Los Angeles Angels vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 7/20/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Saturday, July 20, 2024

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

The Oakland Athletics (37-61) will try to beat the Los Angeles Angels (41-55) at Oakland Coliseum on Saturday. The expected starting pitchers will be Tyler Anderson and Joey Estes.

The Angels have hit 144 doubles as a unit and have hit 101 balls out of the stadium. Los Angeles is slugging .381 and have been called out on strikes 803 times, while taking a walk on 277 occasions. As a unit, the Los Angeles Angels are putting up 4.0 runs per outing, which has them at 25th in baseball. They have accrued 358 runs batted in in addition to 746 hits on the season, while their average at the plate is at .235. They have a total of 385 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .303.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.10 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.32. Angels pitchers have yielded 114 home runs in addition to 472 runs (26th in the league). Los Angeles has yielded 769 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 434 earned runs. The Angels have a team earned run average of 4.59 on the season (28th in the league), and the staff has rung up 743 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 354 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.58 as a squad on the campaign.

The Angels have dispatched 300 relievers to the hill on the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 139 base runners so far this year and 35.3% of those runners earned a run for their team. They have tallied 23 saves for the season and have not converted 9 of their 32 chances to get a save. The Angels relief pitchers have a save rate of 71.9% and has entered the game in 71 save situations. The bullpen have notched 39 holds this year (28th in the league). Angels pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 85 times in addition to having 83 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Angels have converted 71.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 7,662 innings, which has them sitting 6th in baseball. The Los Angeles Angels have accounted for 2,554 putouts this season, as well as 850 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .986 which ranks 15th in the majors, and have 81 double plays.

Anderson (58-57 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 4.14 while facing 4,464 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has conceded 1,015 hits (8.6 hits per nine innings) and has 332 free passes. His ERA is 4.20 (495 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.270. Anderson has taken the hill for 1,060 innings and has racked up 880 strikeouts in his MLB career.

The Athletics have a team slugging % of .388 and they earn 3.98 runs per game (26th in MLB). They have hit 137 doubles, while getting a free base 307 times as well as putting up 390 runs. Oakland has a total of 122 home runs on the campaign and 376 runs batted in. They have struck out on 949 occasions (2nd in MLB) and have earned 740 hits. The Oakland Athletics have tallied a team OBP of .298 in addition to a batting average of .227 on the year.

The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.362 and have a FIP of 4.36 as a unit over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 7.70 (737 strikeouts against 330 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 27th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 844. They have relinquished 103 home runs and they give up 4.94 runs per 9 innings (26th in baseball). The Oakland pitching staff have conceded 473 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.46 (427 earned runs surrendered).

Oakland has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 31 save opportunities and they have walked away with 18 saves. They sit at 23rd in the league with a save rate of 58.1%, and they have dispatched 313 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 92 times in high leverage situations in addition to 105 occasions with base runners. Oakland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 33.8% of 145 inherited runners. With 90 save situations, the Athletics have accumulated 58 holds and also 13 blown saves.

The Oakland Athletics have turned 96 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (25th in pro baseball). The Athletics have 836 assists, 59 errors and have accumulated 2,587 putouts during this campaign. In 7,761 innings played, the Athletics have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 68.7% (26th in MLB).

In his pro baseball career, Estes has surrendered 72 base knocks while accumulating 56 strikeouts in 73 innings pitched. Estes (4-5 win-loss record in his career) has a 5.55 ERA and has conceded 8.9 hits per nine innings. He has allowed a total of 45 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.219 and a FIP of 5.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.29 and he has faced 311 batters so far in his pro baseball career.

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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