Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 9/17/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Sunday, September 17, 2023

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

The Los Angeles Angels (68-80) will try to beat the Detroit Tigers (68-79) at Angel Stadium on Sunday. The men taking the mound will be Joey Wentz and Reid Detmers.

The Tigers have recorded 217 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 149 baseballs out of the park. Detroit is slugging .379 and have been rung up 1,338 times, while drawing a walk on 449 occasions. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are notching 4.0 runs per outing, which is 29th in baseball. They have accounted for 569 runs batted in as well as 1,174 hits on the campaign, while their batting average is .236. They have notched a total of 591 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .303.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.84 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.26. Tigers pitchers have conceded 170 home runs and also 690 total runs (19th in baseball). Detroit has given up 1,214 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 634 earned runs. The Tigers have a team ERA of 4.36 for the year (18th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,236 batters. They have walked 435 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.17 as a unit this year.

Tigers relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 154 times as well as having 150 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have earned 90 holds over the course of the season (7th in the league). The Tigers relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 65.5% and stepped onto the hill in 150 save situations. They have accumulated 36 saves this year and have blown 19 of their 55 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 222 runners so far this year and 31.1% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Tigers have dispatched 486 relievers to the hill on the year.

The Detroit Tigers have accumulated 3,929 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,274 assists and 94 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .982 which ranks 28th in professional baseball, and have 120 double plays. The Tigers have turned 69.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,787 innings, which has them ranked 11th in the majors.

Wentz has thrown 126 innings and has racked up 111 strikeouts during his career. His ERA is 5.71 (80 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.540. He has allowed 138 base hits (9.9 hits per nine innings) and has 56 walks. Wentz (4-13 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 5.19 and he has faced 571 hitters in the majors.

The Angels have a SLG% of .429 and they average 4.61 runs per game (13th in the league). They have 229 two-baggers, while taking a walk 485 times and racking up 683 runs. Los Angeles is sitting with 212 long balls this year to go along with 657 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,373 occasions (5th in the league) and have earned a total of 1,238 base hits. The Los Angeles Angels have earned an on-base percentage of .319 and a team batting average of .247 on the campaign.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have given up 764 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 4.71 (684 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 190 homers and they allow 5.26 runs per 9 innings (25th in baseball). The Angels are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.416 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.61 as a squad for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.10 (1,322 strikeouts against 565 bases on balls). They sit at 23rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,287.

Los Angeles has called on relievers to enter the game in 68 save chances and they have converted 42 saves. They are currently ranked 18th in baseball with a save percentage of 61.8%, and they have dispatched 446 relief pitchers onto the field this year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 156 times in high leverage situations and also on 119 occasions with runners on base. Los Angeles relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 44.1% out of their 188 inherited runners. Sitting with 160 save situations, the Angels have amassed 90 holds and also 26 blown saves.

In their 11,772 innings on the field, the Angels have a efficiency on defense of 67.9% (26th in professional baseball). The Los Angeles Angels have turned 111 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (26th in pro baseball). The Angels have accrued 1,187 assists, 87 errors and are sitting with 3,924 putouts during this campaign.

So far in his career, Detmers has conceded 270 hits and he has 295 K's in 287 innings. He has conceded a total of 144 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.326 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.66 and he has gone up against 1,236 batters thus far in his career. Detmers (11-19 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 4.51 ERA while conceding 8.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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