Two clubs on top of their divisions — the Tampa Bay Rays (AL East) and the Texas Rangers (AL West) — play on Friday at 6:40 PM ET, at Tropicana Field.The Rangers (+149 underdog on the m…

Some offensive comparison before the Rangers-Rays matchup this weekend: Texas leads Tampa Bay in average, hits, runs, doubles, RBI, OBP Tampa Bay leads Texas in HR, total bases, stolen bases, slugging and OPS. They are 1-2 in the league in runs, RBI and OBP.

Within this advance story on the Rangers-Rays showdown is a chart that kind of outlines just HOW good these teams have been in every phase of the game.

It isn’t lost on Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy that the opener of Friday’s series with the Tampa Bay Rays represents a matchup of the teams with the two best records in the American League.

Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays this weekend is a GREAT series. Texas has the better line up imo.

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Tale of the tape as Rangers meet Rays this weekend in battle of two top records in AL. It's also the start of another important test for the Rangers: