Tampa Bay Rays vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 8/11/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Location: Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

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

The Sacramento Athletics (46-71) will go up against the Tampa Bay Rays (70-46) at Sutter Health Park on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has the Rays at -160 and the Athletics are coming in at +132. The over/under has been set at 8. The starting pitchers are Nick Martinez and Mason Barnett.

The Rays have tallied 166 doubles as a team and have smacked 119 baseballs out of the park. Tampa Bay is slugging .402 and have been rung up 834 times, while drawing a walk on 381 occasions. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 4.4 runs per outing, which is 15th in the league. They have tallied 490 runs batted in in addition to 997 hits over the course of the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .258. They have 515 runs while holding a team OBP of .328.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.16 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.15. Rays pitchers have relinquished 144 home runs and 472 runs in total (7th in the league). Tampa Bay has conceded 885 hits (7.7 per 9 innings) as well as 425 earned runs. The Rays are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.70 for the year (6th in the league), and their staff has struck out 948 hitters. They have walked 300 batters and their FIP is 4.06 as a squad on the season.

The Rays have sent 372 relievers to the hill so far this season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 138 runners so far this season and 27.5% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The bullpen have earned 90 holds on the campaign (1st in baseball). Rays pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 96 times as well as having 117 appearances in high leverage situations. They have recorded 47 saves on the season and have not converted 14 of 61 save chances. The Rays relievers have accumulated a save rate of 77.0% and have come into the game in 151 save situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays are sitting with 3,102 putouts thus far, as well as 915 assists and 68 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which has them sitting 22nd in MLB, and have earned 76 double plays. The Rays have converted 72.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,306 innings, which ranks them 2nd in the majors.

Martinez (59-62 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 3.91 and he has gone up against 4,506 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 1,057 hits (8.9 hits per nine innings) and has 309 walks. His earned run average is 3.97 (472 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.278. Martinez has pitched in 1,069 innings and has racked up 743 K's so far in his MLB career.

Sacramento has compiled 139 HRs this year as well as 485 runs batted in. They have 179 doubles, while getting a free base 392 times as well as putting up 506 runs. The Sacramento Athletics have compiled an OBP of .318 and a team batting average of .243 for the season. The Athletics hold a slugging percentage of .398 and they are scoring 4.32 runs per outing (20th in the league). They have struck out on 1,017 occasions (7th in the league) and are sitting with 965 hits.

The Athletics have a WHIP of 1.503 and have a FIP of 4.96 as a unit for the year. They have a ranking of 29th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,088. The Sacramento pitching staff have allowed 671 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 5.45 (627 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.70 (1,004 strikeouts vs 469 walks). They have surrendered 182 homers and they yield 5.83 runs per 9 innings (29th in baseball).

They are currently ranked 26th in baseball with a save rate of 54.9%, and they have sent 402 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the campaign. Their relievers have come in 113 times in high leverage situations and on 133 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 115 save situations, the Athletics have accumulated 62 holds and also 23 blown saves. Sacramento has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 51 save opportunities and they have recorded 28 saves. Sacramento relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 38.0% of 200 inherited base runners.

The Sacramento Athletics have gotten 80 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (10th in pro baseball). The Athletics have recorded 866 assists, 52 errors and have earned a total of 3,109 putouts so far this season. In 9,327 innings on the field, the Athletics hold a defensive efficiency of 67.9% (28th in pro baseball).

In his MLB career, Barnett has surrendered 56 hits while accumulating 54 K's in 56 innings. Barnett (2-3 career win-loss record) has a 6.10 earned run average and has given up 9.0 hits per nine innings. He has allowed a total of 38 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.497 and a FIP of 6.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.93 and he has faced 251 hitters during his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Sacramento (+132)

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