Sacramento Athletics vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 5/17/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+162) San Francisco (-196)

Oracle Park is the location where the San Francisco Giants (25-19) will compete against the Sacramento Athletics (22-21) on Saturday. The odds on this game have the Athletics at +162 while the Giants are at -196. The betting total is set at 8.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Luis Severino and Landen Roupp.

The Athletics have hit 69 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 57 baseballs out of the stadium. Sacramento is slugging .431 and have been called out on strikes 326 times, while being walked on 125 occasions. As a team, the Sacramento Athletics are notching 4.5 runs per outing, which has them at 14th in baseball. They have amassed 187 runs batted in as well as 387 hits this season, and their batting average is .261. They have accounted for 194 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .319.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.03 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.47. Athletics pitchers have surrendered 51 home runs and also 228 total runs (27th in the league). Sacramento has allowed 392 base knocks (9.2 per 9 innings) and 207 earned runs. The Athletics are sitting with a team ERA of 4.84 so far this year (25th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 347 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 171 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.53 as a team this season.

Athletics pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 51 times in addition to having 51 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 26 holds this season (14th in MLB). The Athletics relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 65.0% and stepped onto the hill in 46 save situations. They have recorded 13 saves so far this season and have missed out on 7 of their 20 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 75 base runners so far this season and 26.7% of them earned a run for their team. The Athletics have sent 145 relievers to the hill so far this year.

The Athletics have converted 68.0% of baseballs in play into outs out of 3,462 innings, which has them sitting at 24th in professional baseball. The New York Yankees have a tally of 1,154 putouts thus far, in addition to 327 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them sitting 28th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 24 double plays.

Severino (66-48 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 3.80 while he has faced 4,015 hitters in the majors. He has given up 865 base hits (8.1 hits per nine innings) and has had 294 walks. His earned run average is 3.86 (413 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.204. Severino has taken the mound for 962 innings and has earned 989 K's in his career.

The San Francisco Giants have tallied an OBP of .312 as well as a batting average of .237 on the season. They have been rung up on 381 instances (8th in baseball) and have notched a total of 346 base knocks. San Francisco has hit 46 home runs over the course of the season as well as 199 runs batted in. The Giants have a SLG% of .386 and they score 4.75 runs per game (9th in baseball). They have put up 71 two-baggers, while getting a free base 153 times and notching 209 runs.

The San Francisco pitching staff have conceded 172 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 3.56 (153 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 37 home runs and they relinquish 4.00 runs per 9 innings (8th in MLB). The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.251 with a FIP of 3.57 as a pitching staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.90 (383 strikeouts vs 140 free passes). They come in at 14th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 344.

San Francisco has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 20 save chances and they have earned 12 saves. They are currently ranked 22nd in MLB with a save percentage of 60.0%, and they have dispatched 132 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 44 times in high leverage situations in addition to 27 occasions with runners on base. San Francisco bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 41.7% out of their 48 inherited runners. With 48 save situations, the Giants have accumulated 28 holds and also 8 blown saves.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 37 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (15th in baseball). The Giants have racked up 420 assists, 23 errors and have notched a total of 1,161 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 3,483 innings on the field, the Giants have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.3% (19th in pro baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Roupp has conceded 89 hits while totaling 89 strikeouts in 90 innings. Roupp (3-5 mark in his career) has a 4.20 ERA while giving up 8.9 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 42 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.432 and a FIP of 4.1. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.23 and he has faced 395 batters thus far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco (-196)

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