Gray’s Next Move: A Strategic Mystery Keeping Rangers on Edge

The weekend is everyone’s favorite time of the week. For me, it is just another day of the week that allows me to find games to bet on. Baseball is an everyday thing basically from the end of March all the way until the middle of October. With the NHL and NBA seasons winding down, the MLB is the only league that will remain for us to bet on until September. Let’s lock in on the diamond and get a game between the Cardinals vs. Rangers.

I think when we look at the Cardinals, we are in one of two camps: The first is that you think the Cardinals are a good franchise and they have started to finally turn around after the few bad years. Or, you are in the camp of think that this is a fluke and you see there are still some significant issues with the roster, specifically the starting staff. For me, I think the Cardinals are one of the better run organizations, so their struggles over the past year or two have been rather surprising to me. This season, their offense has been great, and the pitching staff that they kind of pieced together over the past couple of seasons is doing well this year. One big addition from last year that is still paying dividends is Sonny Gray. Gray is 5-1 for the season with a 4.06 ERA  and a 1.16 WHIP. He hasn’t been quite as good on the road as he has been at home. Gray has made just three starts for the season and allowed 11 earned runs in 14.2 innings. He has made five May starts this season, and allowed 14 earned runs. He has four home starts, allowing seven earned runs, and one road start, also allowing seven earned runs. Rangers hitters are hitting just .226 against Gray in 62 at-bats. 

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