Milwaukee Brewers vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 3/19/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Texas Rangers

Date: Saturday, March 19, 2022

Location: Surprise Stadium in Surprise, AZ

TV: MLBTV

Dane Dunning and the Texas Rangers (60-102 last year, 5th in AL West) play the Milwaukee Brewers (95-67 last season, 1st in NL Central) at Surprise Stadium on Saturday.

As a squad, the Milwaukee Brewers put up 4.6 runs per contest, which had them at 12th in MLB. They notched a total of 738 runs and held an on-base percentage of .317. The Brewers compiled 255 doubles as a team and hit 194 balls out of the stadium. They compiled 700 RBI's and 1,251 base knocks last season, while their team batting average finished at .233. Milwaukee had a slugging percentage of .396 and were rung up 1,465 times, while drawing a walk on 586 occasions.

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The Brewers had a team earned run average of 3.50 during the previous year (3rd in the league), and their staff struck out 1,618 batters. Their pitching staff walked 537 opposing players and their FIP came in at 3.72 as a squad in the previous season. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 3.01 and the pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.18. Brewers pitchers surrendered 168 home runs in addition to 623 runs (3rd in baseball).

The Brewers relief pitchers earned a save percentage of 60.3% and entered the game in 155 save situations. The bullpen inherited 152 base runners over the course of last year and 35.5% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. Brewers relief pitchers stepped onto the hill with runners on 105 times and also had 188 contests in high leverage situations. The Brewers had sent 533 relief pitchers to the hill last year. The relief pitchers tallied 80 holds over the course of the prior season (14th in the league). They accumulated 44 saves during the previous year and blew 29 of 73 save chances.

The Milwaukee Brewers had 4,308 putouts over the course of last season, as well as 1,331 assists and 94 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .984 which had them sitting 22nd in MLB, and accumulated 102 double plays. The Brewers transformed 1 of balls hit into play into outs out of their 4th innings, which had them ranked in the majors 1292400.0%.

Perdomo (20-31 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.44 while he has faced 1,965 batters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 513 base hits (10.4 hits per nine innings) and has 161 free passes. His earned run average is 5.19 (256 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.517. Perdomo has taken the ball for 444 frames and has accumulated 333 strikeouts so far in his career.

Texas tallied 167 home runs last season to go along with 598 runs batted in. They had 225 doubles, while getting a free base 433 times and racking up 625 runs. The Texas Rangers accounted for an OBP of .294 as well as a batting average of .232 last year. The Rangers held a team slugging % of .375 and they were recording 3.86 runs per outing (28th in baseball). They were called out on strikes on 1,381 occasions (21st in the league) and earned 1,254 base knocks.

The Rangers had a team WHIP of 1.345 and were the owners of a FIP of 4.76 as a pitching staff in the previous season. They were ranked 27th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,402. The Texas pitching staff conceded 815 runs last season while having an ERA of 4.79 (758 earned runs allowed). Their strikeout to walk ratio was 2.42 (1,239 strikeouts vs 513 bases on balls). They gave up 232 homers and they relinquished 5.15 runs per 9 innings (24th in baseball).

Ending the season with 118 save situations, the Rangers had 65 holds and 20 blown saves. Texas called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 51 save opportunities and they came away with 31 saves. Their relief pitchers came in 130 times in high leverage situations and also on 143 occasions with base runners. Texas bullpen pitchers had an inherited score percentage of 33.0% out of their 221 inherited runners. They ranked 15th in baseball with a save rate of 60.8%, and they sent 507 relief pitchers to the hill last year.

Texas Rangers turned 146 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in pro baseball). The Rangers racked up 1,462 assists, 83 errors and are sitting with 4,273 putouts over the course of last year. Out of their 12,819 innings played, the Rangers accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (11th in pro baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Dunning has surrendered 151 hits while accumulating 149 punch outs in 151 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 74 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.365 and a FIP of 4.0. His K/BB ratio is 2.66 and he has faced 653 opposing batters in his career. Dunning (7-10 career mark) holds a 4.39 ERA and has allowed 9.0 hits per nine innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Milwaukee

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