Detroit Tigers vs Houston Astros Prediction, 4/3/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Houston Astros

Date: Monday, April 3, 2023

Location: Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (+250) Houston (-300)

The Houston Astros (2-2) will play the Detroit Tigers (0-3) at Minute Maid Park on Monday. The line on this contest has the Tigers at +250 while the Astros are opening at -300. The over/under has been set at 8. The starting pitchers are Matthew Boyd and Hunter Brown.

Detroit has a slugging rate of .242 and have been rung up 16 times, while being walked on 5 occasions. They have accounted for 2 runs batted in as well as 12 base knocks this year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .182. The Tigers have earned 4 doubles as a team and have knocked 0 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 2 runs while holding a team OBP of .239. As a unit, the Detroit Tigers are scoring 1.0 run per game, which has them at 29th in the league.

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The Tigers hold a team ERA of 9.00 this season (29th in the league), and the staff has struck out 22 batters. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.20 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.81. Tigers pitchers have allowed 3 home runs and 16 total runs (26th in MLB). They have walked 10 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 5.37 as a team on the season.

The Tigers turned 70.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 12,777 innings on the field, which ranked them 13th in baseball. The Detroit Tigers finished with 4,259 putouts over the course of the prior season, in addition to 1,404 assists and 93 errors. Their fielding rate finished at .984 which put them in 22nd in baseball, and they turned 137 double plays.

Boyd has taken the mound for 797 innings and is sitting with 772 punch outs so far in his MLB career. His ERA is 4.90 (434 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.321. He has surrendered 798 hits (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has 256 free passes. Boyd (39-62 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.66 while he has faced 3,427 hitters during his time in the majors.

The Astros have a SLG% of .319 and they average 4.67 runs per game (14th in baseball). They have recorded 2 doubles, while taking a walk 12 times and earning 14 runs. Houston has accumulated 2 long balls over the course of the season and 13 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 29 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have a total of 22 base hits. The Houston Astros have a team on-base percentage of .345 and a team batting average of .234 for the year.

The Houston pitching staff have given up 10 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 3.33 (10 earned runs conceded). They have given up 3 long balls and they relinquish 3.33 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league). The Astros hold a team WHIP of 1.407 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.40 as a pitching staff on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 5.33 (32 strikeouts against 6 walks). They come in at 29th in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 32.

In 13,008 innings on the diamond, the Astros held a efficiency on defense of 71.9% (3rd in MLB). Houston Astros twisted 122 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in baseball). The Astros had 1,290 assists, 72 errors and accumulated 4,336 putouts over the course of last year.

So far in his MLB career, Brown has conceded 15 hits while he has earned 22 K's in 20 innings pitched. He has allowed a total of 2 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.082 and being the owner of a FIP of 2.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.14 and he has faced 80 opposing hitters thus far in his career. Brown (2-0 career record) has a 0.89 earned run average and has surrendered 6.6 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Detroit (+250)

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