New York Mets vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 4/13/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Sunday, April 13, 2025

Location: Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: New York (-152) Sacramento (+126)

Sutter Health Park is where the Sacramento Athletics (5-8) will take on the New York Mets (8-4) on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has New York at -152 and Sacramento opens at +126. The betting total comes in at 8. The expected starting pitchers will be Kodai Senga and Luis Severino.

New York is slugging .349 and have been rung up 81 times, while drawing a walk on 41 occasions. They have 44 RBI's as well as 80 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .210. The Mets have accrued 22 doubles as a unit and have smacked 9 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 45 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .293. As a team, the New York Mets are recording 3.8 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 16th in the league.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.62 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.19. Mets pitchers have yielded 6 home runs and also 32 runs (1st in MLB). New York has conceded 82 base hits (6.9 per 9 innings) as well as 25 earned runs. The Mets have an earned run average of 2.10 for the season (1st in the league), and their staff has rung up 118 batters. They have walked 45 hitters and their FIP sits at 2.90 as a squad this year.

Mets bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on 16 times as well as having 18 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have earned 10 holds on the campaign (8th in baseball). The Mets relief pitchers have a save percentage of 100.0% and stepped onto the hill in 14 save situations. They have compiled 4 saves this season and have blown 0 of their 4 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 26 runners this year with 19.2% of those players crossed the plate. The Mets have dispatched 40 relievers to the mound so far this season.

The Mets have converted 70.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 963 innings on the field, which has them ranked 17th in pro baseball. The Minnesota Twins have amassed 321 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 108 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which is 8th in MLB, and have a total of 10 double plays.

Senga has thrown 181 innings and has tallied 223 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 2.93 (59 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.198. He has conceded 136 base knocks (6.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 81 free passes. Senga (14-8 career win-loss record) has earned a FIP of 2.89 and he has gone up against 753 opposing hitters during his time in the majors.

The Athletics hold a team slugging % of .407 and they tally 4.31 runs per game (14th in baseball). They have recorded 16 two-baggers, while taking a walk 43 times as well as scoring 56 runs. Sacramento has tallied 19 long balls on the campaign as well as 52 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 93 occasions (26th in MLB) and have a total of 107 hits. The Sacramento Athletics have earned an on-base percentage of .310 and a team batting average of .242 this year.

The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.552 with a FIP of 4.40 as a unit for the season. They are sitting at 28th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 127. The Sacramento pitching staff have yielded 73 runs this season while having a team ERA of 5.12 (66 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 9.20 (118 strikeouts against 53 bases on balls). They have allowed 17 dingers and they allow 5.66 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball).

Sacramento has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 6 save chances and they have walked away with 3 saves. They sit at 22nd in MLB holding a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 43 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 12 times in high leverage situations and on 14 occasions with base runners. Sacramento relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 35.0% out of their 20 inherited base runners. With 12 save situations, the Athletics have earned 6 holds and 3 blown saves.

In their 1,044 innings on the diamond, the Athletics have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 65.2% (29th in baseball). The Sacramento Athletics have turned 8 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (20th in the majors). The Athletics have racked up 91 assists, 8 errors and have earned 348 putouts over the course of the season.

In his pro baseball career, Severino has conceded 830 base knocks while he has earned 964 strikeouts in 928 frames. He has given up 395 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.198 and having a FIP of 3.8. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.42 and he has gone up against 3,865 opposing batters during his MLB career. Severino (65-46 career record) has a 3.83 earned run average and has surrendered 8.0 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento (+126)

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