Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 4/17/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Friday, April 17, 2026

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: MLB.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (-145) Seattle (+125)

T-Mobile Park is the site where the Seattle Mariners (8-11) will try to beat the Texas Rangers (9-9) on Friday. The moneyline on this game has Texas at -145 and Seattle is priced at +125. The total is set at 8. The expected starting pitchers are Jacob deGrom and Logan Gilbert.

The Rangers have hit 23 doubles as a unit and have hit 21 balls out of the stadium. Texas is slugging .382 and have been rung up 171 times, while taking a walk on 61 occasions. As a team, the Texas Rangers are recording 4.1 runs per game, which has them sitting at 19th in MLB. They have recorded 69 runs batted in in addition to 137 hits on the campaign, while their average at the plate comes in at .228. They have racked up 73 runs and hold an OBP of .300.

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The Rangers have an ERA of 3.42 on the campaign (8th in the league), and they have rung up 176 batters. Rangers pitchers have conceded 21 home runs and also 64 total runs (4th in MLB). They have walked 63 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.99 as a team for the year. Texas has surrendered 131 hits (7.5 per 9 innings) as well as 60 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.79 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.23.

The Rangers have sent 64 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 26 runners over the course of the season with 19.2% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The relief pitchers have 14 holds for the year (8th in MLB). Rangers relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 17 times and also have had 24 appearances in high leverage situations. They have accumulated 6 saves for the season and have blown 2 out of their 8 chances to get a save. The Rangers relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 75.0% and have stepped onto the mound in 22 save situations.

The Texas Rangers have accumulated 473 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 127 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .992 which puts them in 3rd in MLB, and have 12 double plays. The Rangers have converted 71.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 1,419 innings on the field, ranking them 9th in pro baseball.

deGrom has taken the hill for 1,554 innings and has racked up 1,873 K's during his career. His earned run average is 2.58 (445 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 0.986. He has allowed 1,184 hits (6.9 hits per nine innings) and has had 349 walks. deGrom (97-65 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 2.54 while he has faced 6,106 hitters in the majors.

The Mariners have a team slugging percentage of .340 and they are recording 4.00 runs per contest (23rd in baseball). They have 24 doubles, while walking 86 times as well as scoring 76 runs. Seattle has accumulated 17 home runs over the course of the season and 73 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 180 occasions (4th in the league) and have earned a total of 129 base knocks. The Seattle Mariners have tallied an on-base percentage of .319 as well as a batting average of .209 for the season.

The Seattle pitching staff have yielded 69 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 3.25 (61 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 12 home runs and they relinquish 3.67 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Mariners hold a team WHIP of 1.082 in addition to having a FIP of 3.05 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.50 (159 strikeouts vs 40 free passes). They are sitting at 18th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 143.

Sitting with 11 save situations, the Mariners have amassed 5 holds in addition to 3 blown saves. Seattle has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 6 save opportunities and they have earned 3 saves. Seattle relievers have an inherited score rate of 27.8% out of their 18 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 19 times in high leverage situations and also on 15 occasions with base runners. They are currently ranked 27th in the league holding a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 55 bullpen pitchers onto the field on the year.

The Seattle Mariners have turned 25 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (9th in pro baseball). The Mariners have recorded 159 assists, 8 errors and have 508 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 1,524 innings on the field, the Mariners hold a defensive efficiency of 69.9% (18th in baseball).

Thus far in his career, Gilbert has surrendered 725 hits while tallying 909 K's in 858 innings pitched. Gilbert (48-38 career mark) is the owner of a 3.60 ERA while allowing 7.6 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 343 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.060 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.91 and he has gone up against 3,468 batters so far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas (-145)

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