Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 4/8/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Friday, April 8, 2022

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (+138) Toronto (-164)

The Texas Rangers (60-102 last season) are on their way to Rogers Centre on Friday where they will try to beat the Toronto Blue Jays (91-71 last year). The odds on this game have the Rangers at +138 while the Blue Jays are opening at -164. The betting total is set at 9.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Jon Gray and Jose Berrios.

As a team, the Texas Rangers scored 3.9 runs per game, which had them at 28th in baseball. They accumulated 625 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .294. The Rangers hit 225 two-baggers as a team and knocked 167 baseballs out of the park. They compiled 598 runs batted in and 1,254 base knocks last season, and their batting average came in at .232. Texas had a slugging rate of .375 and were called out on strikes 1,381 times, while drawing a walk on 433 occasions.

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The Rangers had a team ERA of 4.79 for the previous season (23rd in the league), and their staff rung up 1,239 batters. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.42 and their pitching staff held a WHIP of 1.34. Rangers pitchers gave up 232 home runs in addition to 815 total runs (24th in the league). They walked 513 batters and their FIP was 4.76 as a squad for the previous season.

The Rangers had dispatched 507 relievers to the mound for the prior year. The bullpen inherited 221 base runners over the course of last year with 33.0% of them ended up scoring. They earned 31 saves in the prior season and missed out on 20 of 51 save opportunities. The Rangers relief pitchers had a save percentage of 60.8% and stepped onto the hill in 118 save situations. The bullpen earned 65 holds over the course of the prior season (28th in MLB). Rangers bullpen pitchers entered the game with runners on 143 times and also had 130 outings in high leverage situations.

The Texas Rangers earned a total of 4,273 putouts for the prior year, in addition to 1,462 assists and 83 errors. Their fielding rate was at .986 which had them ranked 12th in baseball, and had a total of 146 double plays. The Rangers converted 69.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 12,819 innings, ranking them 11th in the majors.

Gray has taken the mound for 829 innings and has earned 849 K's in his MLB career. His ERA is 4.59 (423 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.338. He has allowed 830 base knocks (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 280 free passes. Gray (53-49 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.91 while he has gone up against 3,556 batters during his time in the majors.

The Blue Jays had a SLG% of .466 and they were recording 5.22 runs per game (3rd in baseball). They hit 285 doubles, while taking a walk 496 times and putting up 846 runs. Toronto compiled 262 HRs last year in addition to 816 runs batted in. They were called out on strikes on 1,218 occasions (30th in the league) and tallied 1,455 hits. The Toronto Blue Jays recorded a team on-base percentage of .330 in addition to a team batting average of .266 for the prior year.

The Toronto pitching staff allowed 663 runs last year while holding an ERA of 3.91 (610 earned runs given up). They yielded 209 long balls and they conceded 4.25 runs per 9 innings (9th in MLB). The Blue Jays had a team WHIP of 1.231 and had a FIP of 4.18 as a staff over the course of last season. They earned a K/BB ratio of 3.10 (1,468 strikeouts against 473 walks). They were sitting at 10th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,257.

Toronto called on relievers to step onto the hill in 52 save opportunities and they earned 34 saves. They were ranked 8th in the league with a save percentage of 65.4%, and they sent 537 relief pitchers to the mound last year. Their relief pitchers came in 156 times in high leverage situations and on 167 occasions with runners on. Toronto relievers held an inherited score percentage of 28.9% out of 239 inherited runners. With 119 save situations, the Blue Jays earned 64 holds in addition to 18 blown saves.

Toronto Blue Jays turned 122 double plays and held a fielding percentage of .984 (20th in MLB). The Blue Jays recorded 1,371 assists, 90 errors and notched a total of 4,216 putouts last year. In their 12,648 innings played, the Blue Jays earned a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (9th in baseball).

Berrios (60-47 record in his career) has earned a 4.04 ERA and has surrendered 8.2 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.22 and he has gone up against 3,588 hitters thus far in his career. He has conceded a total of 382 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.221 and a FIP of 4.0. During his career, Berrios has conceded 774 hits and he has 857 strikeouts in 851 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto (-164)

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