Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 4/9/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports Sun

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

The Tampa Bay Rays (5-5) are traveling to Angel Stadium on Tuesday where they will go up against the Los Angeles Angels (5-4). The moneyline on this game has Tampa Bay at -140 while Los Angeles is coming in at +120. The over/under comes in at 8. The expected starting pitchers are Aaron Civale and Patrick Sandoval.

As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which ranks them 16th in baseball. They have accumulated 44 runs while holding a team OBP of .322. The Rays have hit 16 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 9 balls out of the park. They have accrued 43 RBI's and 82 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate is at .246. Tampa Bay owns a slugging percentage of .375 and have been called out on strikes 91 times, while taking a walk on 31 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.12 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.40. Rays pitchers have yielded 15 long balls and 53 total runs (24th in the league). Tampa Bay has conceded 84 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 52 earned runs. The Rays are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.24 over the course of the season (26th in the league), and the staff has struck out 87 batters. They have walked 41 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.89 as a team so far this year.

The Rays have dispatched 30 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 20 runners on the year with 25.0% of those runners crossed home plate. They have earned 2 saves on the season and have missed out on 2 of 4 save opportunities. The Rays relievers have recorded a save percentage of 50.0% and has entered the game in 12 save situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 7 holds on the season (12th in baseball). Rays relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 9 times in addition to having 8 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays have 268 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 73 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .991 which is 9th in pro baseball, and have a total of 10 double plays. The Rays have converted 70.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 804 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 12th in MLB.

Civale has pitched in 487 innings and is sitting with 442 K's in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.86 (209 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.159. He has given up 444 base hits (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 121 walks. Civale (32-27 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.00 while facing 1,993 hitters during his time in the majors.

The Los Angeles Angels have a team on-base percentage of .304 in addition to a team batting average of .214 on the campaign. They have struck out on 83 instances (12th in MLB) and have earned 63 hits. Los Angeles is sitting with 10 long balls for the year as well as 33 RBIs. The Angels hold a slugging % of .363 and they are scoring 4.56 runs per contest (14th in baseball). They have 10 doubles, while walking 34 times as well as putting up 41 runs.

The Angels have a WHIP of 1.304 and have a FIP of 5.14 as a team so far this year. Their K/BB ratio is 8.50 (75 strikeouts against 34 bases on balls). They sit at 11th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 69. They have given up 14 home runs and they allow 6.04 runs per 9 innings (28th in baseball). The Los Angeles pitching staff have given up 53 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 5.58 (49 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 11 save situations, the Angels have earned 6 holds and 0 blown saves. Los Angeles has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 5 save opportunities and they have recorded 5 saves. Their relievers have come in 6 times in high leverage situations and on 11 occasions with base runners. Los Angeles relievers have an inherited score percentage of 43.5% of 23 inherited base runners. They sit at 2nd in the league with a save rate of 100.0%, and they have sent 29 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the year.

In 711 innings played, the Angels are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 72.8% (5th in MLB). The Los Angeles Angels have gotten 7 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (12th in pro baseball). The Angels have accrued 73 assists, 4 errors and have earned 237 putouts this season.

During his pro baseball career, Sandoval has given up 435 hits while he has accumulated 457 K's in 463 innings. Sandoval (18-38 mark in his career) has a 3.86 earned run average and has given up 8.4 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 199 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.380 and having a FIP of 4.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.23 and he has faced 2,018 opposing hitters during his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-140)

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