Baltimore Orioles at Texas Rangers 6/6/19 – MLB Picks, Preview, Prediction
The Orioles have been a team that has not really been able to play great on the season so far and that actually builds up to the fact that the Orioles are 22 games under the five hundred mark. However, the Orioles are definitely looking like a team that should be able to build up quite a bit better on the season compared to what the record reflects and it all depends who the starting pitcher is. The Rangers, for their part have been able to go a couple of games over the five hundred mark and have looked fairly decent on the season at times and have been fairly consistent as well.
Baltimore Orioles Preview
The Orioles have battled some injuries, but still are hitting at a clip of .240 on the year with a total of 491 hits. The Orioles have been able to get a total of 250 runs scored and have managed to get a total of 77 homers on the season. Renato Nunez has been the power hitter for the Orioles with a total of 15 homers on the year. Trey Mancini has been able to hit at a clip of .299 on the year and Dwight Smith Jr. has managed to drive in a total of 41 RBIs.
With the pitching, which is the weak point, the Orioles have ended up getting a horrible 5.81 ERA on the year with the opponent hitting at a clip of .271. The Orioles have struck out 463 batters and have walked only 222 batters. Andrew Cashner will help give the Orioles a great chance in this game has he has done great on the year and definitely wants to beat the Rangers. Cashner has posted a 6-2 record and a 5.04 ERA. Cashner has thrown a total of 64.1 innings on the year and struck out only 48 batters, but he has given up 67 hits and walked 25 batters.
Texas Rangers Preview
On the year the Rangers have been injured quite a bit and that has cost them some games. The Rangers have ended up getting a total of 512 hits and have been able to hit at a clip of .257 on the season. The power for the Rangers has converted to 87 homers and 334 runs on the year. Joey Gallo leads the Rangers at the power spot with 17 homers and 41 RBIs this year. Shin-Soo Choo has been able to take the lead for the average from Elvis Andrus and is hitting at a clip of .302.
With the Rangers, the team has posted a 5.03 ERA on the year while allowing the opponent to hit at a clip of .276 so far. The Rangers have struck out a total of 472 batters and have walked 223 batters this year. Ariel Jurado is the starter the Rangers are putting on the mound in this game. He has posted a 2-2 record and a 2.43 ERA on the year. He has thrown only 29.2 innings this year and has struck out 22 batters while walking 8 batters and has allowed 28 hits.
Orioles at Rangers Line: Texas Rangers -150 O/U 10
My FREE MLB Pick: Baltimore Orioles +138
The Orioles are a decent hitting team and have been able to take advantage of some weaker pitching staffs on the year. The Rangers sadly, after Jurado are fairly shallow when it comes to the bullpen and Jurado has not thrown deep into his games this year and that could spell disaster. Not to mention the Orioles are not as injured as the Rangers are in this game. Look for the Rangers to struggle against Cashner, the one pitcher the Orioles have that is good, and not really be able to do much once the game reaches the Orioles pen as the Orioles are able to win this game. Final Score Prediction, Baltimore Orioles win 5-3.
