Odds updated as of 2:12 a.m.<\/p>\n
The Wednesday slate in MLB includes a matchup between the Texas Rangers and the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n
All the information you need to make smart bets on this matchup at FanDuel Sportsbook can be found below. Check out all of the latest MLB betting lines here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Texas Rangers (12-11) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (13-10)Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026Time: 8:05 p.m. ETVenue: Globe Life Field — Arlington, TexasCoverage: RSN and SportsNet PT+All MLB odds<\/a>, betting lines and prop bets are available on FanDuel Sportsbook.Moneyline: TEX: (-108) | PIT: (-108)Spread: TEX: +1.5 (-182) | PIT: -1.5 (+150)Total: 8 — Over: (-122) | Under: (+100)Rangers<\/a> vs Pirates<\/a> Probable Starting Pitchers<\/p>\n Probable Pitchers: Jack Leiter (Rangers) – 1-1, 4.87 ERA vs Braxton Ashcraft (Pirates) – 1-1, 2.38 ERA<\/p>\n The Rangers will give the nod to Jack Leiter (1-1) against the Pirates and Braxton Ashcraft (1-1). Leiter and his team have a record of 3-1-0 against the spread when he starts. Leiter’s team is 1-1 this season when he starts and they’re favored on the moneyline. The Pirates are 2-2-0 ATS in Ashcraft’s four starts with a set spread. The Pirates were the moneyline underdog for two Ashcraft starts this season — they split the games.<\/p>\n All MLB win probability predictions and picks are according to numberFire<\/a>. Pittsburgh is the underdog, -108 on the moneyline, while Texas is a -108 favorite at home.Rangers versus Pirates, on April 22, has an over\/under of 8, with the over being -122 and the under +100.<\/p>\n Bet on Texas Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates on FanDuel today!<\/a><\/p>\n The Rangers have been favorites in nine games this season and have come away with the win five times (55.6%) in those contests.Texas has a record of 5-4 in contests when oddsmakers favor them by -108 or more on the moneyline.The Rangers’ games have gone over the total in 10 of their 23 opportunities.The Rangers are 14-9-0 against the spread in their 23 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.The Pirates have gone 4-6 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 40% of those games).In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -108 or longer, Pittsburgh has gone 4-6 (40%).The Pirates have played in 23 games with an over\/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 13 times (13-10-0).The Pirates are 14-9-0 against the spread this season.Rangers<\/a> Player LeadersBrandon Nimmo has 28 hits and an OBP of .368 to go with a slugging percentage of .495. All three of those stats are best among Texas hitters this season. He has a .295 batting average, as well.Among qualified hitters in the majors, he is 24th in batting average, 40th in on-base percentage, and 34th in slugging.Corey Seager is hitting .203 with three doubles, five home runs and 14 walks. He’s slugging .430 with an on-base percentage of .323.Among qualifying hitters, his batting average places him 147th, his on-base percentage 104th, and his slugging percentage 70th.Josh Jung has collected 21 base hits, an OBP of .350 and a slugging percentage of .486 this season.Jake Burger has five home runs, 17 RBI and a batting average of .250 this season.Pirates<\/a> Player LeadersOneil Cruz has a team-best .538 slugging percentage. He’s batting .290 with an on-base percentage of .359.He is 29th in batting average, 52nd in on-base percentage and 18th in slugging percentage among all qualified batters in MLB.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 58th in batting average, 32nd in on-base percentage and seventh in slugging percentage in the big leagues.Ryan O’Hearn has racked up an on-base percentage of .409, a team-high for the Pirates.Bryan Reynolds is hitting .256 with a double, a triple, three home runs and 17 walks.4\/21\/2026: 5-1 TEX (Favorite: Rangers, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -116, Underdog Moneyline: -102)6\/22\/2025: 8-3 PIT (Favorite: Pirates, Spread: -1.5, Total: 9.5, Favorite Moneyline: -116, Underdog Moneyline: -102)6\/21\/2025: 3-2 TEX (Favorite: Pirates, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -110, Underdog Moneyline: -106)6\/20\/2025: 6-2 TEX (Favorite: Rangers, Spread: -1.5, Total: 7.5, Favorite Moneyline: -178, Underdog Moneyline: +150)8\/21\/2024: 1-0 TEX (Favorite: Rangers, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -152, Underdog Moneyline: +128)8\/20\/2024: 4-0 PIT (Favorite: Rangers, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -142, Underdog Moneyline: +120)8\/19\/2024: 4-3 TEX (Favorite: Rangers, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -154, Underdog Moneyline: +130)5\/24\/2023: 3-2 TEX (Favorite: Rangers, Spread: -1.5, Total: 9, Favorite Moneyline: -118, Underdog Moneyline: -100)5\/23\/2023: 6-1 TEX (Favorite: Rangers, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -162, Underdog Moneyline: +136)5\/22\/2023: 6-4 PIT (Favorite: Rangers, Spread: -1.5, Total: 9, Favorite Moneyline: -138, Underdog Moneyline: +118)<\/p>\n Sign up for FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> and FanDuel Daily Fantasy<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Odds updated as of 2:12 a.m. The Wednesday slate in MLB includes a matchup between the Texas Rangers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2393],"tags":[5,4,149,1567,69,3240],"class_list":{"0":"post-680875","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\/116447320734287790","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680875","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=680875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Prediction: Rangers win (51.1%)<\/p>\n