Rangers vs Angels Picks and Prediction – 7/8/2025

The Texas Rangers open a four-game series on the road Monday versus the Los Angeles Angels. Texas is 44-45 following its 7-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday. Kyle Higashioka hit a home run and had five RBI for the Rangers. Texas has won three of the last four but is trailing first-place Houston in the American League West by 10 games. Keep up to date with all the MLB action with our MLB previews.

Josh Smith is batting .282 with 77 hits and an on-base percentage of .354 to lead Texas in each of the three categories. Wyatt Langford is the leader in home runs with 13, and Adolis Garcia leads in RBI with 49. Texas is batting .229 with a .368 slugging percentage. On Monday, Texas will send Jacob deGrom to the mound. The right-hander is 9-2 with a 2.13 ERA, 100 Ks, and 21 BBs.

The Los Angeles Angels dropped to 43-45 following Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Los Angeles bullpen gave up a walk-off single to Toronto in the 11th inning. The Angels have lost two straight and three of the last four. Los Angeles is fourth in the American League West, 10 ½ games behind the first-place Houston Astros.

Nolan Schanuel is batting .268 with 84 hits and an on-base percentage of .361 to lead Los Angeles in each of the three categories. Taylor Ward leads in home runs with 20 and RBI with 58. Los Angeles is batting .228 with a .405 slugging percentage. On Monday, Los Angeles will send Yusei Kikuchi to the mound. The left-hander is 3-6 with a 2.81 ERA, 106 Ks, and 46 BBs.

Texas will win on Monday when visiting Los Angeles, but the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in four of the Angels’ last five and eight of the Angels’ last 12 versus an AL opponent. Texas starter Jacob deGrom has performed well in each of the last 14 outings, allowing two runs or less in each of the 14. On the season, the right-hander is third in baseball in both ERA (2.13) and WHIP (0.89). Los Angeles starter Yusei Kikuchi has allowed just four runs across the last 19.2 innings. Final Score Prediction: Texas Rangers win but our best play is UNDER 4-1.