Texas Rangers vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 4/2/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (-182) Cincinnati (+150)

The Texas Rangers (3-2) are on their way to Great American Ball Park on Wednesday where they will go up against the Cincinnati Reds (2-2). The moneyline on this game has Texas at -182 while Cincinnati is coming in at +150. The total is set at 8. The expected starting pitchers are Jack Leiter and Hunter Greene.

Texas has a slugging percentage of .379 and have struck out 29 times, while drawing a walk on 10 occasions. They have tallied 16 runs batted in and 34 base knocks so far this year, and their average at the plate comes in at .222. The Rangers have accrued 6 doubles as a squad and have hit 6 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 16 runs and hold an OBP of .277. As a team, the Texas Rangers are notching 3.2 runs per game, which has them at 23rd in baseball.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.50 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.36. Rangers pitchers have conceded 6 home runs and also 25 total runs (24th in baseball). Texas has conceded 40 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) and also 20 earned runs. The Rangers have a team earned run average of 4.09 so far this year (17th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 50 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 20 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.94 as a squad for the year.

Rangers relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 4 times and also have had 9 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers are sitting with 8 holds on the campaign (2nd in the league). The Rangers relievers have compiled a save rate of 75.0% and stepped onto the hill in 12 save situations. They have recorded 3 saves this season and have blown 1 of 4 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 8 base runners on the season with none of them ended up crossing the plate. The Rangers have dispatched 21 relief pitchers to the mound on the season.

The Texas Rangers have a total of 132 putouts for the season, as well as 39 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .983 which has them sitting 23rd in baseball, and have a total of 2 double plays. The Rangers have converted 68.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 396 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 18th in the majors.

Leiter (0-3 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 8.81 while he has gone up against 173 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has conceded 44 base knocks (11.3 hits per 9 innings) with 17 free passes. His earned run average is 8.95 (35 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.733. Leiter has taken the hill for 35 frames and has earned 31 K's thus far in his career.

The Cincinnati Reds have accumulated a team OBP of .333 in addition to a batting average of .263 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 30 occasions (22nd in MLB) and have recorded 35 base knocks. Cincinnati has hit 7 home runs on the season to go along with 24 RBIs. The Reds hold a team slugging % of .451 and they score 6.00 runs per game (6th in the league). They have hit 4 doubles, while taking a walk 11 times as well as scoring 24 runs.

The Reds have a team WHIP of 0.944 with a FIP of 3.90 as a staff on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.50 (34 strikeouts vs 8 walks). They come in at 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 26. They have relinquished 6 homers and they allow 4.25 runs per 9 innings (12th in MLB). The Cincinnati pitching staff have conceded 17 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 3.75 (15 earned runs yielded).

Cincinnati has called on relievers to enter the contest in 2 save chances and they have tallied 1 save. They are ranked 15th in the league with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 14 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. Their relief pitchers have come in 6 times in high leverage situations in addition to 1 occasion with base runners. Cincinnati bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 100.0% out of their 1 inherited runner. Sitting with 7 save situations, the Reds have recorded 5 holds in addition to 1 blown save.

In their 324 innings on the field, the Reds have earned a defensive efficiency of 76.8% (6th in MLB). The Cincinnati Reds have turned 3 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (18th in pro baseball). The Reds have racked up 30 assists, 2 errors and have accounted for 108 putouts on the season.

During his MLB career, Greene has given up 311 hits while he has accumulated 485 strikeouts in 388 innings pitched. Greene (18-25 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.90 ERA and has given up 7.2 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 168 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.196 and having a FIP of 3.8. His K/BB ratio is 3.17 and he has faced 1,640 batters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas (-182)

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