Los Angeles Angels vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 8/14/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Texas Rangers

Date: Monday, August 14, 2023

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+130) Texas (-155)

The Texas Rangers (70-47) host the Los Angeles Angels (58-60) at Globe Life Field on Monday. The moneyline on this matchup has Los Angeles at +130 while Texas opens at -155. The total is set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Patrick Sandoval and Max Scherzer.

Los Angeles has a slugging rate of .442 and have struck out 1,093 times, while drawing a walk on 396 occasions. They have recorded 553 runs batted in in addition to 1,015 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average is at .253. The Angels have hit 189 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 176 balls out of the stadium. They have 573 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .327. As a team, the Los Angeles Angels are scoring 4.9 runs per game, which puts them at 9th in MLB.

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The Angels are sitting with a team ERA of 4.53 this season (20th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,072 batters. Angels pitchers have conceded 149 long balls and 578 total runs (24th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 448 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.53 as a squad over the course of the season. Los Angeles has relinquished 992 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and 526 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.39 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.38.

Angels relief pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 93 times in addition to having 119 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 76 holds on the season (3rd in the league). The Angels relievers have a save percentage of 64.8% and stepped onto the hill in 131 save situations. They have accumulated 35 saves so far this season and have blown 19 of their 54 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 154 base runners so far this season and 41.6% of them crossed the plate. The Angels have dispatched 348 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Angels have turned 68.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,396 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 20th in baseball. The Los Angeles Angels have earned a total of 3,132 putouts on the year, in addition to 960 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which has them sitting 24th in the majors, and have a total of 92 double plays.

Sandoval has pitched in 421 innings and has earned 412 K's in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.74 (175 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.322. He has surrendered 384 hits (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 173 walks. Sandoval (16-32 career win-loss mark) sits with a FIP of 3.91 and he has gone up against 1,807 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues.

Texas has a total of 165 home runs on the season as well as 643 runs batted in. They have recorded 255 two-baggers, while getting a free base 412 times and notching 670 runs. The Texas Rangers have accounted for an OBP of .341 in addition to a team batting average of .272 so far this year. The Rangers have a team slugging percentage of .463 and they earn 5.73 runs per game (2nd in the league). They have been rung up on 1,012 occasions (16th in the league) and have accounted for 1,106 hits.

The Texas pitching staff have allowed 488 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.04 (464 earned runs given up). They have relinquished 129 long balls and they relinquish 4.25 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Rangers hold a team WHIP of 1.224 with a FIP of 4.15 as a pitching staff on the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.30 (948 strikeouts against 338 walks). They are currently ranked 6th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 927.

Texas has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 42 save chances and they have come away with 24 saves. They are ranked 25th in the league holding a save rate of 57.1%, and they have sent 317 relievers to the mound for the year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 102 times in high leverage situations in addition to 103 occasions with runners on. Texas bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 28.7% out of their 174 inherited base runners. Sitting with 102 save situations, the Rangers have earned 59 holds and also 18 blown saves.

Out of their 9,303 innings played, the Rangers have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 70.8% (3rd in the majors). The Texas Rangers have turned 104 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .989 (4th in professional baseball). The Rangers have racked up 1,030 assists, 46 errors and are sitting with 3,101 putouts this season.

Scherzer (212-106 career record) holds a 3.14 earned run average and has surrendered 7.3 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.53 and he has gone up against 11,327 opposing batters thus far in his career. He has conceded 979 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.079 and a FIP of 3.2. So far in his career, Scherzer has surrendered 2,288 hits while he has totaled 3,329 strikeouts in 2,802 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles (+130)

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