Texas Rangers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 6/1/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Monday, June 1, 2026

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Cardinals.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (-132) St. Louis (+110)

The Texas Rangers (27-31) are hitting the road to Busch Stadium on Monday where they will take on the St. Louis Cardinals (30-26). The line on this matchup has Texas at -132 while St. Louis is coming in at +110. The betting total comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Jacob deGrom and Michael McGreevy.

As a team, the Texas Rangers are putting up 4.0 runs/g, which has them at 23rd in baseball. They are sitting with 231 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .314. The Rangers have tallied 85 doubles as a team and have hit 60 balls out of the park. They have 220 RBI's and 447 base knocks so far this season, while their team batting average comes in at .234. Texas has a slugging percentage of .381 and have been rung up 497 times, while taking a walk on 202 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.60 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.21. Rangers pitchers have allowed 66 long balls and also 227 runs in total (6th in the league). Texas has allowed 431 base hits (7.7 per 9 innings) and 211 earned runs. The Rangers have compiled a team ERA of 3.75 this year (7th in MLB), and they have struck out 475 batters. They have walked 183 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.13 as a squad this year.

The Rangers have sent 178 relievers to the hill this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 77 base runners on the year with 32.5% of them crossing the plate. The relief pitchers have racked up 27 holds for the season (22nd in the league). Rangers relief pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 49 times as well as having 49 appearances in high leverage situations. They have recorded 12 saves this season and have missed out on 6 of their 18 chances to get a save. The Rangers relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 66.7% and have entered the game in 46 save situations.

The Rangers have turned 72.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 4,557 innings on the field, which has them ranked 3rd in professional baseball. The Texas Rangers have amassed 1,519 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 448 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .987 which ranks 14th in the majors, and they have turned 34 double plays.

deGrom has taken the mound for 1,598 innings and has accounted for 1,921 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. deGrom (99-69 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 2.58 and he has gone up against 6,283 hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 2.62 (465 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 0.987. He has given up 1,221 base knocks (6.9 hits per 9 innings) and has 357 walks.

The St. Louis Cardinals are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .317 and a batting average of .238 this year. They have struck out on 450 instances (24th in baseball) and have earned 447 base hits. St. Louis is sitting with 63 home runs on the year as well as 235 RBIs. The Cardinals hold a slugging percentage of .384 and they average 4.32 runs per contest (15th in MLB). They have hit 78 doubles, while taking a walk 186 times as well as putting up 242 runs.

The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.374 with a FIP of 4.28 as a pitching staff this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 7.70 (429 strikeouts against 202 walks). They are sitting at 25th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 491. They have allowed 60 homers and they yield 4.57 runs per 9 innings (18th in the league). The St. Louis pitching staff have conceded 256 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.21 (236 earned runs relinquished).

They are ranked 14th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.3%, and they have dispatched 200 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. Their relief pitchers have come in 70 times in high leverage situations in addition to 63 occasions with runners on. With 76 save situations, the Cardinals have amassed 46 holds and also 10 blown saves. St. Louis has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 28 save opportunities and they have walked away with 18 saves. St. Louis relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 35.6% of 90 inherited runners.

The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 55 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (16th in the majors). The Cardinals have accrued 535 assists, 29 errors and have a total of 1,514 putouts for the season. Out of their 4,542 innings on the field, the Cardinals hold a defensive efficiency of 69.2% (25th in pro baseball).

During his pro baseball career, McGreevy has surrendered 167 hits and he has 119 punch outs in 178 innings pitched. McGreevy (14-8 career win-loss record) has earned a 3.63 ERA while giving up 8.4 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 72 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.144 and having a FIP of 3.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.22 and he has faced 725 hitters in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (+110)

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