Sacramento Athletics vs New York Mets Prediction, 4/12/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs New York Mets

Date: Sunday, April 12, 2026

Location: Citi Field in Queens, NY

TV: Sportsnet New York

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+132) New York (-160)

The Sacramento Athletics (6-7) are traveling to Citi Field on Sunday where they will take on the New York Mets (7-7). The moneyline on this contest has the Athletics at +132 and the Mets are coming in at -160. The total has been set at 8. The starting pitchers are Aaron Civale and Freddy Peralta.

Sacramento has a slugging percentage of .351 and have been called out on strikes 133 times, while drawing a walk on 41 occasions. They have 50 RBI's in addition to 101 base knocks for the season, and their average at the plate is .230. The Athletics have hit 19 doubles as a team and have knocked 10 baseballs out of the park. They have tallied 51 runs and have an on-base percentage of .295. As a team, the Sacramento Athletics are putting up 3.9 runs per contest, which puts them at 19th in MLB.

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The Athletics are sitting with a team ERA of 4.38 this year (24th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 103 batters. Athletics pitchers have surrendered 12 home runs and 59 runs in total (19th in MLB). They have walked 73 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.67 as a unit on the season. Sacramento has conceded 104 base knocks (8.1 per 9 innings) as well as 56 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.41 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.54.

The Athletics have dispatched 46 relievers to the hill for the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 24 base runners over the course of the season and 45.8% of them crossing the plate. The relief pitchers are sitting with 8 holds for the year (16th in the league). Athletics relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 16 times as well as having 18 appearances in high leverage situations. They have accumulated 3 saves this year and have blown 5 of their 8 save opportunities. The Athletics relievers have compiled a save rate of 37.5% and have come into the game in 17 save situations.

The New York Yankees have amassed 345 putouts this year, in addition to 104 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .991 which has them sitting 7th in pro baseball, and they have turned 12 double plays. The Athletics have transformed 70.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 1,035 innings, ranking them 12th in baseball.

Civale has taken the hill for 748 innings and has totaled 674 K's during his MLB career. Civale (44-44 career record) has earned a FIP of 4.06 and he has faced 3,114 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.13 (343 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.208. He has surrendered 696 hits (8.4 hits per 9 innings) and has had 208 walks.

The New York Mets have earned an on-base percentage of .311 and a team batting average of .239 for the season. They have struck out on 114 instances (16th in the league) and have a total of 117 base knocks. New York has compiled 10 home runs so far this year to go along with 53 RBIs. The Mets hold a slugging percentage of .354 and they are earning 4.00 runs per contest (18th in the league). They have hit 20 doubles, while taking a walk 50 times as well as scoring 56 runs.

The Mets hold a team WHIP of 1.215 and have a FIP of 3.08 as a squad on the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.50 (123 strikeouts vs 47 free passes). They are currently ranked 20th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 110. They have surrendered 7 home runs and they surrender 3.69 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The New York pitching staff have given up 53 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.27 (47 earned runs surrendered).

They are currently ranked 24th in the league with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 41 bullpen pitchers onto the field this year. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 20 times in high leverage situations and also on 15 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 8 save situations, the Mets have amassed 4 holds and 2 blown saves. New York has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 4 save opportunities and they have come away with 2 saves. New York bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 50.0% out of 16 inherited runners.

In their 1,167 innings on the diamond, the Mets have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (14th in pro baseball). The New York Mets have turned 9 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .987 (12th in professional baseball). The Mets have racked up 140 assists, 7 errors and have notched a total of 389 putouts for the year.

So far in his pro baseball career, Peralta has allowed 706 base knocks while totaling 1,172 strikeouts in 946 frames. Peralta (71-42 record in his career) is the owner of a 3.61 ERA while giving up 6.7 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 379 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.132 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.21 and he has gone up against 3,917 batters so far in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento (+132)

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