Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 4/21/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers

Date: Friday, April 21, 2023

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Oakland (+155) Texas (-180)

Globe Life Field is the site where the Texas Rangers (12-6) will meet the Oakland Athletics (3-16) on Friday. The moneyline on this game has Oakland at +155 while Texas is priced at -180. The total has been set at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be James Kaprielian and Jon Gray.

As a team, the Oakland Athletics are putting up 3.4 runs per contest, which ranks them 27th in baseball. They are sitting with 65 runs scored and have an OBP of .302. The Athletics have accumulated 27 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 16 baseballs out of the park. They have compiled 64 runs batted in as well as 142 hits on the year, while their team batting average comes in at .225. Oakland has a slugging percentage of .347 and have been called out on strikes 168 times, while drawing a walk on 62 occasions.

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The Athletics have a team earned run average of 7.71 this year (30th in the league), and their staff has struck out 133 hitters. Athletics pitchers have conceded 34 home runs in addition to 151 runs in total (30th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 100 opposing players and their FIP is 6.44 as a squad over the course of the season. Oakland has given up 189 base knocks (10.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 144 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.33 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.72.

The Athletics have dispatched 68 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. The relievers have inherited 41 runners so far this season with 46.3% of them earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 1 save for the season and have not converted 4 of 5 save opportunities. The Athletics relievers have recorded a save percentage of 20.0% and has come into the game in 8 save situations. The bullpen have a total of 2 holds this year (30th in MLB). Athletics bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 26 times as well as having 24 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Athletics have turned 68.1% of balls in play into outs out of 1,512 innings on the field, ranking them 20th in the majors. The Oakland Athletics are sitting with 504 putouts on the year, in addition to 140 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding rate is at .980 which puts them in 27th in baseball, and have accumulated 13 double plays.

Kaprielian has pitched in 271 innings and is sitting with 240 strikeouts during his career. His earned run average is 4.58 (138 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.334. He has given up 248 hits (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 114 free passes. Kaprielian (13-16 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 4.80 while going up against 1,172 batters in the major leagues.

The Texas Rangers have accounted for an on-base percentage of .326 and a batting average of .250 so far this year. They have been rung up on 150 occasions (23rd in baseball) and have 152 hits. Texas is sitting with 21 HRs this season as well as 109 runs batted in. The Rangers hold a team SLG% of .416 and they are scoring 6.22 runs per contest (2nd in MLB). They have tallied 32 two-baggers, while walking 64 times and scoring 112 runs.

The Rangers have a team WHIP of 1.188 in addition to having a FIP of 3.29 as a staff so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 9.50 (168 strikeouts vs 52 walks). They sit at 7th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 138. They have conceded 13 homers and they yield 3.88 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Texas pitching staff have relinquished 69 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 3.49 (62 earned runs yielded).

Texas has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 3 save chances and they have come away with 2 saves. They rank 14th in the league holding a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 51 relievers to the mound so far this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 9 times in high leverage situations and on 21 occasions with runners on base. Texas bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.4% out of 34 inherited runners. Sitting with 14 save situations, the Rangers have accrued 10 holds and 1 blown save.

The Texas Rangers have gotten 16 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (23rd in professional baseball). The Rangers have accrued 144 assists, 10 errors and have earned a total of 480 putouts so far this season. In 1,440 innings played, the Rangers hold a efficiency on defense of 68.7% (17th in the majors).

Gray (61-57 record in his career) has earned a 4.49 ERA and has conceded 8.8 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.06 and he has faced 4,133 hitters thus far in his career. He has given up 484 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.309 and having a FIP of 3.9. In his MLB career, Gray has allowed 946 base knocks and he has 996 K's in 970 frames.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Oakland (+155)

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