Guardians vs. Rangers Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 25, 2024

Expect a display of power when Jose Ramirez (33 HR) and the Cleveland Guardians (74-55) take on Corey Seager (28 HR) and the Texas Rangers (60-70) at Progressive Field at 1:40 p.m. ET live on MLB Network. Ramirez and the Guardians are -125 favorites on the moneyline for the matchup. Cleveland’s Matthew Boyd and Texas’ Cody Bradford have been named the starters for this contest.

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Guardians vs. Rangers Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-125)
• Underdog: Rangers (+106)
• Over/under: 8.5

Guardians vs. Rangers Betting Insights

• The Guardians have won in 52, or 65.8%, of the 79 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This season Cleveland has come away with a win 38 times in 55 chances when named as a favorite of at least -125 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 55.6% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Rangers have an 18-38 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 32.1% of those games).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +106 or longer, Texas has gone 10-24 (29.4%).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Rangers a 48.5% chance to win.

Guardians vs. Rangers Hitting Leaders

• Ramirez is batting .273 this season with a team-high 33 home runs and 102 RBI.
• Ramirez ranks sixth in MLB in home runs, and second in RBI.
• Josh Naylor is batting .238 with an OBP of .319 and a slugging percentage of .469 this season.
• Marcus Semien is batting .243 with 24 doubles, two triples, 18 home runs and 52 walks.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Semien is 58th in homers and 47th in RBI.
• Seager’s 28 home runs, 70 runs batted in and .270 batting average are all team-highs.

Guardians vs. Rangers Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians have an 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, ninth-best in baseball.
• Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.80 this year, eighth-best in baseball.
• The Guardians have a combined 1.223 WHIP as a pitching staff, eighth-lowest in MLB.
• The pitching staff for the Rangers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 13th in the majors.
• Texas has a 4.33 team ERA that ranks 24th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Rangers average baseball’s 20th-ranked WHIP (1.293).