the Orioles following a win.
- The Rangers have led after 5 innings in four of their last five games against the Orioles.
- The Orioles have lost the first inning in four of their last five games against opponents that held a winning record.
- The Orioles have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last four night games against AL West opponents.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Orioles’ last four night games against AL West opponents has gone OVER the total runs line.
- Six of the Rangers’ last seven games as underdogs against the Orioles have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rangers’ last nine games against American League opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last eight games between the Rangers and Orioles.
Baltimore Orioles Player Prop Facts
- Pete Alonso has hit a home run in each of his last four home appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Colton Cowser has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 13 appearances against AL West opponents.
- Chris Bassitt has recorded five or more strikeouts in eight of his last 10 appearances with his team as a home favorite.
Texas Rangers Player Prop Facts
- Danny Jansen has hit a home run in each of his last two appearances against the Orioles.
- Josh Jung has recorded a Double in four of the Rangers’ last five road games against AL opponents.
- Josh Jung has recorded at least one hit in each of the Rangers’ last 10 games against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Jake Burger ranks T3rd in the league in Hits (6) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Orioles rank T25th in the league for home runs this season (1).
- The Orioles rank T7th in the league for triples this season (0).
- The Rangers rank 4th in the league for opponent batting average this season (.186).
- The Rangers rank 4th in the league for hits allowed this season (18).
Orioles vs Rangers Prediction
Leiter settled in last season and looks like he can be a consistent rotation guy after his first few starts looked dark. I’m still siding with the O’s and the cheap price at home, as their offense finally got off the canvas in their last effort and we could see a carryover effect. Bassitt is also more trustworthy given the larger sample size and through 93 innings last season he had a 2.71 ERA and .235 allowed batting average. Give me more bang for my buck and I’d look at the Rangers. At this price point I have to side with the Orioles at home.