Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 4/4/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers

Date: Friday, April 4, 2025

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Rangers Sports Network

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+102) Texas (-122)

The Texas Rangers (5-2) will go up against the Tampa Bay Rays (4-2) at Globe Life Field on Friday. The moneyline on this game has the Rays at +102 and the Rangers are coming in at -122. The total comes in at 8. The starting pitchers will be Zack Littell and Tyler Mahle.

The Rays have accumulated 10 doubles as a unit and have hit 3 balls out of the park. Tampa Bay is slugging .378 and have struck out 41 times, while being walked on 22 occasions. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are notching 4.2 runs/g, which is 12th in MLB. They have amassed 24 RBI's and 52 base knocks so far this year, and their batting average is at .269. They have earned 25 runs and hold an OBP of .342.

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The Rays have a team ERA of 2.00 this year (3rd in MLB), and the staff has rung up 61 batters. Rays pitchers have yielded 2 home runs in addition to 13 runs (2nd in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 6 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 1.61 as a squad this year. Tampa Bay has conceded 43 hits (7.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 12 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 10.17 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 0.91.

The Rays relievers have compiled a save rate of 100.0% and has entered the game in 2 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 0 runners on the campaign. Rays pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 0 times and also have had 2 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have sent 18 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The relievers have a total of 1 hold for the season (27th in MLB). They have earned 1 save on the season and have missed out on 0 of their 1 save chances.

The Rays have turned 69.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 486 innings, ranking them 20th in baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have 162 putouts for the season, as well as 52 assists and 1 error. Their fielding percentage is at .995 which has them sitting 5th in baseball, and they have turned 3 double plays.

Littell (24-22 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.82 while he has faced 1,777 opposing batters in the majors. He has conceded 427 base knocks (9.1 hits per 9 innings) and has 103 free passes. His earned run average is 3.88 (182 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.256. Littell has pitched in 422 innings and has totaled 373 K's thus far in his career.

Texas has recorded 7 home runs on the year as well as 18 runs batted in. They have recorded 8 two-baggers, while taking a walk 16 times as well as notching 18 runs. The Texas Rangers have recorded an on-base percentage of .256 as well as a team batting average of .192 for the season. The Rangers have a team SLG% of .327 and they tally 2.57 runs per contest (27th in the league). They have been rung up on 44 instances (25th in MLB) and have earned a total of 41 base hits.

The Rangers have a WHIP of 1.081 and have a FIP of 3.01 as a unit over the course of the season. They have a ranking of 14th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 47. The Texas pitching staff have surrendered 25 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 2.90 (20 earned runs allowed). Their K/BB ratio sits at 9.90 (68 strikeouts against 20 bases on balls). They have yielded 6 long balls and they relinquish 3.63 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

Sitting with 16 save situations, the Rangers have tallied 11 holds in addition to 1 blown save. Texas has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 5 save opportunities and they have walked away with 4 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 13 times in high leverage situations and also on 5 occasions with runners on. Texas relievers hold an inherited score rate of 0.0% out of 9 inherited base runners. They are ranked 10th in the league holding a save percentage of 80.0%, and they have sent 25 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season.

The Texas Rangers have turned 3 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (20th in the majors). The Rangers have accrued 62 assists, 4 errors and have 186 putouts over the course of the season. In their 558 innings on the diamond, the Rangers have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 72.3% (12th in MLB).

Thus far in his career, Mahle has conceded 614 base hits while he has earned 690 strikeouts in 649 innings pitched. Mahle (33-42 career record) has earned a 4.32 earned run average while conceding 8.5 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 312 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.314 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.89 and he has gone up against 2,787 hitters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas (-122)

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