Los Angeles Angels vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 4/17/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+144) Tampa Bay (-170)

The Tampa Bay Rays (9-8) will try to beat the Los Angeles Angels (8-8) at Tropicana Field on Wednesday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Angels at +144 and the Rays are coming in at -170. The over/under is set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound will be Reid Detmers and Zack Littell.

Los Angeles has a slugging % of .397 and have been called out on strikes 142 times, while being walked on 52 occasions. They have accounted for 64 RBI's as well as 135 hits this year, and their team batting average comes in at .247. The Angels have accumulated 20 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 18 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 74 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .320. As a unit, the Los Angeles Angels are notching 4.6 runs per game, which puts them at 15th in the league.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.50 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.26. Angels pitchers have conceded 21 long balls and also 79 runs in total (21st in baseball). Los Angeles has yielded 122 hits (7.8 per 9 innings) as well as 73 earned runs. The Angels are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.69 this season (24th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 135 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 54 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.55 as a squad on the year.

Angels pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 13 times as well as having 6 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 6 holds so far this season (24th in the league). The Angels relief pitchers have a save rate of 100.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 11 save situations. They have tallied 5 saves for the season and have blown 0 of 5 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 25 base runners on the season with 40.0% of them ended up scoring. The Angels have dispatched 50 relievers to the hill for the season.

The Angels have turned 71.9% of balls in play into outs in their 1,260 innings, which has them ranked 4th in baseball. The Los Angeles Angels have notched a total of 420 putouts so far this season, in addition to 136 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .989 which has them ranked 6th in baseball, and they have turned 12 double plays.

Detmers has pitched in 315 innings and is sitting with 335 strikeouts during his career. His earned run average is 4.19 (147 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.293. He has conceded 285 base knocks (8.1 hits per nine innings) with 123 walks. Detmers (15-19 career record) has earned a FIP of 3.99 while facing 1,348 hitters during his time in the majors.

Tampa Bay is sitting with 16 long balls on the year to go along with 65 runs batted in. They have hit 24 two-baggers, while taking a walk 45 times as well as scoring 71 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .309 in addition to a batting average of .245 over the course of the season. The Rays have a team slugging % of .373 and they are recording 4.18 runs per contest (19th in baseball). They have been rung up on 143 occasions (12th in the league) and have 138 base hits.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff have allowed 89 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 5.18 (87 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 26 long balls and they concede 5.30 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league). The Rays have a WHIP of 1.476 with a FIP of 4.90 as a squad on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.70 (147 strikeouts against 67 free passes). They are sitting at 27th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 156.

Tampa Bay has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 8 save opportunities and they have tallied 5 saves. They rank 16th in the league with a save percentage of 62.5%, and they have sent 51 relief pitchers to the hill this year. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 19 times in high leverage situations in addition to 11 occasions with base runners. Tampa Bay bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 20.8% out of their 24 inherited base runners. Sitting with 25 save situations, the Rays have earned 16 holds and also 3 blown saves.

In their 1,362 innings on the field, the Rays are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.2% (24th in MLB). The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten 16 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .990 (4th in professional baseball). The Rays have 126 assists, 6 errors and have earned a total of 454 putouts so far this year.

Littell (17-11 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.93 earned run average while giving up 9.0 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.12 and he has gone up against 1,163 opposing hitters so far in his pro baseball career. He has allowed 120 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.276 and a FIP of 4.3. So far in his career, Littell has conceded 274 base hits while earning 240 punch outs in 275 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-170)

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