Los Angeles Angels vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 4/15/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Monday, April 15, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+135) Tampa Bay (-155)

The Los Angeles Angels (7-8) are traveling to Tropicana Field on Monday where they will play the Tampa Bay Rays (9-7). The moneyline on this contest has Los Angeles at +135 while Tampa Bay is sitting at -155. The total comes in at 8.5. The pitchers expected to start will be Patrick Sandoval and Zach Eflin.

The Angels have accumulated 17 doubles as a squad and have knocked 15 baseballs out of the park. Los Angeles is slugging .381 and have been called out on strikes 125 times, while being walked on 46 occasions. As a squad, the Los Angeles Angels are notching 4.5 runs per outing, which has them at 17th in baseball. They have 53 runs batted in and 113 base knocks so far this year, while their team batting average comes in at .238. They have tallied 63 runs scored and hold an OBP of .312.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.73 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.25. Angels pitchers have relinquished 17 home runs and also 71 total runs (21st in MLB). Los Angeles has conceded 110 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and 66 earned runs. The Angels hold a team earned run average of 4.83 for the season (25th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 120 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 44 batters and their FIP is 4.34 as a squad over the course of the season.

The Angels have dispatched 43 relief pitchers to the mound this season. The relievers have inherited 24 runners for the year with 41.7% of those players crossed the plate. They have tallied 5 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 0 of their 5 save opportunities. The Angels relievers have earned a save percentage of 100.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 11 save situations. The relievers have recorded 6 holds for the year (23rd in the league). Angels pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 12 times in addition to having 6 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Angels have transformed 70.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 1,107 innings, which has them sitting at 6th in the majors. The Los Angeles Angels have earned a total of 369 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 117 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .990 which has them ranked 5th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 12 double plays.

Sandoval has pitched in 468 frames and has 463 K's during his MLB career. Sandoval (18-39 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.94 and he has faced 2,042 batters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.90 (203 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.385. He has given up 441 base hits (8.5 hits per nine innings) and has 208 free passes.

Tampa Bay has knocked in 11 long balls on the campaign and 54 runs batted in. They have hit 23 two-baggers, while walking 41 times as well as racking up 59 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have recorded an on-base percentage of .315 as well as a team batting average of .248 on the season. The Rays hold a team SLG% of .361 and they have an average of 3.93 runs per contest (21st in MLB). They have been rung up on 131 instances (11th in MLB) and have notched a total of 123 base hits.

The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.473 and have a FIP of 5.00 as a squad on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.90 (132 strikeouts against 63 bases on balls). They come in at 24th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 133. They have allowed 23 homers and they yield 5.27 runs per 9 innings (25th in the league). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have given up 78 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.14 (76 earned runs conceded).

Sitting with 23 save situations, the Rays have 15 holds and also 2 blown saves. Tampa Bay has had relief pitchers take the mound in 7 save opportunities and they have tallied 5 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 17 times in high leverage situations and also on 10 occasions with base runners. Tampa Bay bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 22.7% out of 22 inherited base runners. They sit at 10th in baseball with a save percentage of 71.4%, and they have dispatched 46 relievers to the hill for the season.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 14 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .988 (8th in professional baseball). The Rays have recorded 112 assists, 6 errors and have earned a total of 400 putouts over the course of the season. In their 1,200 innings on the diamond, the Rays are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.7% (19th in the majors).

Eflin (53-55 career mark) has a 4.32 ERA and has given up 9.2 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.05 and he has gone up against 3,582 hitters so far in his MLB career. He has surrendered a total of 410 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.239 and having a FIP of 4.1. Thus far in his career, Eflin has allowed 872 base hits and he has 753 strikeouts in 854 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-155)

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