Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 3/27/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (+150) Los Angeles (-182)

The Detroit Tigers (86-76 last year) are headed to Dodger Stadium on Thursday where they will attempt to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers (98-64 last season). The moneyline on this game has the Tigers at +150 and the Dodgers are coming in at -182. The total is 9. The pitchers expected to start will be Tarik Skubal and Blake Snell.

As a squad, the Detroit Tigers put up 4.2 runs per contest, which was 20th in the league. They racked up 682 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .300. The Tigers recorded 244 doubles as a team and smacked 162 baseballs out of the stadium. They earned 656 runs batted in in addition to 1,273 base knocks in the previous season, and their average at the plate sat at .234. Detroit had a slugging percentage of .385 and struck out 1,461 times, while taking a walk on 476 occasions.

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The Tigers had an ERA of 3.61 for the previous season (4th in MLB), and their staff rung up 1,354 hitters. Tigers pitchers gave up 159 long balls and also 642 total runs (5th in MLB). Their pitching staff walked 416 hitters and their FIP finished at 3.70 as a squad for the prior year. Detroit conceded 1,265 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and 581 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio was 3.25 and the pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.16.

The Tigers relievers earned a save percentage of 63.4% and entered the game in 151 save situations. The bullpen inherited 241 base runners for the previous season and 23.2% of those players earned a run for their team. Tigers bullpen pitchers entered the game with players on base 178 times as well as having 168 games in high leverage situations. The Tigers dispatched 504 relievers to the hill last year. The relievers had a total of 79 holds over the course of the prior season (22nd in MLB). They recorded 45 saves for the previous season and missed out on 26 of 71 chances to save the game.

The Tigers turned 70.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 13,023 innings, ranking them 4th in pro baseball. The Detroit Tigers finished with 4,341 putouts last season, as well as 1,409 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding percentage finished at .986 which had them ranked 8th in professional baseball, and they turned 129 double plays.

Skubal has taken the mound for 571 innings and has earned 648 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. Skubal (41-31 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.32 and he has faced 2,308 batters in the majors. His ERA is 3.37 (214 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.072. He has conceded 473 base knocks (7.5 hits per nine innings) and has 139 free passes.

Los Angeles recorded 233 home runs in the previous season in addition to 815 runs batted in. They put up 291 doubles, while taking a walk 602 times as well as scoring 842 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers held an on-base percentage of .335 as well as a batting average of .258 in the prior season. The Dodgers had a slugging percentage of .446 and they were earning 5.20 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They struck out on 1,336 occasions (19th in the league) and earned 1,423 hits.

The Dodgers had a WHIP of 1.228 in addition to having a FIP of 4.18 as a squad last season. They were ranked 7th in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,273. The Los Angeles pitching staff relinquished 686 runs in the previous season while holding an ERA of 3.90 (626 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio sat at 8.70 (1,390 strikeouts against 501 bases on balls). They relinquished 198 long balls and they conceded 4.27 runs per 9 innings (13th in the league).

Los Angeles called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 79 save opportunities and they walked away with 50 saves. They ranked 18th in MLB holding a save rate of 63.3%, and they sent 565 bullpen pitchers to the mound last season. Their relievers took the field 179 times in high leverage situations and on 118 occasions with base runners. Los Angeles bullpen pitchers held an inherited score rate of 32.5% out of their 160 inherited runners. With 186 save situations, the Dodgers accrued 104 holds and also 29 blown saves.

The Los Angeles Dodgers turned 119 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .985 (18th in MLB). The Dodgers accrued 1,366 assists, 88 errors and earned 4,337 putouts for the prior year. In their 13,011 innings played, the Dodgers finished with a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (2nd in professional baseball).

Snell (76-58 record in his career) has a 3.19 earned run average while surrendering 6.9 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.76 and he has gone up against 4,537 opposing batters in his pro baseball career. He has conceded a total of 389 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.218 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.1. During his career, Snell has conceded 840 base hits while totaling 1,368 punch outs in 1,096 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Detroit (+150)

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