Rays vs. Rangers Prediction: Texas Predicted to Win Friday's MLB Matchup [4/4/2025]

The Texas Rangers will face the Tampa Bay Rays in MLB action at Globe Life Field on Friday, beginning at 8:05PM ET.

The Rangers will send Tyler Mahle (0-0, 5.40 ERA) to the mound, pitting him against Zack Littell (0-1, 1.50 ERA) for the Rays.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced MLB model (see Dimers Pro for full access) predicts the Rangers as the most likely winner of today's game.

"Employing the latest data, our experts simulated Friday's Tampa Bay-Texas game 10,000 times," said Dimers' Chief Content Officer, Nick Slade.

"After computing the latest updates and thousands of other inputs, we predict the Rangers' chance of winning is 56%, while the Rays' is 44%."

For further insights into Friday's matchup, including best bets and picks, visit our interactive Rays vs. Rangers predictions page.

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Rays vs. Rays Prediction: Who Will Win, Cover the Run Line?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Friday's MLB game between the Rays and Rangers 10,000 times as part of our MLB predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives the Rangers a 56% chance of beating the Rays.

According to our model, the Rays (+1.5) have a 62% chance of covering the run line, while the 8.5-run over/under has a 51% chance of going over.

Pre-Game Probabilities

Last Updated: 12:27AM, Apr 5

Moneyline

Over / Under

Run Line

Rays

Win %

44%

56%

+115

-130

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Rangers

Rays TB

+115

Win %

44%

56%

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Rangers TEX

-130

Zack Littell 0-1, 1.50 ERA

Tyler Mahle 0-0, 5.40 ERA

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Rays vs. Rangers Odds [4/4/2025]

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Rays vs. Rangers Game-Day Updates and Essential Details

Friday's MLB game between the Rangers and Rays at Globe Life Field is scheduled to start at 8:05PM ET.

• Who: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers
• Date: Friday, April 4, 2025
• Time: 8:05PM ET/5:05PM PT
• Venue: Globe Life Field

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Conclusion

We predict the Rangers, with a 56% win probability, will likely beat the Rays on Friday.

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