Tampa Bay Rays vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 8/10/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Monday, August 10, 2026

Location: Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-160) Sacramento (+132)

The Sacramento Athletics (45-71) are welcoming the Tampa Bay Rays (69-46) at Sutter Health Park on Monday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Rays at -160 while the Athletics are priced at +132. The betting total is set at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Freddy Peralta and Jacob Lopez.

The Rays have tallied 165 doubles as a unit and have hit 118 baseballs out of the stadium. Tampa Bay has a slugging rate of .403 and have been rung up 827 times, while drawing a walk on 378 occasions. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are knocking in 4.5 runs/g, which has them sitting at 16th in baseball. They have accumulated 487 RBI's in addition to 990 base knocks on the season, while their average at the plate is at .258. They have accounted for 512 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .329.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.15 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.15. Rays pitchers have allowed 142 home runs and also 470 total runs (7th in the league). Tampa Bay has surrendered 877 base knocks (7.7 per 9 innings) and 423 earned runs. The Rays are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.71 so far this year (6th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 943 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 299 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.05 as a unit on the season.

Rays bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 95 times as well as having 114 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 88 holds on the season (2nd in MLB). The Rays bullpen have a save percentage of 76.7% and have entered the game in 148 save situations. They have compiled 46 saves for the year and have blown 14 out of their 60 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 137 base runners over the course of the season and 27.7% of those runners ended up scoring. The Rays have dispatched 366 relief pitchers to the mound for the year.

The Rays have converted 72.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,225 innings, ranking them 2nd in baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have earned 3,075 putouts this season, as well as 906 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .983 which puts them in 21st in baseball, and they have turned 74 double plays.

Peralta has taken the mound for 934 innings and has racked up 1,156 strikeouts during his career. His ERA is 3.64 (378 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.139. He has given up 703 base hits (6.8 hits per 9 innings) with 361 free passes. Peralta (70-42 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 3.59 and he has gone up against 3,872 hitters in the major leagues.

Sacramento has knocked in 137 long balls for the year to go along with 478 runs batted in. They have hit 176 doubles, while taking a walk 388 times as well as notching 499 runs. The Sacramento Athletics have an on-base percentage of .317 as well as a team batting average of .243 for the season. The Athletics hold a team slugging % of .397 and they tally 4.30 runs per game (20th in the league). They have struck out on 1,010 occasions (7th in MLB) and have tallied 957 base knocks.

The Sacramento pitching staff have surrendered 668 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 5.47 (624 earned runs conceded). They have given up 182 homers and they surrender 5.85 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB). The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.502 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.99 as a squad on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.70 (989 strikeouts against 465 free passes). They are sitting at 29th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,078.

They are currently ranked 26th in the league with a save rate of 54.0%, and they have sent 399 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 113 times in high leverage situations and also on 132 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 114 save situations, the Athletics have recorded 62 holds and 23 blown saves. Sacramento has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 50 save opportunities and they have tallied 27 saves. Sacramento relievers have an inherited score rate of 38.4% of 198 inherited runners.

The Sacramento Athletics have gotten 80 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (10th in pro baseball). The Athletics have recorded 862 assists, 51 errors and have earned a total of 3,082 putouts this season. Out of their 9,246 innings played, the Athletics have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.0% (28th in professional baseball).

So far in his pro baseball career, Lopez has given up 179 hits while totaling 199 punch outs in 190 innings. He has conceded a total of 101 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.410 and a FIP of 4.7. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.24 and he has gone up against 844 opposing hitters in his MLB career. Lopez (13-11 career record) has earned a 4.78 earned run average and has allowed 8.5 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-160)

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