Texas Rangers vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 4/23/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Location: Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

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

The Texas Rangers (13-9) are en route to Sutter Health Park on Wednesday where they will take on the Sacramento Athletics (10-12). The line on this matchup has Texas at -152 while Sacramento opens at +126. The total comes in at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Kumar Rocker and JP Sears.

Texas has a slugging percentage of .363 and have been rung up 170 times, while taking a walk on 46 occasions. They have tallied 65 runs batted in and 152 hits on the campaign, and their batting average is at .220. The Rangers have hit 29 doubles as a unit and have hit 22 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 67 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .274. As a squad, the Texas Rangers are putting up 3.1 runs per outing, which has them at 29th in baseball.

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The Rangers have compiled a team ERA of 3.23 so far this year (4th in the league), and the staff has struck out 183 batters. Rangers pitchers have surrendered 16 home runs and 81 runs in total (6th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 53 opposing batters and their FIP is 3.21 as a squad over the course of the season. Texas has conceded 149 base hits (7.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 69 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.45 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.05.

Rangers pitchers have entered the game with runners on 16 times and also have had 21 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 20 holds so far this year (3rd in baseball). The Rangers relievers have accumulated a save rate of 72.7% and stepped onto the hill in 31 save situations. They have accumulated 8 saves this year and have not converted 3 of 11 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 26 base runners over the course of the season and 26.9% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Rangers have dispatched 67 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Texas Rangers have a total of 576 putouts for the season, as well as 193 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which has them ranked 10th in the majors, and have accumulated 15 double plays. The Rangers have converted 72.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of 1,728 innings on the field, which ranks them 6th in the majors.

Rocker (1-4 career record) has a FIP of 5.45 while he has gone up against 137 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has conceded 35 hits (10.8 hits per nine innings) and has 10 free passes. His ERA is 5.53 (18 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.536. Rocker has taken the mound for 29 frames and is sitting with 28 K's so far in his career.

The Sacramento Athletics have accounted for a team OBP of .308 and a batting average of .248 this season. They have been rung up on 157 occasions (28th in the league) and have accounted for 186 base knocks. Sacramento has accumulated 30 HRs for the season to go along with 91 runs batted in. The Athletics hold a team SLG% of .422 and they average 4.32 runs per game (16th in MLB). They have hit 32 doubles, while taking a walk 65 times as well as scoring 95 runs.

The Sacramento pitching staff have yielded 113 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.48 (97 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 23 homers and they surrender 5.22 runs per 9 innings (26th in baseball). The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.467 in addition to having a FIP of 4.26 as a squad for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.30 (180 strikeouts against 89 free passes). They sit at 26th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 197.

Sacramento relievers have an inherited score rate of 25.0% out of their 40 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 16 times in high leverage situations in addition to 25 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 22 save situations, the Athletics have 12 holds and also 3 blown saves. They sit at 10th in the league with a save rate of 70.0%, and they have sent 71 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. Sacramento has had relievers step onto the mound in 10 save chances and they have walked away with 7 saves.

In their 1,755 innings on the field, the Athletics are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 67.1% (25th in MLB). The Sacramento Athletics have gotten 13 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .973 (29th in MLB). The Athletics have 163 assists, 21 errors and have 585 putouts this season.

In his career, Sears has surrendered 424 base hits while tallying 367 strikeouts in 446 innings pitched. Sears (24-32 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.30 earned run average and has allowed 8.6 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 213 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.242 and a FIP of 4.2. His K/BB ratio is 2.82 and he has gone up against 1,877 hitters thus far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Texas (-152)

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