Odds updated as of 2:13 a.m.<\/p>\n
In MLB action on Tuesday, the Texas Rangers take on the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n
All the information you need to make smart bets on this game at FanDuel Sportsbook can be found below. Check out all of the latest MLB betting lines here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Texas Rangers (11-11) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (13-9)Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026Time: 8:05 p.m. ETVenue: Globe Life Field — Arlington, TexasCoverage: RSN and SportsNet PTAll MLB odds<\/a>, betting lines and prop bets are available on FanDuel Sportsbook.Moneyline: TEX: (-118) | PIT: (+100)Spread: TEX: +1.5 (-192) | PIT: -1.5 (+158)Total: 8.5 — Over: (-110) | Under: (-110)Rangers<\/a> vs Pirates<\/a> Probable Starting Pitchers<\/p>\n Probable Pitchers: Kumar Rocker (Rangers) – 0-1, 4.30 ERA vs Carmen Mlodzinski (Pirates) – 1-0, 1.77 ERA<\/p>\n This contest’s pitching matchup is set, as the Rangers will send Kumar Rocker (0-1) to the mound, while Carmen Mlodzinski (1-0) will answer the bell for the Pirates. Rocker and his team are 1-2-0 ATS this season when he starts. Rocker’s team lost his only start as a favorite this season. In each of Mlodzinski’s three starts that had a set spread, the Pirates covered. The Pirates were the moneyline underdog for two Mlodzinski starts this season — they won both.<\/p>\n All MLB win probability predictions and picks are according to numberFire<\/a>. Looking at the moneyline for Pirates-Rangers, Pittsburgh is the underdog at +100, and Texas is -118 playing at home.The Pirates are 1.5-run favorites against the spread for this matchup with the Rangers. The Pirates are +158 to cover, while the Rangers are -192 to cover as a 1.5-run underdog on the runline.The Rangers-Pirates contest on April 21 has been given an over\/under of 8.5 runs. The over is set at -110 and the under at -110.<\/p>\n Bet on Texas Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates on FanDuel today!<\/a><\/p>\n The Rangers have been favorites in eight games this season and have come away with the win four times (50%) in those contests.This season Texas has come away with a win three times in seven chances when named as a favorite of at least -118 on the moneyline.The Rangers and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 10 of their 22 opportunities.The Rangers have an against the spread record of 13-9-0 in 22 games with a line this season.The Pirates have won four of the nine games they were the underdog on the moneyline this season (44.4%).Pittsburgh has a 4-4 record (winning 50% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +100 or longer.In the 22 games bookmakers have set an over\/under for the Pirates, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 13 times (13-9-0).The Pirates are 14-8-0 against the spread this season.Rangers<\/a> Player LeadersBrandon Nimmo leads Texas with 28 hits and an OBP of .386, plus a team-best slugging percentage of .522. He’s batting .311.Among qualified hitters in baseball, his batting average ranks 17th, his on-base percentage ranks 23rd, and he is 27th in slugging.Nimmo has recorded at least one hit in four straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .238 with a double, a home run, three walks and two RBIs.Corey Seager has three doubles, five home runs and 14 walks. He’s batting .200 and slugging .440 with an on-base percentage of .326.Among qualified batters, his batting average places him 150th, his on-base percentage 99th, and his slugging percentage 71st.Jake Burger has collected 22 base hits, an OBP of .280 and a slugging percentage of .466 this season.Josh Jung has been key for Texas with 20 hits, an OBP of .342 plus a slugging percentage of .478.Pirates<\/a> Player LeadersOneil Cruz has racked up a slugging percentage of .551, a team-high for the Pirates. He’s batting .292 with an on-base percentage of .364.Including all the qualified players in MLB, he is 31st in batting average, 52nd in on-base percentage and 17th in slugging percentage.Brandon Lowe’s 20 hits pace his team. He has a batting average of .267 while slugging .600 with an on-base percentage of .375.He is 62nd in batting average, 37th in on-base percentage and eighth in slugging percentage in the big leagues.Ryan O’Hearn has racked up an on-base percentage of .417, a team-best for the Pirates.Bryan Reynolds is hitting .266 with a double, a triple, three home runs and 16 walks.<\/p>\n Sign up for FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> and FanDuel Daily Fantasy<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Odds updated as of 2:13 a.m. In MLB action on Tuesday, the Texas Rangers take on the Pittsburgh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2393],"tags":[5,4,149,1567,69,3240],"class_list":{"0":"post-680205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas-rangers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-rangers","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-texas-rangers","13":"tag-texasrangers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116441505355448408","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Prediction: Pirates win (51.3%)<\/p>\n