Los Angeles Angels vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 8/23/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Friday, August 23, 2024

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+140) Toronto (-168)

Rogers Centre is the location where the Toronto Blue Jays (59-68) will meet the Los Angeles Angels (54-73) on Friday. The odds on this game have Los Angeles at +140 and Toronto is coming in at -168. The over/under comes in at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers are Jack Kochanowicz and Chris Bassitt.

Los Angeles is slugging .374 and have been called out on strikes 1,075 times, while being walked on 381 occasions. They have accumulated 471 RBI's and 985 base knocks on the season, while their average at the plate is .234. The Angels have accrued 190 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 125 baseballs out of the stadium. They are sitting with 505 runs scored and have an OBP of .306. As a squad, the Los Angeles Angels are knocking in 4.0 runs per contest, which ranks them 26th in baseball.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.10 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.32. Angels pitchers have surrendered 150 home runs and also 617 total runs (27th in the league). Los Angeles has conceded 1,024 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 569 earned runs. The Angels are sitting with a team ERA of 4.55 for the year (27th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 982 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 467 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.56 as a team so far this year.

Angels relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 108 times and also have had 116 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 54 holds so far this season (27th in the league). The Angels relievers have recorded a save percentage of 68.9% and stepped onto the hill in 101 save situations. They have earned 31 saves for the season and have blown 14 out of their 45 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 171 runners on the campaign with 35.1% of them ended up scoring. The Angels have sent 402 relievers to the hill for the season.

The Angels have converted 70.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 10,140 innings on the field, which has them sitting 4th in pro baseball. The Los Angeles Angels have earned a total of 3,380 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,119 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .986 which puts them in 13th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 114 double plays.

Kochanowicz has taken the ball for 20 innings and has totaled 7 punch outs so far in his career. His ERA is 6.68 (15 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.683. He has conceded 27 base hits (12.0 hits per nine innings) and has 7 free passes. Kochanowicz (1-3 career mark) has a FIP of 6.58 while he has gone up against 90 opposing hitters in the majors.

Toronto has 126 home runs this season and 505 RBIs. They have put up 218 two-baggers, while taking a walk 408 times and putting up 532 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays hold an OBP of .313 in addition to a batting average of .240 over the course of the season. The Blue Jays have a team SLG% of .390 and they earn 4.19 runs per game (20th in the league). They have struck out on 959 occasions (25th in MLB) and have earned a total of 1,011 base knocks.

The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.313 with a FIP of 4.60 as a squad over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.30 (1,028 strikeouts against 402 bases on balls). They come in at 22nd in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 1,066. They have yielded 177 homers and they allow 4.91 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league). The Toronto pitching staff have relinquished 610 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 4.53 (563 earned runs conceded).

Sitting with 119 save situations, the Blue Jays have amassed 70 holds and 15 blown saves. Toronto has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 46 save chances and they have earned 31 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 100 times in high leverage situations in addition to 125 occasions with base runners. Toronto bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.5% of 197 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 9th in MLB with a save rate of 67.4%, and they have dispatched 429 relievers to the hill for the year.

The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 94 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (24th in the majors). The Blue Jays have recorded 1,053 assists, 75 errors and have accounted for 3,355 putouts during this campaign. In 10,065 innings on the field, the Blue Jays hold a efficiency on defense of 70.0% (15th in the majors).

Bassitt (71-54 career mark) has earned a 3.60 earned run average and has surrendered 8.2 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.91 and he has gone up against 4,524 batters so far in his MLB career. He has surrendered a total of 430 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.225 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. In his pro baseball career, Bassitt has given up 976 base hits while earning 991 K's in 1,075 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Toronto (-168) and under 8.5 runs

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