Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 4/8/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Saturday, April 8, 2023

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: Boston (-140) Detroit (+120)

The Boston Red Sox (3-4) are traveling to Comerica Park on Saturday where they will go up against the Detroit Tigers (2-5). The moneyline on this game has Boston at -140 and Detroit is sitting at +120. The over/under is 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Tanner Houck and Joey Wentz.

The Red Sox have accounted for 13 doubles as a unit and have knocked 10 baseballs out of the stadium. Boston is slugging .450 and have been rung up 50 times, while being walked on 23 occasions. As a unit, the Boston Red Sox are earning 5.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 6th in MLB. They have accumulated 39 RBI's as well as 62 hits for the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .256. They have tallied 41 runs scored and have an OBP of .332.

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The Red Sox have a team earned run average of 5.57 this year (26th in baseball), and they have rung up 62 batters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.00 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.56. Red Sox pitchers have surrendered 14 home runs and 41 runs in total (26th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 31 opposing players and their FIP sits at 5.77 as a squad so far this season.

The Boston Red Sox have earned a total of 189 putouts this year, as well as 62 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which ranks 25th in MLB, and have accumulated 9 double plays. The Red Sox have transformed 67.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 567 innings, ranking them 18th in professional baseball.

Houck (10-9 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.08 while he has gone up against 615 batters in the majors. He has surrendered 117 base hits (7.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 53 walks. His earned run average is 3.10 (52 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.126. Houck has pitched in 151 innings and has accounted for 169 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career.

The Detroit Tigers have earned a team on-base percentage of .257 and a team batting average of .201 so far this season. They have struck out on 70 instances (3rd in baseball) and have recorded 48 hits. Detroit has a total of 5 home runs so far this season to go along with 21 RBIs. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .301 and they average 3.00 runs per contest (26th in the league). They have 7 doubles, while walking 18 times as well as racking up 21 runs.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.475 and have a FIP of 5.69 as a pitching staff this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.65 (43 strikeouts against 26 walks). They are sitting at 22nd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 64. They have conceded 11 dingers and they give up 6.49 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball). The Detroit pitching staff have given up 44 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 6.20 (42 earned runs relinquished).

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 6 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (19th in the majors). The Tigers have accrued 68 assists, 4 errors and have earned a total of 183 putouts so far this season. In 549 innings played, the Tigers hold a efficiency on defense of 70.3% (12th in pro baseball).

Wentz (2-3 mark in his career) has earned a 3.32 earned run average while allowing 6.4 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.14 and he has faced 156 opposing batters in his career. He has surrendered a total of 14 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.079 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.8. So far in his MLB career, Wentz has allowed 27 base knocks and he has 30 punch outs in 38 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Boston (-140)

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