Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 4/5/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers

Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Rangers Sports Network

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

The Texas Rangers (5-2) will try to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays (4-2) at Globe Life Field on Saturday. The line on this matchup has the Rays at +126 while the Rangers are at -152. The over/under is 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Taj Bradley and Jacob deGrom.

Tampa Bay has a slugging rate of .378 and have been called out on strikes 41 times, while taking a walk on 22 occasions. They have recorded 24 RBI's as well as 52 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .269. The Rays have earned 10 two-baggers as a team and have hit 3 baseballs out of the park. They have notched a total of 25 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .342. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are notching 4.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 12th in MLB.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 10.17 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 0.91. Rays pitchers have yielded 2 home runs in addition to 13 runs in total (2nd in the league). Tampa Bay has allowed 43 base knocks (7.2 per 9 innings) as well as 12 earned runs. The Rays have compiled a team earned run average of 2.00 this season (3rd in MLB), and the staff has rung up 61 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 6 hitters and their FIP is 1.61 as a squad over the course of the season.

Rays relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 0 times in addition to having 2 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 1 hold over the course of the season (27th in baseball). The Rays relievers have a save percentage of 100.0% and has come into the game in 2 save situations. They have accumulated 1 save for the season and have blown 0 of their 1 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 0 runners so far this year. The Rays have dispatched 18 relievers to the hill on the season.

The Rays have converted 69.9% of baseballs in play into outs in their 486 innings, ranking them 20th in baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have earned 162 putouts on the campaign, as well as 52 assists and 1 error. Their fielding percentage is at .995 which is 5th in the majors, and they have turned 3 double plays.

Bradley (14-19 career record) has a FIP of 4.64 while he has faced 1,061 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has allowed 233 hits (8.4 hits per nine innings) and has had 86 free passes. His ERA is 4.71 (130 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.285. Bradley has pitched in 248 innings and has totaled 290 punch outs so far in his career.

The Rangers have a SLG% of .327 and they have an average of 2.57 runs per outing (27th in the league). They have put up 8 doubles, while taking a walk 16 times and putting up 18 runs. Texas has 7 long balls over the course of the season as well as 18 runs batted in. They have struck out on 44 occasions (25th in the league) and are sitting with 41 base knocks. The Texas Rangers have accounted for an OBP of .256 and a team batting average of .192 so far this season.

The Texas pitching staff have yielded 25 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 2.90 (20 earned runs allowed). They have allowed 6 dingers and they allow 3.63 runs per 9 innings (10th in MLB). The Rangers have a team WHIP of 1.081 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.01 as a pitching staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 9.90 (68 strikeouts against 20 walks). They rank 14th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 47.

Sitting with 16 save situations, the Rangers have accrued 11 holds in addition to 1 blown save. Texas has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 5 save chances and they have walked away with 4 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 13 times in high leverage situations in addition to 5 occasions with runners on base. Texas relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 0.0% out of their 9 inherited runners. They are ranked 10th in MLB with a save rate of 80.0%, and they have dispatched 25 relief pitchers to the mound on the year.

Out of their 558 innings played, the Rangers have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 72.3% (12th in professional baseball). The Texas Rangers have gotten 3 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (20th in the majors). The Rangers have racked up 62 assists, 4 errors and have 186 putouts so far this year.

In his MLB career, deGrom has allowed 1,053 base hits while earning 1,672 K's in 1,372 frames. He has conceded a total of 383 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 0.993 and having a FIP of 2.5. His K/BB ratio is 5.39 and he has gone up against 5,396 batters so far in his pro baseball career. deGrom (84-57 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a 2.51 earned run average while allowing 6.9 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas (-152)

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