Washington Nationals vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 4/11/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Washington Nationals vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

Odds/Point Spread: Washington (+270) Los Angeles (-325)

The Washington Nationals (3-7) are traveling to Angel Stadium on Tuesday where they will try to beat the Los Angeles Angels (5-4). The moneyline on this game has Washington at +270 while Los Angeles is coming in at -325. The total comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Josiah Gray and Shohei Ohtani.

Washington is slugging .363 and have been rung up 69 times, while being walked on 35 occasions. They have earned 38 runs batted in in addition to 89 hits for the year, and their team batting average is sitting at .265. The Nationals have earned 14 doubles as a team and have knocked 5 balls out of the park. They have 40 runs and have an OBP of .336. As a team, the Washington Nationals are scoring 4.0 runs per outing, which has them at 24th in baseball.

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Nationals pitchers have conceded 17 home runs and also 57 runs in total (26th in baseball). They have walked 30 batters and their FIP sits at 5.47 as a team on the season. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.20 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.44. The Nationals are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.42 so far this season (25th in the league), and their staff has struck out 66 hitters.

Nationals pitchers have come into the game with runners on 7 times and also have had 6 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 6 holds this season (15th in MLB). The Nationals relievers have a save rate of 50.0% and has entered the game in 10 save situations. They have accumulated 2 saves for the year and have not converted 2 of 4 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 11 runners for the year and 63.6% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Nationals have sent 32 relief pitchers to the hill for the season.

The Nationals have converted 68.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 792 innings on the field, which has them sitting 12th in MLB. The Washington Nationals have amassed 264 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 102 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .984 which has them sitting 19th in baseball, and they have twisted 9 double plays.

Gray has taken the hill for 230 innings and has accounted for 240 punch outs in his career. Gray (9-14 career mark) holds a FIP of 5.91 and he has faced 1,005 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 5.16 (132 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.372. He has surrendered 214 hits (8.4 hits per 9 innings) and has had 102 walks.

Los Angeles has recorded 15 home runs this season as well as 56 RBIs. They have put up 12 doubles, while walking 40 times and earning 56 runs. The Los Angeles Angels have tallied an OBP of .333 and a batting average of .244 so far this season. The Angels hold a team SLG% of .428 and they score 6.22 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have struck out on 79 instances (18th in MLB) and have tallied 76 base knocks.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have conceded 41 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 4.05 (36 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 10 home runs and they yield 4.61 runs per 9 innings (14th in the league). The Angels have a team WHIP of 1.263 in addition to having a FIP of 4.30 as a team on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.96 (80 strikeouts vs 27 walks). They come in at 10th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 74.

Sitting with 15 save situations, the Angels have 10 holds and also 3 blown saves. Los Angeles has called on relief pitchers to enter the contest in 5 save chances and they have converted 2 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 10 times in high leverage situations in addition to 11 occasions with runners on base. Los Angeles relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 53.8% out of their 13 inherited runners. They sit at 28th in the league holding a save percentage of 40.0%, and they have dispatched 28 relievers to the hill so far this year.

The Los Angeles Angels have gotten 6 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (22nd in professional baseball). The Angels have racked up 80 assists, 6 errors and have earned 240 putouts on the season. In 720 innings on the diamond, the Angels have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.7% (13th in baseball).

So far in his pro baseball career, Ohtani has surrendered 268 hits while he has accumulated 459 punch outs in 361 innings. Ohtani (29-14 record in his career) is the owner of a 2.89 ERA while allowing 6.7 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 116 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.087 and a FIP of 3.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.67 and he has gone up against 1,468 hitters during his pro baseball career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Washington (+270)

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