Oakland Athletics vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 4/27/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Thursday, April 27, 2023

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

Odds/Point Spread: Oakland (+255) Los Angeles (-305)

The Oakland Athletics (5-19) are headed to Angel Stadium on Thursday where they will try to beat the Los Angeles Angels (12-12). The moneyline on this contest has Oakland at +255 while Los Angeles is priced at -305. The over/under has been set at 7.5. The starting pitchers will be JP Sears and Shohei Ohtani.

Oakland owns a slugging percentage of .372 and have struck out 219 times, while being walked on 81 occasions. They have recorded 87 RBI's as well as 182 base knocks on the campaign, while their average at the plate sits at .227. The Athletics have accumulated 34 doubles as a unit and have knocked 26 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 89 runs scored and have an OBP of .306. As a squad, the Oakland Athletics are notching 3.7 runs per outing, which puts them at 25th in the league.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.42 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.74. Athletics pitchers have allowed 43 long balls in addition to 193 total runs (30th in baseball). Oakland has given up 246 hits (10.5 per 9 innings) as well as 185 earned runs. The Athletics hold a team earned run average of 7.89 this year (30th in the league), and the staff has rung up 173 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 122 hitters and their FIP comes in at 6.37 as a team for the season.

The Athletics have dispatched 84 relievers to the hill on the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 44 runners this season and 50.0% of those players earned a run for their team. They have earned 3 saves over the course of the season and have blown 5 out of their 8 chances to save the game. The Athletics bullpen have compiled a save rate of 37.5% and stepped onto the hill in 11 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 2 holds on the season (30th in the league). Athletics pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 30 times and also have had 29 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Oakland Athletics have notched a total of 633 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 180 assists and 14 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .983 which is 22nd in professional baseball, and they have twisted 16 double plays. The Athletics have turned 67.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 1,899 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 26th in professional baseball.

Sears has taken the ball for 91 frames and has accumulated 74 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Sears (6-4 record in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.55 while he has gone up against 375 opposing batters in the majors. His ERA is 4.12 (42 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.244. He has conceded 87 base hits (8.5 hits per nine innings) with 27 free passes.

The Angels have a team slugging % of .408 and they are scoring 5.00 runs per game (9th in MLB). They have notched 35 two-baggers, while getting a free base 84 times and scoring 120 runs. Los Angeles has knocked in 31 HRs over the course of the season to go along with 119 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 207 instances (16th in MLB) and have totaled 199 hits. The Los Angeles Angels have a team OBP of .329 in addition to a batting average of .247 on the campaign.

The Angels hold a team WHIP of 1.310 with a FIP of 4.44 as a pitching staff so far this season. They are sitting at 10th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 188. The Los Angeles pitching staff have allowed 111 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.07 (96 earned runs conceded). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (203 strikeouts vs 90 walks). They have yielded 24 dingers and they concede 4.71 runs per 9 innings (18th in baseball).

Los Angeles relievers have an inherited score rate of 45.0% out of their 40 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 32 times in high leverage situations in addition to 26 occasions with runners on. With 39 save situations, the Angels have 23 holds and also 7 blown saves. They are ranked 21st in baseball holding a save percentage of 56.3%, and they have dispatched 75 relievers to the mound for the year. Los Angeles has had relief pitchers take the mound in 16 save opportunities and they have earned 9 saves.

The Los Angeles Angels have gotten 20 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (21st in baseball). The Angels have accrued 195 assists, 14 errors and have a total of 638 putouts so far this season. Out of their 1,914 innings on the diamond, the Angels are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (12th in MLB).

During his MLB career, Ohtani has given up 271 base knocks while earning 479 K's in 377 innings pitched. Ohtani (31-14 career record) is the owner of a 2.79 ERA and has surrendered 6.5 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 117 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.070 and a FIP of 3.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.60 and he has gone up against 1,525 opposing batters during his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-305)

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