Texas Rangers vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 8/30/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Saturday, August 30, 2025

Location: Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

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

The Texas Rangers (68-67) are traveling to Sutter Health Park on Saturday where they will meet the Sacramento Athletics (63-72). The odds on this game have Texas at -152 while Sacramento is opening at +126. The over/under comes in at 9. The starting pitchers are Merrill Kelly and J.T. Ginn.

Texas has a slugging % of .386 and have been called out on strikes 1,103 times, while drawing a walk on 407 occasions. They have earned 551 RBI's in addition to 1,069 hits this season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .236. The Rangers have hit 206 two-baggers as a team and have hit 149 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 573 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .305. As a team, the Texas Rangers are notching 4.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 22nd in the league.

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The Rangers hold a team earned run average of 3.42 this year (1st in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,116 hitters. Rangers pitchers have conceded 143 long balls in addition to 493 runs in total (1st in baseball). They have walked 400 batters and their FIP sits at 3.92 as a unit on the year. Texas has allowed 1,010 base hits (7.6 per 9 innings) and also 456 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.79 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.18.

Rangers bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 138 times in addition to having 150 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have accumulated 69 holds for the season (21st in MLB). The Rangers relievers have recorded a save rate of 54.5% and stepped onto the hill in 129 save situations. They have 30 saves over the course of the season and have blown 25 out of their 55 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 199 base runners on the year and 31.2% of those players crossed home plate. The Rangers have sent 423 relievers to the hill for the season.

The Texas Rangers are sitting with 3,595 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,152 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .991 which has them sitting 1st in MLB, and have accumulated 106 double plays. The Rangers have turned 72.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 10,785 innings on the field, ranking them 1st in pro baseball.

Kelly has taken the hill for 981 innings and has accounted for 891 K's so far in his MLB career. Kelly (63-51 career mark) has a FIP of 3.67 and he has faced 4,025 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.72 (406 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.190. He has given up 870 hits (8.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 298 walks.

Sacramento has hit 185 HRs this season as well as 596 runs batted in. They have 242 two-baggers, while getting a free base 430 times as well as scoring 614 runs. The Sacramento Athletics have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .320 and a team batting average of .253 on the season. The Athletics have a slugging percentage of .433 and they score 4.55 runs per game (12th in the league). They have struck out on 1,167 instances (6th in the league) and have accounted for 1,171 base hits.

The Athletics are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.365 in addition to having a FIP of 4.68 as a unit this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.40 (1,113 strikeouts vs 479 free passes). They rank 23rd in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,158. They have given up 189 HR's and they concede 5.20 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league). The Sacramento pitching staff have given up 693 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.78 (637 earned runs conceded).

With 98 save situations, the Athletics have earned 51 holds and 17 blown saves. Sacramento has had relievers step onto the hill in 47 save chances and they have walked away with 30 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 119 times in high leverage situations and also on 137 occasions with runners on base. Sacramento bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 29.8% of 198 inherited runners. They are ranked 11th in baseball with a save percentage of 63.8%, and they have dispatched 424 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign.

In 10,794 innings on the diamond, the Athletics have a efficiency on defense of 69.7% (17th in the majors). The Sacramento Athletics have gotten 88 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (22nd in pro baseball). The Athletics have recorded 989 assists, 74 errors and have accounted for 3,598 putouts for the season.

So far in his pro baseball career, Ginn has surrendered 105 hits while he has tallied 103 strikeouts in 99 innings pitched. Ginn (3-6 career record) holds a 4.72 earned run average while conceding 9.5 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 52 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.362 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.43 and he has gone up against 424 hitters in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento (+126)

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