Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 5/14/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Sunday, May 14, 2023

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (-115) Oakland (-105)

Oakland Coliseum is where the Oakland Athletics (9-31) will go up against the Texas Rangers (23-15) on Sunday. The line on this matchup has Texas at -115 and Oakland is opening at -105. The total is 8. The pitchers taking the mound will be Andrew Heaney and Drew Rucinski.

The Rangers have accumulated 77 doubles as a team and have hit 49 balls out of the stadium. Texas has a slugging percentage of .442 and have struck out 351 times, while drawing a walk on 134 occasions. As a unit, the Texas Rangers are putting up 6.3 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 1st in MLB. They have compiled 229 RBI's as well as 349 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is .265. They have earned 238 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .339.

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The Rangers have a team earned run average of 3.72 for the year (8th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 324 batters. Rangers pitchers have given up 36 home runs in addition to 154 total runs (8th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 111 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.88 as a squad this year. Texas has conceded 289 hits (7.7 per 9 innings) and also 139 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.92 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.19.

The Rangers have dispatched 104 relievers to the hill on the campaign. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 67 runners on the year with 34.3% of them earned a run for their team. They have compiled 8 saves on the season and have blown 6 out of their 14 save opportunities. The Rangers relievers have compiled a save rate of 57.1% and has entered the game in 38 save situations. The bullpen have tallied 23 holds this year (10th in MLB). Rangers pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 40 times and also have had 30 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rangers have converted 70.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 3,027 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 7th in professional baseball. The Texas Rangers have a tally of 1,009 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 328 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .986 which has them sitting 17th in MLB, and have accumulated 31 double plays.

Heaney has taken the hill for 743 innings and has tallied 798 strikeouts thus far in his career. His earned run average is 4.59 (379 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.244. He has given up 710 base hits (8.6 hits per nine innings) and has 214 free passes. Heaney (38-45 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.45 and he has gone up against 3,149 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues.

Oakland has compiled 47 home runs on the season to go along with 150 RBIs. They have hit 57 doubles, while taking a walk 136 times as well as putting up 156 runs. The Oakland Athletics have accounted for an on-base percentage of .314 and a batting average of .233 so far this season. The Athletics hold a slugging percentage of .389 and they score 3.90 runs per outing (27th in baseball). They have been rung up on 372 occasions (1st in MLB) and have 314 base knocks.

The Oakland pitching staff have given up 300 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 7.26 (283 earned runs allowed). They have allowed 69 home runs and they relinquish 7.69 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.712 and are the owners of a FIP of 6.14 as a pitching staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 7.50 (294 strikeouts against 201 free passes). They rank 30th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 400.

Oakland has had relievers take the mound in 13 save chances and they have come away with 4 saves. They sit at 30th in baseball with a save percentage of 30.8%, and they have sent 140 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the campaign. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 49 times in high leverage situations and on 51 occasions with base runners. Oakland relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 43.6% out of their 78 inherited base runners. With 26 save situations, the Athletics have accrued 12 holds and 9 blown saves.

Out of their 3,159 innings played, the Athletics are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 67.2% (26th in baseball). The Oakland Athletics have turned 27 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (28th in pro baseball). The Athletics have recorded 301 assists, 26 errors and have a total of 1,053 putouts this season.

Rucinski (4-7 career mark) has a 5.93 ERA while allowing 11.1 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.56 and he has gone up against 319 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. He has allowed a total of 45 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.698 and a FIP of 5.0. During his career, Rucinski has given up 84 hits while he has accumulated 50 punch outs in 68 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Oakland (-105)

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