Its Tuesday, June 3 and the Rangers (29-31) are in Tampa to take on the Rays (30-29).

Tyler Mahle is slated to take the mound for Texas against Drew Rasmussen for Tampa Bay.

The Rangers arrive in Tampa fresh off a series win over the Cardinals in Arlington over the weekend. Marcus Semien led the offense with seven hits in eight at-bats. Tampa is 7-3 over the last ten games but were slowed over the weekend by the Astros as Houston topped the Rays twice in the three-game series. They scored but one run in the two losses…and 16 in their lone win.

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Lets dive into opener of this series and find a sweat or two.

We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

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Game details & how to watch Rangers at Rays

Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Site: George M. Steinbrenner Field

Network/Streaming: RSN, FDSNSUN

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Odds for the Rangers at the Rays

The latest odds as of Tuesday:

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Moneyline: Rangers (+118), Rays (-140)

Probable starting pitchers for Rangers at Rays

Pitching matchup for June 3, 2025: Tyler Mahle vs. Drew Rasmussen

Rangers: Tyler Mahle (5-2, 1.64 ERA)
Last outing: 6IP, 0ER, 4H, 3BB5

Rays: Drew Rasmussen (4-4, 2.33 ERA)
Last outing: 5/28 vs. Minnesota – 6IP, 0ER, 1H, 1BB, 5Ks

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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Rangers at Rays

The Rangers have won 7 straight games against the Rays

The Under is 24-10-1 in the Rangers’ games against American League teams this season

The Rays have failed to cover the Run Line in 14 of their last 16 games against the Rangers

Junior Caminero is 9-21 with 3 HRs over his last 5 games

Wyatt Langford started June in much the same way he attacked May…going hitless in 3 ABs after hitting just .189 (20-106) in May

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Expert picks & predictions for tonight’s game between the Rangers and the RaysRotoworld Best Bet

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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.

Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.

Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Tuesday’s game between the Rangers and the Rays:

Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play on the Texas Rangers on the Moneyline.

Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Texas Rangers at +1.5.

Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0.

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