Sacramento Athletics vs New York Mets Prediction, 4/11/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs New York Mets

Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026

Location: Citi Field in Queens, NY

TV: Sportsnet New York

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+150) New York (-182)

The New York Mets (7-5) will play the Sacramento Athletics (5-7) at Citi Field on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has the Athletics at +150 and the Mets are priced at -182. The total comes in at 9. The expected starting pitchers are Jacob Lopez and Kodai Senga.

As a team, the Sacramento Athletics are scoring 4.2 runs per outing, which has them at 16th in the league. They have accounted for 46 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .296. The Athletics have hit 16 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 10 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 45 runs batted in and 84 hits on the year, while their team batting average comes in at .226. Sacramento has a slugging rate of .355 and have been rung up 121 times, while drawing a walk on 38 occasions.

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The Athletics have compiled a team earned run average of 5.20 for the season (27th in the league), and their staff has struck out 85 hitters. Athletics pitchers have surrendered 12 long balls and 59 runs in total (23rd in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 69 hitters and their FIP is 5.24 as a squad for the year. Sacramento has surrendered 97 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 56 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.23 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.71.

The Athletics have dispatched 40 relievers to the mound on the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 23 base runners on the campaign and 47.8% of those runners ended up scoring. The bullpen have a total of 6 holds on the year (19th in baseball). Athletics bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 15 times as well as having 14 appearances in high leverage situations. They have compiled 2 saves on the season and have blown 5 out of their 7 save opportunities. The Athletics relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 28.6% and stepped onto the hill in 13 save situations.

The Athletics have converted 68.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of 873 innings, which ranks them 17th in baseball. The New York Yankees have a tally of 291 putouts this season, as well as 89 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .992 which has them sitting 6th in baseball, and have a total of 11 double plays.

Lopez has taken the hill for 123 innings and is sitting with 135 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.38 (60 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.339. He has given up 109 base hits (8.0 hits per 9 innings) with 56 walks. Lopez (8-8 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.32 while he has gone up against 542 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues.

New York has hit 9 home runs this season to go along with 52 RBIs. They have recorded 19 doubles, while taking a walk 47 times and putting up 55 runs. The New York Mets have earned a team on-base percentage of .324 in addition to a batting average of .248 on the season. The Mets have a team slugging percentage of .370 and they are recording 4.58 runs per game (11th in baseball). They have struck out on 98 occasions (26th in the league) and have totaled 105 hits.

The Mets have a team WHIP of 1.205 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.19 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.90 (110 strikeouts vs 41 bases on balls). They come in at 13th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 93. They have surrendered 7 home runs and they allow 3.40 runs per 9 innings (7th in MLB). The New York pitching staff have surrendered 42 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 2.91 (36 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 7 save situations, the Mets have tallied 4 holds in addition to 1 blown save. New York has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 3 save opportunities and they have earned 2 saves. New York bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 54.5% of 11 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 19 times in high leverage situations in addition to 11 occasions with runners on. They rank 16th in the league with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 36 relief pitchers to the hill for the season.

In their 1,005 innings played, the Mets have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.6% (12th in pro baseball). The New York Mets have gotten 6 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (12th in pro baseball). The Mets have racked up 114 assists, 6 errors and have a total of 335 putouts during this campaign.

So far in his pro baseball career, Senga has given up 231 base knocks while he has tallied 336 strikeouts in 296 innings. He has surrendered a total of 99 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.246 and a FIP of 3.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.43 and he has faced 1,243 opposing hitters thus far in his career. Senga (20-14 career mark) holds a 3.01 earned run average and has allowed 7.0 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New York (-182)

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