Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 4/8/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Monday, April 8, 2024

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-140) Los Angeles (+120)

The Tampa Bay Rays (4-5) are traveling to Angel Stadium on Monday where they will meet the Los Angeles Angels (5-3). The moneyline on this game has the Rays at -140 while the Angels are coming in at +120. The over/under has been set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Zach Eflin and Tyler Anderson.

The Rays have tallied 12 doubles as a unit and have smacked 9 baseballs out of the stadium. Tampa Bay has a slugging percentage of .378 and have been called out on strikes 85 times, while drawing a walk on 28 occasions. As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 4.6 runs per game, which ranks them 13th in the league. They have accumulated 40 RBI's and 74 base knocks over the course of the season, and their batting average is .247. They have 41 runs and have an on-base percentage of .324.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.95 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.42. Rays pitchers have conceded 15 home runs and also 51 total runs (25th in the league). Tampa Bay has surrendered 77 base knocks (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 50 earned runs. The Rays are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.60 this season (28th in the league), and their staff has struck out 72 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 37 opposing players and their FIP is 5.33 as a team so far this year.

Rays pitchers have come into the game with players on base 7 times and also have had 6 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have 5 holds so far this year (18th in MLB). The Rays bullpen have earned a save rate of 33.3% and has come into the game in 9 save situations. They have 1 save this year and have missed out on 2 of their 3 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 15 base runners for the year with 33.3% of those runners ended up scoring. The Rays have sent 27 relief pitchers to the mound this season.

The Tampa Bay Rays have 241 putouts on the year, in addition to 64 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .990 which puts them in 10th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 9 double plays. The Rays have converted 71.3% of balls in play into outs out of their 723 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 11th in the majors.

Eflin (53-54 career mark) has a FIP of 4.10 while he has gone up against 3,558 batters in the major leagues. He has given up 863 hits (9.1 hits per 9 innings) with 186 walks. His ERA is 4.29 (405 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.236. Eflin has taken the mound for 849 innings and has accounted for 748 strikeouts in his MLB career.

Los Angeles has accumulated 9 home runs so far this season as well as 32 RBIs. They have tallied 9 doubles, while getting a free base 31 times as well as recording 39 runs. The Los Angeles Angels have earned a team OBP of .302 and a batting average of .211 this year. The Angels have a team slugging percentage of .364 and they have an average of 4.88 runs per game (11th in the league). They have been rung up on 75 occasions (13th in baseball) and have totaled 55 base hits.

The Angels have a team WHIP of 1.214 in addition to having a FIP of 4.69 as a pitching staff for the year. They are sitting at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 57. The Los Angeles pitching staff have conceded 41 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.76 (37 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.20 (64 strikeouts against 28 walks). They have allowed 10 dingers and they allow 5.27 runs per 9 innings (23rd in MLB).

Los Angeles bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 33.3% of 15 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 6 times in high leverage situations and on 8 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 11 save situations, the Angels have compiled 6 holds and also 0 blown saves. They rank 2nd in MLB holding a save rate of 100.0%, and they have sent 25 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the season. Los Angeles has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 5 save opportunities and they have tallied 5 saves.

Out of their 630 innings played, the Angels are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 73.6% (5th in the majors). The Los Angeles Angels have gotten 7 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (14th in professional baseball). The Angels have 70 assists, 4 errors and have earned a total of 210 putouts this year.

So far in his career, Anderson has allowed 928 base knocks while tallying 804 punch outs in 950 innings. Anderson (51-49 career mark) has earned a 4.32 ERA while giving up 8.8 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded 456 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.278 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.80 and he has faced 4,008 hitters so far in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-140)

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