Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers Prediction – 3/30/2025

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As the Texas Rangers prepare to host the Boston Red Sox on March 30, 2025, they come off a strong start to the season with a 2-1 record, while the Red Sox struggle at 1-2. This matchup marks the fourth game in their current series and is crucial for both teams, especially for the Rangers, who are aiming to capitalize on their early momentum.

Texas will send Jacob deGrom to the mound, who is currently ranked as the 5th best starting pitcher in MLB according to the leading MLB projection system. DeGrom's season has been impressive, and although he projects to pitch an average of 4.8 innings, he is expected to allow only 1.8 earned runs, which is outstanding. His ability to strike out 6.8 batters per game adds to his elite status, despite some concerning projections for hits and walks allowed.

On the other side, Boston counters with Richard Fitts, who has been projected as one of the worst pitchers in the league. Fitts is expected to pitch around 4.4 innings while allowing 2.7 earned runs, which is still a troubling figure for the Red Sox. His strikeout projection of 3.2 batters per game further highlights his struggles.

With the Rangers boasting an implied team total of 4.85 runs against the Red Sox's low total of 3.65 runs, Texas is a significant betting favorite with a moneyline of -185. Given the current form of both pitchers and the teams, the Rangers appear well-positioned to take advantage of their home-field advantage and continue their strong start to the season.

Quick Takes Boston Red Sox:

Out of every team playing today, the 2nd-best infield defense belongs to the Boston Red Sox.

• Defense is an integral part of preventing hits and runs.

Ranking in the 1st percentile for Sprint Speed at 24.07 ft/sec since the start of last season, Triston Casas is quite slow.

• Slow players tend to get fewer hits because they can't beat out groundballs, fewer extra base hits, and fewer stolen bases.

Alex Bregman hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (38.7% — 84th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the game's 7th-deepest CF fences today.

• This player's skill set does not match up particularly well with the park he's in today, which may lead to worse-than-usual performance.

Quick Takes Texas Rangers:

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) expects Jacob deGrom to be on a pitch count today, projecting a maximum of 80 pitches.

• A pitcher who is on a pitch count is likely to be pulled from the game earlier, record fewer outs, and generate fewer strikeouts.

In terms of his home runs, Wyatt Langford has had bad variance on his side since the start of last season. His 17.2 HR per 600 plate appearances rate has been considerably lower than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s version of Statcast-based Expected HR/600 at 24.5.

• xHR uses highly advanced Statcast data to measure a player's home run ability more accurately than actual home runs can.

The best projected batting order on the slate in terms of overall batting ability belongs to the Texas Rangers.

• A pitcher who faces a strong opposing offense will be more likely to underperform his usual performance, particularly in terms of hits and runs, in that game.

Game Trends

• The Texas Rangers have hit the Game Total Under in 41 of their last 71 games at home (+10.45 Units / 13% ROI)
• The Boston Red Sox have hit the Moneyline in 42 of their last 78 away games (+7.05 Units / 8% ROI)
• Trevor Story has hit the Total Bases Under in 10 of his last 15 away games (+6.95 Units / 38% ROI)

• Date: March 30, 2025
• Venue: Globe Life Field
• Starting Pitchers:
  • Richard Fitts - Red Sox
  • Jacob deGrom - Rangers

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