{"id":349110,"date":"2025-05-27T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=349110"},"modified":"2025-05-27T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:00:23","slug":"blue-jays-picks-vs-rangers-may-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/blue-jays-picks-vs-rangers-may-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays vs. Rangers prop picks May 27: Ride with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. , Bowden Francis in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been a trying season for Bowden Francis, but he&#8217;s got a quality bounce-back chance on Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Texas is 2-8 in its past 10 games, batting just .187 as a collective in that span. Francis (2-6, 5.54 ERA) authored a quality start at Globe Life Field last season and will look to do so again tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Blue Jays vs. Rangers prop picks on May 27, featuring Francis and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Jays picks vs. Rangers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/baseball\/competitions\/10065\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging\"><strong>MLB player stats<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/standings\/division\"><strong>MLB standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best bet: Francis over 4.5 Ks (+100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I typically look for a way to fade Francis when he&#8217;s on the mound, but this price caught my eye. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rangers&#8217; offence is having a rough go of it, ranking 26th in MLB in wRC+. Francis has had trouble working deep into games this year, but Texas is unlikely to steamroll him, given how poorly the bats have fared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And of course, the deeper he works into a game, the better his chances of cashing this bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis is 5-5 vs. this line, but he&#8217;s also only made it through 5.0 innings in half of his starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He doesn&#8217;t have the nastiest stuff, but it&#8217;s not as bad as it may initially seem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All three of Francis&#8217; off-speed pitches (splitter, slider, curveball) have a whiff rate of 34.3% or above. The MLB average whiff rate for non-fastballs is 31.9% this year, per Baseball Savant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And remember, he&#8217;s drawing an enticing matchup tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over the past two weeks, the Rangers have the sixth-highest K rate in the majors (23.5%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Francis had six strikeouts over 6.0 innings in Texas last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised to see a similar result this time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Opposing pitchers are 7-2 vs. a 4.5-strikeout line in the Rangers&#8217; past nine games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guerrero over 1.5 total bases (+125):<\/strong> Backing Vladdy over 1.5 bases has been a tough pick to make this year because of his discerning eye at the plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guerrero has a 13.7% walk rate, which ranks in the 90th percentile. Walks don&#8217;t count toward total bases, so that&#8217;s not good news for this bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But on the other side of this matchup, Nathan Eovaldi is even more diligent around the strike zone than Guerrero. The Texas starter has a 3.5% walk rate (98th percentile).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guerrero is 10-for-23 with three extra-base hits and just one walk in his career against Eovaldi. Hopefully, the right-hander continues to challenge Vlad and forces him to put the ball in play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May, Guerrero has an .867 OPS and is averaging 1.7 total bases per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Blue Jays vs. Rangers picks made at 9:20 a.m. ET on 05\/27\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a trying season for Bowden Francis, but he&#8217;s got a quality bounce-back chance on Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers. The pregame narrative: Texas is 2-8 in its past 10 games, batting just .187 as a collective in that span. Francis (2-6, 5.54 ERA) authored a quality start at Globe Life Field last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":349104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,60],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-349110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-mlb","tag-mlb-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blue Jays picks vs. Rangers: May 27 MLB betting | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Blue Jays picks vs. Rangers for May 27, 2025. 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