{"id":360274,"date":"2025-07-31T09:36:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=360274"},"modified":"2025-07-31T09:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:36:04","slug":"rangers-vs-mariners-predictions-july-31-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rangers-vs-mariners-predictions-july-31-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers vs. Mariners SGP predictions July 31: Bet on Josh Naylor, Julio Rodriguez in +440 wager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners open up a four-game set at T-Mobile Park on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Both teams sport identical 57-52 records and are tied for the AL&#8217;s final wild-card spot entering play on July 31, so this is a big one. Kumar Rocker starts for Texas, and he&#8217;s been dreadful on the road, while George Kirby will throw for Seattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my Rangers vs. Mariners predictions, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/josh_naylor\/batting-stats\">Josh Naylor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/julio_rodriguez\/batting-stats\">Julio Rodriguez<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rangers vs. Mariners predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Parlay: Mariners F5 -0.5 | Naylor over 1.5 bases | Rodriguez over 0.5 hits (+440)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mariners F5 -0.5 (-109):<\/strong> Rocker&#8217;s home\/away splits are about as drastic as you&#8217;ll find, and I want to tap into that tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Home:<\/strong> 2.43 ERA, .203 OBA, 5-0-1 on F5 ML<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Away:<\/strong> 9.91 ERA, .354 OBA, 1-5-1 on F5 ML<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hard-throwing righty has a sixth-percentile xERA (5.52) and 10th percentile xBA (.285). He ceded four runs in 3.1 innings in his lone start in Seattle this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirby (4.50 ERA) hasn&#8217;t been at his best this season, but he&#8217;s finding his form at the right time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He owns a 3.06 ERA in his last six starts \u2014 with four quality starts \u2014 and a 2.69 FIP. That&#8217;s more in line with Kirby&#8217;s numbers over the last three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seattle should capitalize on this pitching mismatch at home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:116448\">Embed: #116448<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-10146156-2d6b-49a8-b097-37743fd550b5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/baseball\/mlb?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLB SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Naylor over 1.5 bases<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>(+145): <\/strong>Naylor profiles as the type of player who can get after Rocker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Naylor vs. LHP: <\/strong>.299\/.371\/.473<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rocker vs. LHB: <\/strong>.320\/.379\/.496<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rocker leans heavily on fastballs, throwing either a sinker, cutter or four-seamer 71% of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naylor is batting .311 and slugging .475 against those offerings from righties in a 409-pitch sample this year. His .312 xBA and .508 xSLG against those pitches are encouraging, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be the Canadian&#8217;s first game as a member of the Mariners at T-Mobile Park, and I&#8217;m expecting fireworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Rodriguez over 0.5 hits<\/strong><\/strong> (-240)<\/strong>:<\/strong> Finally, I&#8217;m looking for J-Rod to record a hit. That shouldn&#8217;t be a lot to ask considering the run he&#8217;s been on over his past 15 games:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.323 batting average<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.710 slugging percentage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1+ hits in 11 of 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodriguez has five multi-hit games in his last eight outings. He&#8217;s also batting .295 against fastballs from righties this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Rangers vs. Mariners predictions made at 9 a.m. ET on 07\/31\/2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners open up a four-game set at T-Mobile Park on Thursday. The pregame narrative: Both teams sport identical 57-52 records and are tied for the AL&#8217;s final wild-card spot entering play on July 31, so this is a big one. Kumar Rocker starts for Texas, and he&#8217;s been dreadful on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":360286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-360274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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>Rangers vs. Mariners predictions: July 31 MLB SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Rangers vs. Mariners predictions for July 31, 2025. 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