Rangers vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 30, 2024

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Rangers vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Probable Starters 8/30/2024

Data Skrive:

The Texas Rangers (63-71) host the Oakland Athletics (58-75) at 8:05 p.m. ET Friday for a sluggers’ duel between two of the best home-run hitters in baseball. Corey Seager has racked up 30 homers this season (No. 9 in the league) for the favored Rangers which sit as -153 favorites, while Brent Rooker ranks eighth in the majors with 31 dingers of his own for the underdogs. Jon Gray starts for Texas while JP Sears is Oakland’s starter for the contest.

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Money Line

Rangers to win vs Athletics -153

Bet $20, Payout $33.07

Rangers vs. Athletics Betting Lines

  • Favorite: Rangers (-153)
  • Underdog: Athletics (+128)
  • Over/under: 8.5

Rangers vs. Athletics Betting Insights

  • The Rangers have been victorious in 42, or 57.5%, of the 73 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
  • Texas has a record of 16-7 when favored by -153 or more this year.
  • Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 60.5% chance of pulling out a win.
  • The Athletics have been the moneyline underdog 117 total times this season. They’ve finished 46-71 in those games.
  • Oakland has a 24-51 record (winning only 32% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +128 or longer.
  • Based on this game’s moneyline, the Athletics have an implied win probability of 43.9%.

Rangers vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

  • Seager is batting .277 with 30 home runs and 74 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among Texas hitters this season.
  • Including all hitters in baseball, Seager is ninth in homers and 30th in RBI.
  • Marcus Semien has 129 hits and an OBP of .311 to go with a slugging percentage of .394 this season.
  • Rooker leads the Athletics in home runs (31), runs batted in (88) and has put up a team-best batting average of .285.
  • In all of MLB, Rooker ranks eighth in home runs and 11th in RBI.
  • JJ Bleday has 33 doubles, four triples, 18 home runs and 55 walks while hitting .241.

Rangers vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

  • The Rangers strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
  • The Rangers have the 23rd-ranked ERA (4.26) in the majors this season.
  • Rangers pitchers have a 1.286 WHIP this season, 19th in the majors.
  • The Athletics pitching staff is 27th in the majors with a collective 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • Oakland has the 24th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.28).
  • Pitchers for the Athletics combine for the 24th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.315).