Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros Prediction, 9/17/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros

Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Location: Daikin Park in Houston, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (+110) Houston (-130)

Daikin Park is the site where the Houston Astros (82-69) will meet the Texas Rangers (79-72) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has Texas at +110 while Houston is at -130. The total is 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Jacob deGrom and Cristian Javier.

Texas has a slugging percentage of .387 and have been called out on strikes 1,226 times, while drawing a walk on 462 occasions. They have recorded 622 RBI's in addition to 1,205 hits this year, while their team batting average is sitting at .238. The Rangers have earned 232 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 165 balls out of the park. They have 646 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .306. As a team, the Texas Rangers are earning 4.3 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 19th in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.88 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.17. Rangers pitchers have conceded 160 home runs and 555 runs in total (1st in MLB). Texas has conceded 1,138 hits (7.6 per 9 innings) and 510 earned runs. The Rangers have an ERA of 3.42 on the year (1st in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,248 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 433 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.91 as a squad on the season.

The Rangers have dispatched 479 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. The relievers have inherited 232 runners this season and 30.6% of those runners ended up scoring. They have compiled 36 saves on the season and have blown 27 of their 63 save opportunities. The Rangers bullpen have compiled a save rate of 57.1% and have stepped onto the mound in 145 save situations. The relievers have notched 77 holds this year (23rd in baseball). Rangers pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 164 times and also have had 167 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Texas Rangers have a total of 4,030 putouts on the year, as well as 1,286 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .991 which has them sitting 1st in pro baseball, and have a total of 116 double plays. The Rangers have turned 72.2% of balls hit into play into outs in their 12,090 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 1st in pro baseball.

deGrom has taken the hill for 1,529 innings and has tallied 1,837 K's thus far in his career. His ERA is 2.55 (434 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 0.986. He has given up 1,165 base hits (6.9 hits per 9 innings) and has 343 walks. deGrom (96-64 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 2.52 and he has faced 6,006 hitters during his time in the majors.

The Houston Astros have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .318 in addition to a batting average of .252 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 1,205 instances (24th in baseball) and have totaled 1,292 base hits. Houston has a total of 167 home runs this year as well as 611 RBIs. The Astros have a team slugging percentage of .400 and they score 4.25 runs per game (25th in the league). They have put up 231 two-baggers, while walking 445 times as well as notching 641 runs.

The Astros have a WHIP of 1.219 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.99 as a unit on the year. They come in at 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,169. The Houston pitching staff have conceded 618 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 3.84 (574 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.40 (1,412 strikeouts vs 472 free passes). They have allowed 183 home runs and they give up 4.13 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball).

Houston relievers have an inherited score rate of 22.5% of 169 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 164 times in high leverage situations and on 122 occasions with base runners. With 148 save situations, the Astros have amassed 86 holds and 16 blown saves. They are ranked 2nd in baseball with a save rate of 72.9%, and they have dispatched 481 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. Houston has called on relievers to enter the game in 59 save opportunities and they have walked away with 43 saves.

In their 12,114 innings on the diamond, the Astros have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (8th in MLB). The Houston Astros have turned 98 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .988 (8th in professional baseball). The Astros have racked up 1,192 assists, 66 errors and are sitting with 4,038 putouts on the season.

So far in his career, Javier has allowed 386 base hits and he has 590 K's in 527 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 214 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.144 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.72 and he has gone up against 2,173 hitters in his career. Javier (34-21 career win-loss record) holds a 3.65 earned run average while allowing 6.6 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas (+110)

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