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The Texas Rangers have Wednesday's third-highest implied total (5.19) as they take on Daniel Mengden and the Oakland Athletics.
Mengden has shown some improvements this year, but his 4.24 SIERA is still not an especially good mark, and it brings his career-average to just 4.42. He's also allowing a career-high 36.5% hard-hit rate with a career-low 15.8% soft-hit rate. That's a good combination for opposing hitters.
Enter Robinson Chirinos. Chirinos is making terrific contact against righties this year, with a 45.9% hard-hit rate, 11.5% soft-hit rate and 55.0% fly-ball rate. Over the last two seasons, he boasts a .346 wOBA and .232 ISO against righties, and he's in a great spot to take advantage of the hard contact that Mengden is allowing.
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