San Francisco Giants vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 4/15/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

The Detroit Tigers (3-9) will try to beat the San Francisco Giants (5-7) at Comerica Park on Saturday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Anthony DeSclafani and Matthew Boyd.

The Giants have hit 15 doubles as a unit and have hit 21 balls out of the stadium. San Francisco is slugging .444 and have struck out 131 times, while being walked on 46 occasions. As a team, the San Francisco Giants are recording 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 12th in the league. They have tallied 58 RBI's as well as 103 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average comes in at .250. They have earned a total of 58 runs while holding a team OBP of .335.

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The Giants have a team ERA of 4.46 so far this year (16th in the league), and their staff has struck out 111 batters. Giants pitchers have conceded 19 home runs and also 61 runs (16th in MLB). They have walked 34 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.72 as a team for the season. San Francisco has given up 101 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) as well as 52 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 3.26 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.29.

Giants pitchers have come into the game with runners on 11 times in addition to having 8 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 4 holds on the campaign (23rd in MLB). The Giants bullpen have earned a save percentage of 100.0% and has come into the game in 7 save situations. They have compiled 2 saves for the season and have blown 0 of their 2 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 19 base runners on the year and 31.6% of those players ended up scoring. The Giants have dispatched 36 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

The Giants have turned 68.4% of balls in play into outs out of 945 innings, which has them ranked 17th in baseball. The San Francisco Giants have accumulated 315 putouts so far this season, as well as 106 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .977 which is 29th in professional baseball, and have 9 double plays.

DeSclafani (51-48 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.10 while he has gone up against 3,588 hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 845 base knocks (8.9 hits per 9 innings) and has had 231 walks. His ERA is 4.07 (387 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.258. DeSclafani has taken the ball for 855 frames and has tallied 762 punch outs so far in his MLB career.

Detroit has accounted for 8 home runs for the year as well as 35 RBIs. They have hit 18 doubles, while taking a walk 35 times as well as putting up 36 runs. The Detroit Tigers have earned an on-base percentage of .267 and a batting average of .200 on the campaign. The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .308 and they are earning 3.00 runs per contest (30th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 120 instances (10th in the league) and are sitting with 81 hits.

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.446 in addition to having a FIP of 5.90 as a team this season. They sit at 14th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 110. The Detroit pitching staff have surrendered 76 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 6.25 (73 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 6.70 (78 strikeouts vs 42 bases on balls). They have surrendered 21 HR's and they concede 6.51 runs per 9 innings (29th in the league).

With 12 save situations, the Tigers have earned 7 holds in addition to 2 blown saves. Detroit has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 4 save opportunities and they have earned 2 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 16 times in high leverage situations and on 16 occasions with runners on. Detroit relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 57.7% out of 26 inherited base runners. They rank 23rd in baseball with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 40 relievers to the hill for the year.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 10 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (15th in professional baseball). The Tigers have racked up 115 assists, 6 errors and have notched a total of 316 putouts this season. In 948 innings on the field, the Tigers have a efficiency on defense of 70.6% (6th in the majors).

Boyd (39-63 career record) has a 4.89 ERA and has given up 9.0 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.96 and he has gone up against 3,468 batters during his career. He has given up 438 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.324 and having a FIP of 4.7. So far in his MLB career, Boyd has given up 805 base knocks while tallying 779 K's in 806 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Francisco

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