Washington Nationals vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 7/17/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Washington Nationals vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Friday, July 17, 2026

Location: Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Washington (-182) Sacramento (+150)

Sutter Health Park is the site where the Sacramento Athletics (41-55) will compete against the Washington Nationals (48-49) on Friday. The moneyline on this game has the Nationals at -182 while the Athletics are at +150. The over/under is 8. The starting pitchers are Foster Griffin and Jeffrey Springs.

Washington has a slugging percentage of .435 and have been called out on strikes 799 times, while taking a walk on 332 occasions. They have tallied 490 RBI's and 830 hits for the year, and their average at the plate is .250. The Nationals have hit 165 doubles as a squad and have hit 138 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 516 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .324. As a team, the Washington Nationals are knocking in 5.3 runs per contest, which puts them at 2nd in baseball.

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The Nationals have a team ERA of 4.75 on the season (26th in baseball), and they have rung up 769 batters. Nationals pitchers have conceded 137 long balls and also 509 runs (28th in the league). They have walked 340 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.73 as a squad this season. Washington has yielded 875 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 460 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.26 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.40.

Nationals pitchers have entered the game with players on base 95 times in addition to having 107 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 54 holds on the campaign (13th in the league). The Nationals relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 50.0% and stepped onto the hill in 113 save situations. They have accumulated 27 saves so far this season and have blown 27 out of their 54 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 145 base runners for the year and 43.4% of those runners ended up scoring. The Nationals have dispatched 311 relievers to the mound this year.

The Washington Nationals are sitting with 2,612 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 887 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .979 which has them ranked 30th in MLB, and have 78 double plays. The Nationals have turned 68.8% of baseballs in play into outs in their 7,836 innings on the field, which ranks them 26th in pro baseball.

Griffin has taken the mound for 118 innings and has 114 K's during his pro baseball career. Griffin (11-2 career win-loss record) has earned a FIP of 3.00 and he has faced 483 opposing batters in the majors. His ERA is 3.05 (40 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.050. He has given up 93 hits (7.1 hits per nine innings) and has had 31 walks.

The Athletics hold a team slugging percentage of .400 and they are scoring 4.40 runs per game (17th in the league). They have notched 145 doubles, while getting a free base 340 times and recording 422 runs. Sacramento has recorded 117 home runs this year to go along with 404 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 841 instances (9th in MLB) and have recorded 795 base hits. The Sacramento Athletics have earned an OBP of .321 in addition to a batting average of .243 on the campaign.

The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.472 in addition to having a FIP of 4.95 as a staff over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (813 strikeouts against 372 free passes). They have a ranking of 29th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 884. They have surrendered 150 home runs and they surrender 5.57 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB). The Sacramento pitching staff have allowed 528 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 5.21 (494 earned runs surrendered).

They are ranked 23rd in the league with a save rate of 57.1%, and they have sent 328 relievers to the hill on the year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 96 times in high leverage situations and on 106 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 100 save situations, the Athletics have recorded 56 holds in addition to 18 blown saves. Sacramento has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 42 save chances and they have tallied 24 saves. Sacramento relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.2% out of their 159 inherited base runners.

Out of their 7,677 innings on the diamond, the Athletics hold a efficiency on defense of 68.5% (28th in MLB). The Sacramento Athletics have turned 63 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (5th in pro baseball). The Athletics have accrued 721 assists, 39 errors and have earned a total of 2,559 putouts on the campaign.

So far in his career, Springs has surrendered 542 hits while earning 581 punch outs in 581 innings. Springs (37-32 career record) holds a 4.06 earned run average and has given up 8.4 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 262 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.268 and having a FIP of 4.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.98 and he has gone up against 2,463 opposing hitters in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Sacramento (+150)

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