JD Bets played the Rangers at –154, arguing Jeffrey Springs’ command woes put Texas in a smash spot. Springs has walked at least two batters in 80 % of his starts and given up 3+ earned runs in four of his last five, averaging 2.67 ER over that span. The A’s offense sits 24th in walk rate (2.7 per game), yet JD expects Texas’ above-average lineup (team wOBA .326 vs lefties) to punish the extra traffic. He highlighted Marcus Semien’s 1.608 OPS and three homers in 13 career at-bats off Springs as proof the order sees him well. With Tyler Mahle’s recent form (three straight quality starts) and Globe Life Field’s friendly dimensions, JD trusts the Rangers’ bats and bullpen depth to secure the win, calling alternate angles such as Springs over 2.5 earned runs or a Semien total bases prop acceptable pivots.

Martin tagged the Rangers –130 as his best bet thanks to Tyler Mahle’s 1.10 ERA over six starts (31 IP, 18 H, 4 ER) against a tough slate. Oakland counters with Springs, who sports a 6+ ERA and just surrendered seven runs in five innings to the White Sox. Texas also owns the bullpen advantage in Martin’s model. He expects the Rangers’ lineup to punish Springs early and Mahle to work deep enough for the superior relief corps to close it out.

For his show lock, Dylan Rockford laid the half-run with Texas in the first five innings, trusting Tyler Mahle to overpower Oakland while fading Jeffrey Springs. Rockford argued Mahle has entered early Cy Young territory at Globe Life Park—0.46 ERA, 21 strikeouts, and just one earned run in 19 home innings—and faces an Athletics lineup that ranks bottom-five in wRC+ against right-handers. Springs, meanwhile, carries a 6.04 ERA and has been drilled for nine runs in 8.1 combined innings over his last two starts. Rockford added that the Rangers’ offense woke up in Tuesday’s 15-run outburst and should stay hot in a hitter-friendly environment. He wants no part of the bullpens, so he isolated the superior starter and lineup through five and priced the F5 run line closer to –140 than the market number.

Scott Reichel laid a half-run with Texas in the first five innings behind Tyler Mahle. Mahle has been a revelation at Globe Life Park: 0.46 ERA, 21 strikeouts and only one earned run allowed over 19 innings, helping the Rangers start 11-4 at home. Jeffrey Springs, meanwhile, brings a 6.04 ERA, has surrendered at least four runs in four of five starts, and has been tagged for nine runs in just 8.1 innings across his last two outings. Reichel emphasized that Oakland is merely 15-15 overall, ranks 19th in walk rate, and struggles against righties, while Texas owns a top-10 OPS versus left-handed pitching and just erupted for 15 runs on Tuesday. He wants no part of either bullpen, so he isolated the superior starter and lineup early and priced the F5 run-line closer to −140 than the market −115.

Eric Lindquist said the plus-money number on Oakland’s money-line is worth a shot if you can grab +140 (playable to +125). He thinks Tyler Mahle’s shiny 0.98 WHIP will regress toward last year’s 1.42 mark because the right-hander still lacks strikeout punch (17.9 % K rate in last season’s limited sample) and historically runs ERAs higher than his expected numbers. On the other side, Jeffrey Springs has been unlucky coming off injury—his 20.5 % K rate and 1.62 WHIP look rough, yet Lindquist noted Springs carried a 26.1 % K rate and 3.67 xERA pre-injury in 2023. Lindquist also pointed out that Adolis Garcia owns just a 91 wRC+ and .117 ISO versus lefties this season, muting the heart of Texas’s order. With Oakland’s bats “due to wake up” and Globe Life’s early-afternoon roof configuration not altering park factors, he sees the Athletics as a live dog.

Cash Out Sports Picks recommended the full-game under, citing a perfect storm of weak offenses and stingy pitching. Texas has cashed the under in five of Maul’s six starts and sits 2-13 O/U at home, averaging just 3.4 runs while holding opponents to 3.5 (fifth-best in MLB). The Rangers’ staff is also third in fewest walks allowed at 2.57 per game. Oakland is 5-6-4 to the under on the road and 2-6-1 in division play, having topped five runs only three times in its last 11 contests. With both clubs trending toward low totals, the tout expects another quiet scoreboard in Arlington.

Cash Out Sports Picks backed the Texas Rangers on the money line, pointing to a stark pitching mismatch. Texas starter Maul has been lights-out, surrendering only eight runs over his last five outings dating back to April 4. Oakland counters with Jeffrey Springs, who after two injury-plagued seasons owns the worst walk, strikeout, and home-run numbers of his career. The tout acknowledged that Texas has not torched left-handers in 2025 but stressed the right-handed power core of Marcus Semien, Adolis Garcia, Wyatt Langford, and Josh Jung as enough support if they are even “halfway dialed in.” With Maul “locking things down” and Springs routinely allowing crooked innings, the pick is Texas to finish the series with a home win.

Final Round ended with Josh Jung as a sneaky hitter prop. He’s 2-for-3 with a homer (.667) against left-hander J.P. Springs and is riding a seven-game hit streak. The host suggests Jung at plus odds to record 2+ bases or to anchor a multi-player hit parlay.

Tyler Mahle’s surface stats look shiny—a 1.14 ERA and 0.98 WHIP through six starts—yet Zola highlighted his underlying 4.01 xFIP and 4.34 SIERA that paint him as merely league average. He now gets an Oakland offense that makes a lot of contact and owns an above-average HR rate, the exact profile that has historically given Mahle trouble. Zola recommends sitting or even cutting Mahle before the regression monster shows up.

Guy Boston advised betting the Athletics’ team total UNDER—preferably 3.5 or 4.5—because Nathan Eovaldi should dominate at Globe Life Field. In 92 plate appearances against the current Oakland roster, Eovaldi has held hitters to a .235 average with a 22 % strike-out rate, 6.5 % walk rate, .297 wOBA and an even tighter .218 xBA / .280 xwOBA. Boston noted that Eovaldi’s four-seam, splitter, cutter and curve are four pitches the A’s rate poorly against by run value. He suggested a first-five team-total UNDER 1.5 at plus money for extra leverage. While Texas is a –150 favorite, Boston prefers isolating the Athletics’ offense because he can envision a 3-1 game where the Rangers’ bats stay quiet but Eovaldi and the bullpen still keep Oakland comfortably under the number.

Malcolm Bamford played under 8 in A’s–Rangers, calling Luis Severino’s road splits and Nathan Eovaldi’s Cy Young-caliber start enough to keep both lineups in check. Severino has been terrific away from the Coliseum—14 innings, one earned run—while Eovaldi sports a 2.21 ERA and absurd 0.74 WHIP through six outings. Both clubs boast top-10 bullpens, so Bamford is comfortable with the full-game under rather than a first-five. He projects just 3.8 runs through six innings and a final score around 4-2, recommending anything 8 or higher before weather or market movement drags it down.

Dylan Rockford laid –150 with Texas, asserting the Rangers still grade out as a bet-on team at Globe Life Park (10–4 home record) even after a sluggish week. Rockford trusts Nathan Eovaldi’s elite profile—no walks, no homers allowed in his last three starts, plus at least six innings in every outing—to neutralize an Oakland lineup that ranks 28th in OPS versus righties. He is less convinced by Luis Severino, calling the veteran’s form ‘up-and-down’ despite strong road numbers and noting Texas’ top-10 bullpen gives them a back-end edge. Rockford’s model made the Rangers –165 and he would still play the money-line to that number or pivot to a –1 run line for plus money.

Ron Romanelli recommended the under in Athletics vs Rangers, framing it as a classic pitchers’ duel. Nathan Eovaldi has opened 2025 with a 2.21 ERA, 38 strikeouts, and just three walks over 36.2 innings, showcasing pinpoint control. Opposite him, Luis Severino has been a revelation in Oakland green, allowing only one run in 14 road innings for a 0.64 away ERA. Romanelli noted that pitching in Sacramento’s bandbox skews Severino’s overall numbers upward, so his road dominance is telling. He also cited the Rangers’ sputtering offense—Texas has struggled to support Eovaldi all month—as another reason runs will be scarce. With both starters working efficiently and neither lineup in peak form, Romanelli projected a tight game and played the full-game under.

For his best bet, Drew Martin took the Athletics +135 behind Luis Severino’s dominant road splits: 14 innings, 1 earned run, 6 hits combined in Milwaukee and Seattle. He noted Texas’ offense is ‘ice cold’ and struggles specifically versus right-handed pitching, while Oakland’s lineup has crushed righties. Although Nathan Eovaldi boasts a 2.20 ERA and stellar 38-to-3 K/BB mark, Martin believes that quality is already baked into the -150 tag and does not justify the price with the Rangers scuffling. Listing Severino, he expects the hot A’s (five wins in six) to continue rolling in Arlington.

Zarpentine took the plus-money swing on Tyler Soderstrom Over 0.5 RBI at +190. The rookie backstop/first baseman already sits tied for third in MLB with nine homers and has collected five RBIs across his last six games. He also handled Nathan Eovaldi well earlier this season (2-for-3 with a double), giving confidence he can square up the Rangers ace again. Slotted in the heart of a quietly improving A’s lineup, Soderstrom can cash the ticket by driving in a teammate or himself with one swing. At nearly 2-to-1, Zarpentine called it his favorite value play of Wednesday’s night slate.

Guy Boston played Shea Langeliers UNDER 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBI at –150 on both DraftKings and BetMGM. Langeliers has stayed under this number in 8 of his last 10 games (1.1 H/R/RBI average) and in 14 of his last 20 (70 % hit rate). Season-long he is 16-for-25 (64 % to the under) while averaging just 1.8 H/R/RBI. Boston highlighted that Langeliers’ woes intensify against right-handed pitching: in 79 plate appearances versus righties he owns a .171 average and an 80.5 WRC+. The matchup amplifies those struggles because he faces Jacob deGrom, whose 0.69 ERA, .156 opponent average, and .171 wOBA versus right-handed bats are even better than his already-elite overall marks. Historical data offers no relief—Langeliers has cashed the under in 6 of his last 9 meetings with Texas and in 3 of 4 head-to-head games this season despite one April outlier where he erupted for four hits. Boston conceded Langeliers once took deGrom deep (2-for-7 lifetime), but called the sample too small to offset the current form and pitcher dominance, labeling –150 “still decent value” for a prop he believes hits roughly two-thirds of the time.

Lonte Smith said the only playable angle in Oakland-Texas is the total, not the side. He pointed out that nine of the Rangers’ last ten have stayed under because the lineup has gone ice-cold while Corey Seager rehabs and Adolis Garcia fights through a wrist issue. Texas has scored three runs or fewer in four of its last six and is just 2-4 in that stretch despite stellar efforts from Jacob deGrom. Oakland, meanwhile, has quietly split its first 28 games and just took two of three from the Rangers last week, suggesting another grinding, low-scoring affair. Smith added that deGrom’s perennial run-support problems are back—"approaching Mets levels"—and J.T. Ginn’s lack of length (six total innings over his last two starts) keeps the bullpen fresh enough to avoid a late explosion. With both clubs already trending under—Texas 9-1 and Oakland 7-3 to the under in their respective last ten—he wants the full-game under (projected to open 7.5 or 8) rather than laying –220 on an unreliable offense.

For the same matchup, Cash Out Sports Picks played the full-game UNDER, pointing to several indicators of limited scoring. Neither club is generating much hard contact: the Athletics rank 15th in BABIP (.285) while the Rangers sit 28th (.265). Texas is especially poor with men on base, posting the league’s 29th-ranked .607 OPS in those situations; Oakland is modest at .720. Four of the last five head-to-head meetings have already cashed the under. With Jacob deGrom expected to control the A’s and Oakland’s anonymous starter unlikely to work deep, both teams will be forced to lean on their stronger relief arms—Texas’ pen owns a 3.33 ERA and Oakland’s 4.00 mark can at least keep the game respectable. All of that led the tout to conclude the total is set too high.

Malcolm Bamford preferred Texas on the –1.5 run line rather than swallowing the –222 moneyline juice. His case hinged on how bad J.T. Ginn has looked—no more than three innings in either of his last two turns, multiple walks in both, and an 8+ ERA in the tiny big-league sample. Bamford reminded listeners that Globe Life Field has never been kind to Ginn either, citing a 1.071 OPS allowed in his minor-league visits. Despite the well-worn narrative that Jacob deGrom never gets run support, Bamford expects the Rangers to finally cash in: they are 10-3 at home and sport a .790 team OPS in Arlington versus just .665 on the road. Against an A’s bullpen that ranks bottom-five in WHIP, he projects Texas to jump ahead early and let deGrom cruise through seven, resulting in a 5-2 or 6-2 final that comfortably clears the run line while sidestepping the heavy moneyline tax.

Cash Out Sports Picks recommended backing the Texas Rangers on the money line when they host Oakland. The capper emphasized the huge starting-pitching mismatch: Jacob deGrom takes the hill for Texas while the A’s have not even announced a starter—Joey Estes might be recalled after being blasted in his first two MLB outings and then sent back to Triple-A. DeGrom has been in command despite a lack of run support, having quieted this same Oakland lineup in their previous meeting. Texas is also 10-3 at Globe Life Field and owns a markedly better bullpen (3.33 ERA, 8th) than the Athletics’ 4.00 relief ERA that ranks 19th. With the Rangers’ offense producing enough to give deGrom breathing room and Oakland’s pitching staff in flux, the host labeled Texas the clear side.