Texas Rangers vs. Chicago Cubs odds, tips and betting trends | March 31

The Texas Rangers (2-0) and Chicago Cubs (0-2) will meet on Sunday at Globe Life Field, starting at 2:35 PM ET.

The favored Rangers (-139 on the moneyline) play at home against the Cubs (+118). The Rangers will start Jon Gray against the Cubs and Jordan Wicks.

Prepare for the Rangers vs. Cubs with everything you need to know ahead of Sunday’s game, including viewing options.

Texas Rangers vs. Chicago Cubs odds and betting lines

MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Sunday at 9:16 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

• Favorite: Rangers (-139, bet $139 to win $100)
• Underdog: Cubs (+118, bet $100 to win $118)
• Over/under: 9

Rangers vs. Cubs: Live streaming info & game time

• Game Day: Sunday, March 31, 2024
• Game Time: 2:35 PM ET
• Stadium: Globe Life Field
• TV Channel: Bally Sports
• Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)

Rangers stats and trends

Rangers betting records

• Last season, the Rangers were favored 118 times and won 69, or 58.5%, of those games.
• Last season Texas won 45 of its 72 games, or 62.5%, when favored by at least -139 on the moneyline.
• The Rangers have a 58.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Texas and its opponents hit the over in 93 of 179 games with a total last season.
• The Rangers were 101-78-0 ATS in their 179 games with a spread last season.

Jon Gray (Rangers probable starter)

• Gray will take the mound to start for the Rangers, his first of the season.
• The 32-year-old righty pitched in relief and threw three scoreless innings when he last appeared on Tuesday, Oct. 31 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• In his 29 appearances last season he compiled a 9-8 record and had a 4.12 ERA and a 1.290 WHIP.

Rangers batting stats

• The Rangers ranked third in Major League Baseball with 233 home runs.
• Fueled by 577 extra-base hits, Texas ranked third in MLB with a .452 slugging percentage last season.
• The offensive efforts of the Rangers last season led to the second-best batting average in MLB at .263.
• With 881 runs scored a year ago, Texas ranked No. 3 in all of baseball.
• Ranking third with an OBP of .337, the Rangers were among the best teams in baseball at reaching base.
• Texas ranked 17th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.7 whiffs per contest.

Cubs stats and trends

Cubs betting records

• The Cubs won in 29, or 42%, of the 69 contests they were named as odds-on underdogs in last year.
• Last year, Chicago won 15 of 33 games when listed as at least +118 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Cubs have a 45.9% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• Chicago and its opponents hit the over in 80 of its 162 games with a total last season.
• The Cubs posted a record of 79-83-0 against the spread last season.

Jordan Wicks (Cubs probable starter)

• Wicks will take the mound to start for the Cubs, his first this season.
• The 24-year-old southpaw started and threw 1 2/3 innings when he last appeared Saturday, Sept. 30 against the Milwaukee Brewers.
• In seven games last season he finished with a 4-1 record and had a 4.41 ERA and a 1.269 WHIP.

Cubs batting stats

• The Cubs averaged 1.2 home runs per game to rank 15th in baseball with 196 total home runs last season.
• Last year Chicago’s .421 slugging percentage ranked 10th-best in MLB.
• The Cubs’ .254 batting average ranked 11th in the majors.
• Last season Chicago scored the sixth-most runs in baseball (819 total, 5.1 per game).
• A year ago the Cubs’ .330 on-base percentage ranked sixth-best in MLB.
• The team struck out 8.6 times per game, the No. 14 average in baseball.

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