Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 5/8/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (-130) Oakland (+110)

The Texas Rangers (20-16) are on their way to Oakland Coliseum on Wednesday where they will play the Oakland Athletics (17-19). The moneyline on this matchup has Texas at -130 while Oakland is priced at +110. The betting total comes in at 9. The men taking the mound will be Michael Lorenzen and JP Sears.

The Rangers have tallied 55 two-baggers as a team and have hit 36 balls out of the stadium. Texas has a slugging % of .393 and have been rung up 282 times, while drawing a walk on 114 occasions. As a team, the Texas Rangers are scoring 4.7 runs per contest, which has them at 10th in MLB. They have accounted for 160 RBI's as well as 304 base knocks on the season, while their batting average is .249. They have earned a total of 168 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .317.

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The Rangers have an earned run average of 3.61 for the season (11th in the league), and their staff has rung up 309 batters. Rangers pitchers have given up 34 home runs and 142 runs in total (13th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 122 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.89 as a team this year. Texas has conceded 253 base hits (7.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 128 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.53 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.18.

The Rangers relief pitchers have a save rate of 72.7% and has entered the game in 33 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 60 runners on the season and 31.7% of those players crossed the plate. Rangers relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 38 times as well as having 43 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rangers have dispatched 104 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers have 22 holds this season (12th in the league). They have compiled 8 saves so far this year and have blown 3 out of their 11 save opportunities.

The Rangers have converted 72.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 2,871 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 3rd in professional baseball. The Texas Rangers have 957 putouts thus far, in addition to 315 assists and 16 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which puts them in 6th in pro baseball, and they have turned 26 double plays.

Lorenzen (42-39 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.34 while going up against 3,165 opposing batters during his time in the majors. He has surrendered 687 base knocks (8.3 hits per nine innings) with 300 walks. His earned run average is 4.10 (340 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.321. Lorenzen has pitched in 747 frames and is sitting with 619 K's so far in his pro baseball career.

Oakland has accounted for 44 home runs on the season and 124 runs batted in. They have hit 45 doubles, while taking a walk 110 times as well as putting up 126 runs. The Oakland Athletics have an on-base percentage of .289 as well as a team batting average of .215 for the season. The Athletics hold a team slugging percentage of .375 and they earn 3.50 runs per game (28th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 336 instances (4th in the league) and have recorded 252 hits.

The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.272 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.87 as a unit over the course of the season. They are sitting at 19th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 289. The Oakland pitching staff have yielded 151 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.97 (141 earned runs allowed). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.10 (287 strikeouts against 118 free passes). They have yielded 30 home runs and they give up 4.25 runs per 9 innings (14th in the league).

Oakland has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 15 save chances and they have tallied 10 saves. They rank 13th in baseball with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 109 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 34 times in high leverage situations and also on 30 occasions with base runners. Oakland relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 18.9% of 37 inherited base runners. With 40 save situations, the Athletics have earned 25 holds in addition to 5 blown saves.

Out of their 2,880 innings on the field, the Athletics have earned a efficiency on defense of 69.1% (24th in pro baseball). The Oakland Athletics have gotten 40 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .979 (28th in the majors). The Athletics have 327 assists, 27 errors and have earned 960 putouts on the campaign.

Thus far in his career, Sears has conceded 262 base hits while he has tallied 242 strikeouts in 281 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 134 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.243 and a FIP of 4.8. His K/BB ratio is 2.75 and he has faced 1,182 hitters thus far in his career. Sears (13-19 career record) holds a 4.28 earned run average while giving up 8.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oakland (+110)

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