Sacramento Athletics vs New York Yankees Prediction, 4/9/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs New York Yankees

Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+102) New York (-122)

The Sacramento Athletics (3-6) are en route to Yankee Stadium on Thursday where they will take on the New York Yankees (7-2). The moneyline on this matchup has the Athletics at +102 while the Yankees are sitting at -122. The over/under has been set at 9. The expected starting pitchers are Jeffrey Springs and Ryan Weathers.

The Athletics have hit 12 doubles as a squad and have smacked 10 balls out of the park. Sacramento is slugging .373 and have been called out on strikes 99 times, while drawing a walk on 31 occasions. As a team, the Sacramento Athletics are notching 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 14th in baseball. They have accumulated 40 runs batted in and 69 hits this year, and their average at the plate comes in at .228. They have a total of 40 runs and hold an OBP of .299.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.09 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.79. Athletics pitchers have conceded 10 long balls in addition to 52 runs (22nd in MLB). Sacramento has relinquished 85 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 49 earned runs. The Athletics hold a team ERA of 5.51 this season (27th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 63 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 58 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 5.48 as a team this season.

The Athletics relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 20.0% and have stepped onto the mound in 10 save situations. They have recorded 1 save on the season and have not converted 4 of their 5 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 22 base runners for the year with 50.0% of those runners earned a run for their team. Athletics bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 14 times in addition to having 12 appearances in high leverage situations. The Athletics have sent 33 relief pitchers to the mound this year. The relievers have racked up 5 holds on the campaign (17th in baseball).

The New York Yankees are sitting with 240 putouts thus far, in addition to 74 assists and 1 error. Their fielding percentage sits at .997 which puts them in 4th in professional baseball, and have a total of 8 double plays. The Athletics have converted 68.6% of balls hit into play into outs in their 720 innings, which has them sitting 20th in professional baseball.

Springs (35-23 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.56 and he has gone up against 2,076 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has conceded 447 base hits (8.1 hits per nine innings) and has had 162 free passes. His earned run average is 3.62 (199 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.230. Springs has pitched in 495 innings and has tallied 506 strikeouts in his career.

New York has a total of 9 home runs so far this season and 41 runs batted in. They have 13 doubles, while getting a free base 46 times and racking up 47 runs. The New York Yankees have tallied a team OBP of .332 in addition to a batting average of .223 on the season. The Yankees hold a team SLG% of .373 and they are earning 5.22 runs per contest (5th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 88 instances (16th in the league) and have earned 65 hits.

The New York pitching staff have allowed 22 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 2.36 (21 earned runs conceded). They have given up 2 home runs and they allow 2.47 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball). The Yankees have a WHIP of 1.011 with a FIP of 2.38 as a unit so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.40 (84 strikeouts vs 22 free passes). They rank 1st in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 59.

They sit at 16th in MLB with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 34 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond for the season. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 12 times in high leverage situations and also on 11 occasions with runners on. With 15 save situations, the Yankees have accumulated 8 holds in addition to 2 blown saves. New York has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 6 save chances and they have come away with 4 saves. New York bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 29.4% out of their 17 inherited base runners.

In their 723 innings played, the Yankees have earned a efficiency on defense of 71.4% (11th in professional baseball). The New York Yankees have gotten 6 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (14th in baseball). The Yankees have accrued 77 assists, 4 errors and have notched a total of 241 putouts over the course of the season.

Weathers (12-23 record in his career) has earned a 4.92 ERA while giving up 9.3 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.37 and he has faced 1,250 batters during his pro baseball career. He has allowed a total of 158 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.398 and having a FIP of 4.8. So far in his MLB career, Weathers has given up 300 hits while he has accumulated 246 punch outs in 289 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New York (-122)

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