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Today's PicksApril 16, 2026 › TEX @ Athletics
TEX 42%
@ April 16, 2026
Athletics 58%
ML Athletics ML (+100) — 58% win, +7.2% edge

Pitching Matchup

TEX Jack Leiter
vs
Athletics Jacob Lopez

Win Probability

TEX 42%
Athletics 58%
SourceTEXAthletics
Model (blended) 41.9% 58.1%
Simulation only 44.1% 55.9%
Elo ratings 39.8% 60.2%
Market (implied) 52.0% 48.0%

Simulation Results

Based on 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations

TEX avg runs 5.0
Athletics avg runs 4.9
Avg total 9.9

Win Margin Distribution

Negative = TEX wins, Positive = Athletics wins

-10
-9
-8
-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Run Scoring Distribution

Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
TEX 4.8% 8.8% 12.0% 13.3% 11.9% 11.4% 9.2% 8.0% 6.1% 4.8% 3.0% 2.4%
Athletics 4.2% 8.2% 11.1% 13.0% 13.8% 11.9% 10.5% 8.2% 6.3% 4.6% 3.2% 2.1%

Lineups PROJECTED

TEX

  1. Brandon Nimmo
  2. Wyatt Langford
  3. Corey Seager
  4. Jake Burger
  5. Andrew McCutchen
  6. Josh Jung
  7. Josh Smith
  8. Danny Jansen
  9. Ezequiel Duran

Athletics

  1. Lawrence Butler
  2. Nick Kurtz
  3. Shea Langeliers
  4. Tyler Soderstrom
  5. Jacob Wilson
  6. Jeff McNeil
  7. Max Muncy
  8. Carlos Cortes
  9. Denzel Clarke

Park Factors & Conditions

Park Factors

Runs: 1.0 HR: 1.0 BB: 1.0 K: 1.0

Elo Ratings

TEX: 1521 Athletics: 1569

Sportsbook Odds

BookTEXAthletics
FanDuel -118 +100
Bovada -120 +100
BetMGM -120 +100
DraftKings -118 -102
Caesars -120 +100

Model Analysis

Athletics is getting plus-money at +100 and the model thinks that's too cheap. Jacob Lopez toes the rubber against Jack Leiter.