Texas Rangers vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 4/22/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Location: Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (-145) Sacramento (+125)

The Sacramento Athletics (10-12) will play the Texas Rangers (13-9) at Sutter Health Park on Tuesday. The line on this contest has the Rangers at -145 while the Athletics are coming in at +125. The total comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Patrick Corbin and Osvaldo Bido.

As a unit, the Texas Rangers are notching 3.1 runs per game, which has them at 29th in the league. They have 67 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .274. The Rangers have hit 29 doubles as a team and have knocked 22 balls out of the stadium. They have 65 RBI's as well as 152 base knocks this year, and their team batting average comes in at .220. Texas has a slugging rate of .363 and have struck out 170 times, while being walked on 46 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.45 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.05. Rangers pitchers have yielded 16 home runs in addition to 81 total runs (6th in the league). Texas has given up 149 hits (7.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 69 earned runs. The Rangers have an ERA of 3.23 for the year (4th in MLB), and they have struck out 183 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 53 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.21 as a squad so far this season.

Rangers pitchers have entered the game with players on base 16 times as well as having 21 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 20 holds so far this year (3rd in MLB). The Rangers relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 72.7% and have entered the game in 31 save situations. They have compiled 8 saves this year and have blown 3 of their 11 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 26 runners this year and 26.9% of those players crossed the plate. The Rangers have sent 67 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Rangers have converted 72.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of 1,728 innings, which has them sitting at 6th in professional baseball. The Texas Rangers have amassed 576 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 193 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .987 which has them sitting 10th in pro baseball, and they have turned 15 double plays.

Corbin has taken the mound for 1,901 frames and is sitting with 1,735 K's during his career. Corbin (104-131 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.44 while facing 8,185 batters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.51 (953 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.373. He has surrendered 2,028 base knocks (9.6 hits per nine innings) and has 582 walks.

The Sacramento Athletics have compiled an on-base percentage of .308 and a batting average of .248 for the season. They have struck out on 157 instances (28th in the league) and are sitting with 186 base hits. Sacramento has recorded 30 home runs for the year as well as 91 runs batted in. The Athletics hold a team slugging percentage of .422 and they score 4.32 runs per contest (16th in MLB). They have 32 doubles, while getting a free base 65 times as well as scoring 95 runs.

The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.467 with a FIP of 4.26 as a pitching staff on the season. They come in at 26th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 197. The Sacramento pitching staff have given up 113 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 4.48 (97 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.30 (180 strikeouts vs 89 free passes). They have conceded 23 dingers and they relinquish 5.22 runs per 9 innings (26th in baseball).

Sacramento relievers hold an inherited score rate of 25.0% out of 40 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 16 times in high leverage situations in addition to 25 occasions with runners on. With 22 save situations, the Athletics have earned 12 holds in addition to 3 blown saves. They are ranked 10th in baseball holding a save rate of 70.0%, and they have dispatched 71 relievers onto the diamond for the season. Sacramento has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 10 save chances and they have earned 7 saves.

The Sacramento Athletics have turned 13 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .973 (29th in the majors). The Athletics have accrued 163 assists, 21 errors and have accounted for 585 putouts for the year. Out of their 1,755 innings on the diamond, the Athletics are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 67.1% (25th in MLB).

Bido (9-9 mark in his career) has earned a 4.23 earned run average and has surrendered 8.1 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.31 and he has faced 585 batters thus far in his career. He has conceded a total of 63 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.304 and a FIP of 4.2. During his MLB career, Bido has surrendered 121 base knocks while totaling 125 strikeouts in 134 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Texas (-145)

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