Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 3/28/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Friday, March 28, 2025

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (+125) Los Angeles (-150)

Dodger Stadium is the location where the Los Angeles Dodgers (98-64 last season) will attempt to beat the Detroit Tigers (86-76 last year) on Friday. The line on this contest has Detroit at +125 and Los Angeles is coming in at -150. The betting total is set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start are Jack Flaherty and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

As a team, the Detroit Tigers earned 4.2 runs per contest, which ranked them 20th in MLB. They accounted for 682 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .300. The Tigers earned 244 two-baggers as a team and knocked 162 balls out of the stadium. They amassed 656 RBI's and 1,273 hits last year, while their team batting average finished at .234. Detroit had a slugging % of .385 and were called out on strikes 1,461 times, while taking a walk on 476 occasions.

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They accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.25 and the pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.16. Tigers pitchers conceded 159 home runs and 642 runs in total (5th in MLB). Detroit allowed 1,265 base knocks (7.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 581 earned runs. The Tigers finished with a team ERA of 3.61 over the course of last year (4th in baseball), and they struck out 1,354 batters. Their pitching staff walked 416 players from the other team and their FIP was 3.70 as a team over the course of the prior season.

Tigers bullpen pitchers came into the game with runners on base 178 times in addition to having 168 contests in high leverage situations. The relievers finished with 79 holds in the previous season (22nd in the league). The Tigers relievers compiled a save rate of 63.4% and stepped onto the hill in 151 save situations. They recorded 45 saves over the course of the prior season and did not convert 26 of their 71 save chances. The relievers inherited 241 base runners last year and 23.2% of those runners crossed home plate. The Tigers dispatched 504 relievers to the hill in the previous season.

The Tigers turned 70.9% of balls in play into outs out of their 13,023 innings, which had them sitting 4th in professional baseball. The Detroit Tigers amassed 4,341 putouts over the course of last season, in addition to 1,409 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .986 which had them sitting 8th in professional baseball, and earned 129 double plays.

Flaherty (55-41 mark in his career) has a FIP of 3.58 while he has faced 3,439 hitters in the major leagues. He has allowed 689 base knocks (7.5 hits per 9 innings) and has had 292 free passes. His earned run average is 3.64 (335 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.183. Flaherty has taken the mound for 829 innings and has 942 punch outs during his pro baseball career.

Los Angeles knocked in 233 home runs last season and 815 RBIs. They put up 291 two-baggers, while walking 602 times as well as putting up 842 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers recorded a team on-base percentage of .335 in addition to a batting average of .258 in the previous season. The Dodgers held a team slugging % of .446 and they averaged 5.20 runs per game (2nd in MLB). They were rung up on 1,336 occasions (19th in MLB) and earned 1,423 base knocks.

The Dodgers held a team WHIP of 1.228 in addition to having a FIP of 4.18 as a team for the previous season. Their K/BB ratio came in at 8.70 (1,390 strikeouts vs 501 bases on balls). They had a ranking of 7th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,273. They allowed 198 dingers and they surrender 4.27 runs per 9 innings (13th in the league). The Los Angeles pitching staff given up 686 runs for the prior year while having an ERA of 3.90 (626 earned runs surrendered).

Los Angeles called on relievers to step onto the mound in 79 save opportunities and they walked away with 50 saves. They were sitting at 18th in baseball with a save percentage of 63.3%, and they dispatched 565 relievers onto the diamond last season. Their relief pitchers came in 179 times in high leverage situations in addition to 118 occasions with base runners. Los Angeles relief pitchers had an inherited score rate of 32.5% out of their 160 inherited base runners. With 186 save situations, the Dodgers accrued 104 holds in addition to 29 blown saves.

In 13,011 innings on the diamond, the Dodgers held a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (2nd in professional baseball). The Los Angeles Dodgers had 119 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .985 (18th in pro baseball). The Dodgers recorded 1,366 assists, 88 errors and are sitting with 4,337 putouts for the previous season.

So far in his MLB career, Yamamoto has allowed 78 hits and he has 105 K's in 90 frames. Yamamoto (7-2 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 3.00 ERA while conceding 7.8 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 30 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.111 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.77 and he has faced 368 hitters so far in his MLB career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-150) and under 9 runs

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