Texas Rangers vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 9/27/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (-192) Los Angeles (+160)

The Los Angeles Angels (70-87) will compete against the Texas Rangers (88-68) at Angel Stadium on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has the Rangers at -192 and the Angels are priced at +160. The betting total comes in at 9. The expected starting pitchers are Dane Dunning and Griffin Canning.

As a team, the Texas Rangers are scoring 5.5 runs/g, which is 3rd in baseball. They are sitting with 865 runs while having a team OBP of .339. The Rangers have hit 322 doubles as a team and have hit 227 balls out of the park. They have tallied 830 RBI's and 1,435 hits on the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .266. Texas has a slugging % of .458 and have been called out on strikes 1,351 times, while drawing a walk on 573 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.72 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.28. Rangers pitchers have surrendered 192 home runs and 694 runs in total (15th in the league). Texas has surrendered 1,290 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 661 earned runs. The Rangers hold a team earned run average of 4.29 so far this season (17th in baseball), and they have struck out 1,299 batters. They have walked 477 opposing players and their FIP is 4.34 as a team over the course of the season.

Rangers pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 157 times and also have had 153 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 77 holds so far this season (21st in the league). The Rangers bullpen have recorded a save rate of 48.4% and has stepped onto the mound in 141 save situations. They have earned 30 saves so far this season and have blown 32 of their 62 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 258 base runners so far this season with 30.2% of them earned a run for their team. The Rangers have sent 449 relief pitchers to the mound this season.

The Texas Rangers have amassed 4,157 putouts on the year, as well as 1,386 assists and 57 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .990 which puts them in 2nd in professional baseball, and they have twisted 142 double plays. The Rangers have converted 70.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of 12,471 innings, which has them sitting 5th in professional baseball.

Dunning has pitched in 467 innings and has racked up 415 punch outs in his career. His ERA is 4.24 (220 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.361. He has surrendered 465 base hits (9.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 171 free passes. Dunning (22-24 career record) has earned a FIP of 4.28 while facing 2,006 batters in the major leagues.

The Los Angeles Angels have recorded a team on-base percentage of .317 in addition to a batting average of .246 on the season. They have been rung up on 1,486 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have 1,309 base hits. Los Angeles has accounted for 225 home runs on the season and 688 runs batted in. The Angels have a team SLG% of .427 and they are earning 4.55 runs per game (16th in the league). They have notched 243 two-baggers, while walking 502 times and racking up 715 runs.

The Angels are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.423 in addition to having a FIP of 4.64 as a pitching staff so far this season. They are currently ranked 22nd in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,356. The Los Angeles pitching staff have conceded 810 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.68 (721 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.10 (1,404 strikeouts against 616 free passes). They have surrendered 202 homers and they yield 5.26 runs per 9 innings (25th in the league).

Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 71 save chances and they have tallied 43 saves. They rank 18th in MLB with a save percentage of 60.6%, and they have dispatched 478 relief pitchers onto the diamond this season. Their relief pitchers have come in 167 times in high leverage situations and also on 122 occasions with base runners. Los Angeles relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 43.0% of 193 inherited runners. With 169 save situations, the Angels have tallied 96 holds and 28 blown saves.

Out of their 12,480 innings on the field, the Angels have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.1% (25th in the majors). The Los Angeles Angels have gotten 119 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .983 (25th in professional baseball). The Angels have accrued 1,236 assists, 92 errors and have a tally of 4,160 putouts on the campaign.

Thus far in his career, Canning has conceded 108 base knocks while tallying 132 strikeouts in 129 innings. Canning (7-7 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.82 earned run average and has given up 7.5 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 55 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.242 and having a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.49 and he has faced 539 hitters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas (-192)

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