Sacramento Athletics vs New York Yankees Prediction, 4/8/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs New York Yankees

Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+120) New York (-144)

Yankee Stadium is where the New York Yankees (7-2) will go up against the Sacramento Athletics (3-6) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this matchup has Sacramento at +120 while New York is sitting at -144. The total has been set at 9. The men taking the mound are Luis Severino and Will Warren.

As a unit, the Sacramento Athletics are notching 4.4 runs/g, which has them sitting at 14th in the league. They have racked up 40 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .299. The Athletics have hit 12 doubles as a team and have smacked 10 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 40 RBI's as well as 69 hits for the year, and their batting average sits at .228. Sacramento has a slugging rate of .373 and have been rung up 99 times, while being walked on 31 occasions.

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The Athletics are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.51 so far this year (27th in the league), and their staff has rung up 63 hitters. Athletics pitchers have given up 10 home runs and 52 total runs (22nd in the league). They have walked 58 hitters and their FIP sits at 5.48 as a squad on the campaign. Sacramento has conceded 85 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 49 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.09 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.79.

Athletics pitchers have come into the game with runners on 14 times in addition to having 12 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have racked up 5 holds for the year (17th in MLB). They have tallied 1 save on the season and have not converted 4 of 5 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 22 runners so far this year with 50.0% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Athletics have dispatched 33 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

The New York Yankees have accumulated 240 putouts this season, in addition to 74 assists and 1 error. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .997 which puts them in 4th in baseball, and they have turned 8 double plays. The Athletics have turned 68.6% of balls in play into outs out of 720 innings on the diamond, ranking them 20th in baseball.

Severino has taken the hill for 1,080 innings and is sitting with 1,083 K's thus far in his career. His ERA is 3.94 (473 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.217. He has given up 982 hits (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 333 walks. Severino (73-56 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.88 and he has gone up against 4,526 hitters in the majors.

New York has recorded 9 HRs on the year and 41 runs batted in. They have 13 doubles, while taking a walk 46 times as well as scoring 47 runs. The New York Yankees have earned an OBP of .332 and a team batting average of .223 on the campaign. The Yankees have a team SLG% of .373 and they are recording 5.22 runs per game (5th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 88 occasions (16th in the league) and have earned a total of 65 base knocks.

The New York pitching staff have allowed 22 runs this season while having an ERA of 2.36 (21 earned runs yielded). They have given up 2 homers and they yield 2.47 runs per 9 innings (1st in MLB). The Yankees have a team WHIP of 1.011 and are the owners of a FIP of 2.38 as a team this year. Their K/BB ratio is 9.40 (84 strikeouts against 22 walks). They are currently ranked 1st in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 59.

New York relievers have an inherited score percentage of 29.4% out of their 17 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 12 times in high leverage situations and on 11 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 15 save situations, the Yankees have tallied 8 holds in addition to 2 blown saves. They are ranked 16th in the league with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have sent 34 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

Out of their 723 innings played, the Yankees have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.4% (11th in the majors). The New York Yankees have turned 6 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (14th in professional baseball). The Yankees have racked up 77 assists, 4 errors and have a tally of 241 putouts over the course of the season.

So far in his MLB career, Warren has conceded 200 hits and he has 209 strikeouts in 195 frames. He has given up a total of 109 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.421 and a FIP of 5.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.71 and he has faced 861 hitters thus far in his career. Warren (10-11 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 5.03 earned run average and has allowed 9.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Sacramento (+120)

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