Sacramento Athletics vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 5/18/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Sunday, May 18, 2025

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

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

The San Francisco Giants (25-19) are welcoming the Sacramento Athletics (22-22) at Oracle Park on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has the Athletics at +125 while the Giants are coming in at -145. The over/under is set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Jeffrey Springs and Justin Verlander.

As a squad, the Sacramento Athletics are compiling 4.5 runs per outing, which ranks them 14th in the league. They are sitting with 196 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .317. The Athletics have accounted for 70 doubles as a unit and have knocked 58 baseballs out of the park. They have compiled 189 runs batted in as well as 390 hits on the year, and their team batting average is at .258. Sacramento has a slugging % of .428 and have struck out 333 times, while drawing a walk on 128 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.97 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.50. Athletics pitchers have allowed 56 long balls in addition to 247 total runs (29th in the league). Sacramento has allowed 410 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 226 earned runs. The Athletics have compiled a team earned run average of 5.18 so far this year (26th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 353 batters. They have walked 179 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.68 as a squad over the course of the season.

The Athletics relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 65.0% and have come into the game in 46 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 77 runners this season and 27.3% of those runners ended up scoring. Athletics relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 52 times in addition to having 51 appearances in high leverage situations. The Athletics have sent 148 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The bullpen have notched 26 holds on the year (14th in the league). They have earned 13 saves for the season and have missed out on 7 of their 20 chances to get a save.

The New York Yankees have accounted for 1,178 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 334 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .981 which has them sitting 27th in professional baseball, and they have turned 24 double plays. The Athletics have transformed 67.7% of balls in play into outs in their 3,534 innings, which has them sitting at 26th in MLB.

Springs (28-15 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.45 and he has gone up against 1,523 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 330 base knocks (8.3 hits per nine innings) and has 125 walks. His earned run average is 3.51 (140 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.266. Springs has taken the hill for 359 innings and has earned 395 K's during his career.

The San Francisco Giants are sitting with an OBP of .312 and a batting average of .237 so far this season. They have been rung up on 381 occasions (8th in the league) and have tallied 346 base hits. San Francisco has knocked in 46 long balls on the campaign to go along with 199 RBIs. The Giants have a team SLG% of .386 and they score 4.75 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have recorded 71 two-baggers, while taking a walk 153 times as well as earning 209 runs.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.251 in addition to having a FIP of 3.56 as a team on the season. They are sitting at 13th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 344. The San Francisco pitching staff have conceded 172 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 3.56 (153 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.90 (383 strikeouts against 140 walks). They have yielded 37 homers and they relinquish 4.00 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball).

San Francisco relievers hold an inherited score rate of 41.7% out of 48 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 44 times in high leverage situations in addition to 27 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 48 save situations, the Giants have earned 28 holds and also 8 blown saves. They sit at 22nd in baseball with a save percentage of 60.0%, and they have dispatched 132 bullpen pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. San Francisco has called on relievers to enter the game in 20 save chances and they have earned 12 saves.

Out of their 3,483 innings on the diamond, the Giants have a defensive efficiency of 69.3% (19th in professional baseball). The San Francisco Giants have gotten 37 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (14th in professional baseball). The Giants have recorded 420 assists, 23 errors and have notched a total of 1,161 putouts for the year.

So far in his career, Verlander has surrendered 2,940 base knocks while earning 3,456 K's in 3,463 innings pitched. He has allowed a total of 1,275 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.128 and having a FIP of 3.3. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.57 and he has gone up against 14,150 batters so far in his career. Verlander (262-150 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.31 earned run average while conceding 7.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco (-145)

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