Detroit Tigers (26-13) vs Texas Rangers (18-21)
Game Info: Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 6:10 pm (Comerica Park)
The Line: Betting Odds: Detroit Tigers -102 / Texas Rangers -118 — Over/Under: 7.5
The Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers meet Saturday in MLB action at Comerica Park. Here’s a Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers Prediction. This article will include a Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers Pick.
Texas Rangers Betting Preview
The Texas Rangers are 18-21 on the year and play the Rockies, Astros, and Yankees next. The Texas Rangers are batting .229 on the season, have a .287 OBP, and a .354 slugging percentage. The Texas Rangers pitching staff has a 3.48 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP. Josh Smith leads the Texas Rangers with 34 hits and 9 RBI, while Adolis Garcia and Wyatt Langford have combined for 59 hits and 34 RBI.
Jacob deGrom gets the ball for the Texas Rangers, and he is 2-1 with a 2.61 ERA and 36 strikeouts this season. This will be deGrom’s second career game against the Detroit Tigers.
Detroit Tigers Betting Preview
The Detroit Tigers are 26-13 on the year and play the Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Cardinals next. The Detroit Tigers are batting .259 on the season, have a .334 OBP, and a .419 slugging percentage. The Detroit Tigers pitching staff has a 2.90 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP. Riley Greene leads the Detroit Tigers with 37 hits and 21 RBI while Kerry Carpenter and Spencer Torkelson have combined for 70 hits and 52 RBI.
Jack Flaherty gets the ball for the Detroit Tigers, and he is 1-4 with a 3.79 ERA and 46 strikeouts this season. Flaherty is 1-0 with a 1.06 ERA and 17 strikeouts in his career against the Texas Rangers.
Why the Detroit Tigers will win
- The Tigers have won 10 of their last 11 games against teams that held a losing record.
- The Rangers have lost seven of their last eight games after playing the previous day.
- The Tigers have covered the run line in each of their last seven games as home underdogs against American League opponents.
- The Rangers have failed to cover the run line in six of their last seven road games against American League opponents after playing the previous day.
- The Rangers have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last three games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- The Rangers have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last three games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
Why the Texas Rangers will win
- The Rangers have won each of their last six games as road favorites against AL Central opponents.
- The Tigers have lost each of their last three home games against the Rangers following a home win.
- The Rangers have covered the run line in nine of their last 10 games at Comerica Park against American League opponents that held a winning record.
- The Tigers have failed to cover the run line in each of their last four home games against the Rangers following a win.
- The Tigers have trailed after 5 innings in three of their last four night games against American League opponents that held a losing record.
- The Rangers have led after 3 innings in three of their last four road night games.
Detroit Tigers Player Prop Facts
- Javier Baez has hit a home run in three of his last five appearances with the Tigers against AL opponents.
- Zach McKinstry has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances with the Tigers as underdogs against AL opponents.
- Spencer Torkelson has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Tigers’ last six Saturday games.
- Spencer Torkelson has scored at least one run in each of the Tigers’ last eight Saturday games.
- Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one Single in 21 of his last 24 appearances in night games against AL teams that held a losing record.
- Jack Flaherty has recorded five or more strikeouts in each of his eight previous appearances at Comerica Park against opponents that held a losing record.
- Jack Flaherty has recorded a win in six of his last eight appearances against AL opponents that held a losing record.
- Parker Meadows has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 appearances in night games against teams that held a losing record.
Texas Rangers Player Prop Facts
- Joc Pederson has hit a home run in two of his last three appearances in night games against AL Central teams that held a winning record.
- Corey Seager has recorded an RBI in each of the Rangers’ last four games as favorites against AL Central opponents.
- Corey Seager has scored at least one run in seven of his last eight appearances against AL opponents.
- Marcus Semien has recorded at least one Single in each of the Rangers’ last six games as favorites.
- Jacob deGrom has recorded seven or more strikeouts in four of his last five road appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Corey Seager has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 appearances against AL opponents.
- Jake Burger has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances in night games against AL Central teams that held a winning record.
Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers Prediction
The Rangers are getting the edge from oddsmakers because deGrom is on the mound, but that doesn’t mean much when Texas has scored a combined five runs in its last five games. The Rangers have been held to two or less runs in 10 of their last 14 games. The Tigers are head and shoulders the more trustworthy team offensively and Flaherty has a 1.59 ERA and .175 allowed batting average in 17 home innings. Also, in 71 at bats against current Rangers, Flaherty is allowing a .169 batting average, .234 on base percentage and has 21 strikeouts. I’ll take the Tigers in this intriguing Saturday MLB contest.