Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees Prediction, 5/7/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees

Date: Thursday, May 7, 2026

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

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

The Texas Rangers (16-19) are on their way to Yankee Stadium on Thursday where they will play the New York Yankees (25-11). The moneyline on this contest has the Rangers at +132 while the Yankees are priced at -160. The total is 8. The men taking the mound are MacKenzie Gore and Ryan Weathers.

Texas is slugging .373 and have struck out 314 times, while drawing a walk on 125 occasions. They have compiled 124 runs batted in and 275 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average comes in at .237. The Rangers have earned 55 doubles as a team and have hit 31 balls out of the stadium. They have 131 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .316. As a squad, the Texas Rangers are knocking in 3.7 runs per contest, which ranks them 28th in MLB.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.84 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.24. Rangers pitchers have conceded 42 home runs and also 135 runs in total (5th in baseball). Texas has allowed 270 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and 128 earned runs. The Rangers have a team ERA of 3.77 so far this year (7th in the league), and the staff has rung up 304 batters. They have walked 107 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.13 as a squad so far this year.

The Rangers have dispatched 116 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 46 runners for the season and 30.4% of those runners crossing home plate. The bullpen have earned 22 holds for the season (14th in baseball). Rangers bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 30 times and also have had 38 appearances in high leverage situations. They have tallied 9 saves on the season and have missed out on 4 of their 13 chances to get a save. The Rangers bullpen have compiled a save rate of 69.2% and stepped onto the hill in 36 save situations.

The Rangers have turned 71.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of 2,751 innings, ranking them 6th in pro baseball. The Texas Rangers have amassed 917 putouts for the season, in addition to 264 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .987 which ranks 9th in MLB, and have accumulated 21 double plays.

Gore has pitched in 566 innings and has totaled 634 punch outs thus far in his career. His earned run average is 4.23 (266 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.400. He has conceded 552 base hits (8.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 241 walks. Gore (28-43 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 4.16 and he has gone up against 2,453 hitters in the major leagues.

The New York Yankees have an OBP of .338 and a batting average of .244 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 309 occasions (12th in MLB) and have accounted for 288 base knocks. New York has compiled 60 home runs this year and 188 runs batted in. The Yankees have a team SLG% of .459 and they have an average of 5.53 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have tallied 64 doubles, while taking a walk 165 times as well as scoring 199 runs.

The New York pitching staff have given up 120 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 2.99 (106 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 28 homers and they give up 3.38 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Yankees have a WHIP of 1.147 with a FIP of 3.43 as a unit on the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.80 (313 strikeouts against 103 walks). They are sitting at 4th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 263.

New York relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 26.6% out of their 64 inherited base runners. Their relievers have come in 38 times in high leverage situations and on 39 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 38 save situations, the Yankees have earned 22 holds in addition to 5 blown saves. They rank 10th in MLB with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 114 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond so far this season.

The New York Yankees have turned 28 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (18th in professional baseball). The Yankees have accrued 341 assists, 19 errors and have 959 putouts for the season. In 2,877 innings on the diamond, the Yankees are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (7th in pro baseball).

During his career, Weathers has allowed 326 hits while he has earned 280 strikeouts in 319 innings pitched. Weathers (14-25 career record) holds a 4.71 ERA while conceding 9.2 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 167 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.363 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.57 and he has faced 1,370 opposing batters so far in his MLB career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas (+132)

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