<p>The Rays continue their pursuit of the Yankees in their AL East divisional race when they visit the Rangers for a four-game series in Arlington starting Monday night. Right-hander Drew Rasmussen takes his turn for Tampa Bay here against rookie righty Glenn Otto for Texas.</p>
<p>The Rays are lined as short road favorites for Monday night. How are we playing this game with our <b>free baseball betting pick</b>?</p>
<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Monday's baseball betting lines opened Tampa and Rasmussen at around -135 over Texas and Otto, with an over/under of eight runs. Early betting action then bumped the Rays a nickel to -140.</p>
<p>Tampa Bay could also be found getting around +120, giving the run and a half on the run line.</p>
<h2>Rays-Rangers MLB Betting Preview </h2>
<p>Tampa Bay just split four games at home with the Yankees, winning Sunday's series finale 4-2. Just before that, the Rays swept two games from Miami. So Tampa is 4-2 over its last six games.</p>
<p>At 28-19 overall, the Rays sit in second place in the AL East, 4.5 games behind the first-place Yankees.</p>
<p>Texas, meanwhile, just took three of four games at Oakland over the weekend, missing out on the sweep by losing Sunday's series finale 6-5 on an A's run in the bottom of the ninth. Just before that, the Rangers split two games at the Angels. So Texas is 4-1 over its last five games.</p>
<p>At 22-24 overall, the Rangers sit in third place in the AL West, seven games behind first-place Houston.</p>
<p>This series is the first meeting between these two teams this season. Last year Texas took the season series from Tampa four games to three.</p>
<h2>Monday's Pitching Match-Up </h2>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/423541&quot; title="Glen Otto Pitching Logs">Otto</a> is just 1/6 on quality starts this season, although some of that is due to a short leash. Three times he's pitched to within three outs or less of a QS, then got pulled. Last Wednesday, he held the Angels to one run and three hits through five innings, with two walks and seven strikeouts, in a 7-2 Texas victory. And just before that, he held Houston to two runs through six innings, although the Rangers lost that game 5-1.</p>
<p>Texas is 3-3 with Otto this season but should probably be 4-2.</p>
<p>This will be Otto's first career action against Tampa Bay.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/357296&quot; title="Drew Rasmussen Pitching Game Stats">Rasmussen</a> is only 1/9 on quality starts this year, but again, a short leash plays a part in that stat. Four times he's pitched to within three outs or less of a QS, only to get pulled. Last Wednesday, he gave up three runs and six hits through five innings, with two walks against seven whiffs, in a 5-4 Rays win over Miami. And over his last six starts, he's allowed just eight runs and 21 hits through 31 2/3 innings, with seven walks and 32 strikeouts.</p>
<p>Tampa Bay is 8-1 with Rasmussen this year, 6-0 his last six times out.</p>
<p>This will be Rasmussen's first career action against Texas.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks </h2>
<p>Tampa Bay is batting .231 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .293 team OBP and a .389 team slugging percentage. The Rays have also scored a total of only nine runs over their last four games.</p>
<p>Texas is slashing .226/.283/.354 against right-handed pitching. The Rangers have also scored 35 runs over their last five games.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens</h2>
<p>The Tampa bullpen owns a 3.25 ERA this season, along with a 1.10 WHIP.</p>
<p>The Texas pen owns a 3.53 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends</h2>
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<li>The Rays are 11-8 on the road this season and 21-15 against right-handed starters.</li>
<li>The Rangers are 10-12 at home and 11-15 against RH starters.</li>
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<h2>Totals Report</h2>
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<li>The Under is 23-20 in Rays games this season.</li>
<li>The Under is 23-19 in Rangers games.</li>
<li>The overs are 11-9 at Globe Life Field this season.</li>
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