Rangers vs Rays Picks and Prediction – 6/3/2025

The Texas Rangers open a three-game series on the road Tuesday versus the Tampa Bay Rays. Texas improved to 29-31 following Sunday’s 8-1 victory over the St Louis Cardinals. Marcus Semien hit a two-run home run for the Rangers. Texas has won two of the last three and trails the first-place Seattle Mariners in the American League West by four games. Keep up to date with all the MLB action with our expert MLB picks.

Josh Jung is batting .277 to lead Texas and has a team-high 52 hits. Wyatt Langford is the leader in home runs with 11, while Adolis Garcia is the leader in RBI with 27. Josh Smith is the leader in on-base percentage at .340. On Tuesday, the Texas Rangers will send Tyler Mahle to the mound. The right-hander is 5-2 with a 1.64 ERA, 48 Ks, and 24 BBs.

The Tampa Bay Rays dropped to 30-29 following Sunday’s 1-0 loss to the Houston Astros. Tampa Bay collected just two hits in Sunday’s loss. Tampa Bay starter Taj Bradley gave up one run (not earned) in seven innings. The Rays split their four-game series with the Astros. Tampa Bay is third in the American League East, 6 ½ games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Jonathan Aranda is batting .320 with 56 hits and an on-base percentage of .406 to lead Tampa Bay in the three categories. Junior Caminero is the leader in home runs with 13 and in RBI with 37. Tampa Bay is batting .246 with a .388 slugging percentage. On Tuesday, Tampa Bay will send Drew Rasmussen to the mound. The right-hander is 4-4 with a 2.33 ERA, 48 Ks, and 13 BBs. 

Tampa Bay wins on Tuesday, but the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in 10 of Texas’ last 14 and 10 of Tampa Bay’s last 15. Texas starter Tyler Mahle has allowed two runs or fewer in 11 of 12 starts this season. On April 4, Mahle held Tampa Bay to no runs on one hit across five innings. In the last three starts, Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen has allowed no runs, on nine hits across 18 innings. Final Score Prediction, Tampa Bay Rays win but our best play is UNDER 3-1.