AMEDEUS' MLB DIAMOND DINGER!
- Handicapper
- Amedeus Mastrangelo
- League
- MLB
- Competition
- Texas Rangers vs Athletics
- Release Date
- 08/14/2026 12:09 PM
- Event Date
- 08/14/2026 09:40 PM
- Bet Type
- Over / Under
- Pick
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Texas Rangers vs Athletics Over 9.5 (+101)
(DraftKings)
- Outcome
- Win
- Analysis
- The Rangers are coming into this game with a 60-62 record this season and they have not been playing in many high scoring games recently. They have stayed under 9.5 runs in their last 4 straight games, but their pitching has not been great in these. They have allowed 5+ runs in each of their last 2 as well as 3 of their last 5 games, allowing 12 runs total in their last 2 games alone, and their offense has not been good recently either, but this is a good spot for them to wake up. They are going up against an Athletics team that is 47-74 this season and they have been playing in some high scoring games recently. They have seen 10+ runs total in each of their last 3 as well as 6 of their last 7 games and that trend has been very strong at home this season. Their pitching has been awful as they have allowed 8+ runs in each of their last 3 as well as 4 of their last 6 games, but their offense has been better as they have scored 4+ runs in 4 straight games. Kumar Rocker is starting for the Rangers in this game and he is 4-9 with a 4.46 ERA this season. He has not been great recently as he has allowed 3+ earned runs in each of his last 2 as well as 4 of his last 6 starts, allowing 6+ earned runs in 2 of his last 5 starts as well, and he is coming off of an awful start allowing 6 earned runs in 3 innings. He has actually been much better on the road this season, but he allowed 3 earned runs in 5 innings in his last road start and he has also been awful against the A's in his career. He is 0-3 with a 6.35 ERA in 4 career starts against the A's and he is 0-1 with a 9.95 ERA in this ballpark. Gage Jump is starting for the A's in this game and he is 5-7 with a 4.46 ERA this season. He had a great start to his career this season, but he started to unravel shortly after and has not been great recently, allowing 4+ runs in 3 of his last 5 starts and 6+ earned runs in 2 of his last 4. He has actually been worse at home this season as well, allowing 4+ runs in 4 of his last 5 starts at home. Jump is going to continue to struggle at home here which will give the Rangers offense some life , but this is also a great spot for the A's to wake up on offense at home with a big game. Between these two sides, there will be enough runs in this game to push it over the total.
