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Tampa Bay Rays

AL East · 1st · —

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H2H 3–3

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Texas Rangers

AL West · 2nd · 3.0 GB

Starting pitcher matchup

Drew Rasmussen RHP

Tampa Bay Rays

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

2.95

28th

WHIP

0.93

6th

K/9

9.16

59th

BB/9

1.66

6th

P-Score80

FIP

2.91

HR/9

0.80

39th

OPS/R

0.509

IP

146.1

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA3.22

Road ERA2.69

Last 5 starts

ERA

3.10

QUALITY
START %

60%

(3 of 5)

DAYS
REST

6

Jacob deGrom RHP

Texas Rangers

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

4.00

101st

WHIP

1.13

44th

K/9

10.94

11th

BB/9

2.42

47th

P-Score73

FIP

3.08

HR/9

1.11

101st

OPS/R

0.662

IP

137.1

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA2.42

Road ERA5.86

Last 5 starts

ERA

4.18

Team OPS vs opposing starter's hand (2026)

Rays vs RHP (Jacob deGrom)

6th

in MLB

0.752OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

Texas vs RHP (Drew Rasmussen)

24th

in MLB

0.698OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

2026 season team comparison

Tampa Bay Rays

Stat

Texas Rangers

0.260 (1st)

Batting Average

0.260 (16th)

0.731 (7th)

OPS

0.731 (17th)

146 (24th)

Home Runs

146 (16th)

635 (14th)

Runs Scored

635 (26th)

3.81 (8th)

Team ERA

3.81 (22nd)

1.15 (1st)

Team WHIP

1.15 (19th)

8.21 (21st)

K/9 (Starters)

Runs scored & allowed per inning (2026)

Rays

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Runs Scored

0.50

0.45

0.49

0.60

0.47

0.52

0.45

0.56

0.43

Runs Allowed

Projected lineups vs opposing starter (2026)

Rays vs RHP Jacob deGrom

#

Player

Bats

AVG

OPS

HR

PA

1

Junior Caminero

R

0.273

0.871

37

0

2

Kenny Piper

R

0.167

0.453

1

0

3

Yandy Díaz

R

0.310

0.835

21

0

4

Liam Hicks

L

0.312

0.889

17

0

5

Ryan Vilade

R

0.237

0.735

11

0

Top hitters from roster with season splits vs pitcher hand — not the official batting order

vs RHP

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Last 10 games

Tampa Bay Rays (6–4)

W

L

W

L

W

L

Texas Rangers (4–6)

L

W

L

W

L

2026 head-to-head

Season Series

3—3

6 Games Played

QUALITY
START %

40%

(2 of 5)

DAYS
REST

5

8.21 (11th)

0.41

0.37

0.46

0.32

0.57

0.53

0.56

0.41

0.43

Rangers

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Runs Scored

0.52

0.39

0.58

0.43

0.52

0.42

0.36

0.44

0.49

Runs Allowed

0.68

0.41

0.38

0.46

0.65

0.38

0.58

0.51

0.47

Texas

Drew Rasmussen

#

Player

Bats

AVG

OPS

HR

PA

1

Justin Foscue

R

0.181

0.540

11

0

2

Joc Pederson

L

0.245

0.823

24

0

3

Josh Jung

R

0.280

0.766

9

0

4

Ezequiel Duran

R

0.267

0.768

17

0

5

Wyatt Langford

R

0.251

0.784

15

0

Top hitters from roster with season splits vs pitcher hand — not the official batting order

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Odds

Rays @ Rangers

TB

-104▲ +1

TEX

▲ +1-104

TOTAL7.0—flat

O+108▲ +208

U-122▼ -8

Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers

Tampa Bay Rays

Texas Rangers