Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 09/17/25

In this game, we will see the Texas Rangers take on the Houston Astros. The season long series between these teams is currently tied 6-6. Today’s game will decide the winner. On the mound, we have Jacob deGrom of the Rangers and Christian Javier of the Astros. DeGrom is having a great season with a 2.82 ERA and a 12-7 record. His numbers have been slightly worse recently with him giving up 6 runs in his last 12.1 innings. What can provide some optimism is that the Astros lineup bats .212 against deGrom through 85 at-bats. Additionally, deGrom has pitched 5 or more innings in all but 1 start this season. This means they will not have toe strain the bullpen in this one. The Astros have also been held scoreless when the Rangers bullpen enters the game over the past 2 games. This means that deGrom just has to keep it close for the Rangers to have a chance.

For the Astros, Javier will take the mound. Javier has struggled in his recent starts giving up 3+ earned runs in 3 of his last 4 starts. He has also been pulled from the game prior to finishing the 5^th inning in 3 of his last 5 starts. If Javier starts to struggle against a Rangers team that is batting .269 over the past 6 games, we may see many relief pitchers. The more relief pitchers that enter the game the higher chance that the Rangers put some runs on the board. I am rolling with the reliable deGrom and the hot bats of the Rangers. Rangers to win.

Rangers vs. Astros Prediction: Rangers ML (-125) available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.