Rangers at Angels
O/U 7.5 · RL Rangers -1.5
The pick & result
- Published pick
- Angels ML +131
- Published odds
- +131
- Result
- Won
- Final score
- 0-7
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The read
Gary's Take Thursday night in Anaheim, getaway game, with the Angels chasing a series-clinching third straight win and Texas trying to stop the bleeding. The market is asking me to pay for Jacob deGrom’s name; I’d rather take the home dog.
Walbert Ureña is the separator. He owns a 2.49 ERA at Angel Stadium, has held Texas to one earned run across nine innings this season, and his power changeup/sweeper combination attacks a Rangers lineup loaded with left-handed bats. Texas is also struggling badly behind Pederson, Seager and Nimmo, with Langford, Carter, Lopez and Duran all carrying cold bats.
DeGrom can dominate, but he has a short leash, a 4.87 road ERA and nine earned runs allowed in nine innings against these Angels. Once this reaches the bullpens, the starting-pitching advantage implied by Rangers -141 shrinks fast. The Angels have already shown they can win the tight innings in this matchup, and +131 is enough compensation to bet they do it again.
The research
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HR THREAT
Mike Trout
+412Gary's Take The batting average says slump, the exit velocity disagrees. Trout's averaging 92.2 mph on contact over his last two weeks and he owns the best expected numbers in this Angels lineup by a wide margin — the underlying contact quality hasn't gone anywhere even with the average dragging low.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Angels are 7-4 vs Rangers this season
7-4Eleven games in, the Angels clearly have this matchup figured out, and they just took the last one 5-2 at home. Texas has to solve that on the road, which hasn't gone their way all year.
REGRESSION
Wade Meckler: .304 AVG vs .256 xBA
.256This is as due for a correction as it gets — the widest contact-to-result gap in the group, sitting on the smallest sample too. The power side backs it up, with the extra-base numbers running just as inflated as the average. Betting on him to keep this up tonight is betting the wrong way on a gap this wide.
CLOSER WATCH
Jacob Latz
23 SVLatz is the unquestioned closer in Texas — 23 saves to Junis's 5, no committee smoke at all — and he's been used just once in the last three games, so the arm's fully rested. Rangers are -148 road favorites at Anaheim, exactly the number you want sitting behind a ninth-inning guy. Locked-in must-start for saves this week — role, rest, and price all line up clean.
Samy Natera Jr. / Jose Fermin
3 SVAngels' ninth is genuinely muddled — Natera Jr.'s at just 3 saves and 4 holds with Fermin breathing on him at 1 save and 5 holds, and it's an officially declared committee inside two saves. He's worked 2 of the last 3 games, heavier recent usage than anyone else on this list even though he's still marked fully rested. Add in LAA being a +138 underdog at home to Texas, and a lead to protect is the exception tonight, not the rule. Avoid for saves this week — split role plus a bad game script. Only in play if you're desperate enough to roster both arms and hope.
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Props on this game
2- GARY'S PICKJACOB DEGROMPITCHER OUTS UNDER 17.5
Getting 18 outs has become the exception for deGrom. He has cleared this line in only three of his last eight starts and just once in his last six.
The Rangers are managing a recurring hip/glute issue, and he has not worked beyond five innings since June 30. The Angels have also scored nine earned runs against him in nine innings this season.
At nearly even money, five competitive innings are enough for me.
- GARY'S PICKWALBERT URENAPITCHER EARNED RUNS UNDER 2.5
Urena has allowed two earned runs or fewer in six of his last eight starts and owns a 2.49 ERA at Angel Stadium. His changeup and sweeper have limited both sides of the plate, while Texas has scored only eight runs through the first three games of this series and continues to waste its limited opportunities. Urena has surrendered one earned run across nine innings against the Rangers this season, and his managed workload also reduces the time available for a fourth run to cross.
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