Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 3/29/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (+120) Los Angeles (-144)

Dodger Stadium is where the Los Angeles Dodgers (98-64 last season) will try to defeat the Detroit Tigers (86-76 last year) on Saturday. The odds on this game have Detroit at +120 and Los Angeles is sitting at -144. The total has been set at 9. The men taking the mound are Reese Olson and Roki Sasaki.

Detroit had a slugging percentage of .385 and were called out on strikes 1,461 times, while taking a walk on 476 occasions. They compiled 656 RBI's as well as 1,273 hits last year, and their batting average was at .234. The Tigers hit 244 doubles as a team and hit 162 balls out of the park. They were sitting with 682 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .300. As a team, the Detroit Tigers scored 4.2 runs per game, which had them at 20th in the league.

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The Tigers had a team ERA of 3.61 over the course of last year (4th in MLB), and the staff rung up 1,354 hitters. Tigers pitchers allowed 159 long balls in addition to 642 total runs (5th in baseball). Their pitching staff walked 416 opposing players and their FIP was 3.70 as a squad last year. Detroit gave up 1,265 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and also 581 earned runs. They accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.25 and their pitching staff recorded a WHIP of 1.16.

The Tigers had sent 504 relief pitchers to the hill in the prior season. The relief pitchers inherited 241 runners for the previous season and 23.2% of those runners earned a run for their team. They earned 45 saves in the previous season and missed out on 26 of their 71 chances to save the game. The Tigers relief pitchers had a save percentage of 63.4% and stepped onto the hill in 151 save situations. The relief pitchers recorded 79 holds in the previous season (22nd in MLB). Tigers bullpen pitchers stepped onto the hill with runners on 178 times in addition to having 168 outings in high leverage situations.

The Detroit Tigers notched a total of 4,341 putouts in the prior season, as well as 1,409 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .986 which ranked 8th in baseball, and had a total of 129 double plays. The Tigers turned 70.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 13,023 innings, which had them sitting 4th in pro baseball.

Olson has taken the hill for 216 innings and has accumulated 204 punch outs so far in his career. His earned run average is 3.75 (90 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.153. He has allowed 183 hits (7.6 hits per nine innings) with 66 walks. Olson (9-15 career mark) has earned a FIP of 3.69 while he has faced 887 opposing batters in the majors.

Los Angeles accumulated 233 home runs over the course of last season in addition to 815 runs batted in. They tallied 291 doubles, while getting a free base 602 times as well as scoring 842 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers tallied a team on-base percentage of .335 in addition to a batting average of .258 over the course of last season. The Dodgers had a slugging percentage of .446 and they earned 5.20 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They struck out on 1,336 instances (19th in baseball) and tallied 1,423 hits.

The Los Angeles pitching staff given up 686 runs over the course of last season while having an ERA of 3.90 (626 earned runs relinquished). They conceded 198 dingers and they relinquished 4.27 runs per 9 innings (13th in the league). The Dodgers had a team WHIP of 1.228 and had a FIP of 4.18 as a squad for the prior year. They had a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.70 (1,390 strikeouts vs 501 bases on balls). They were ranked 7th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,273.

Los Angeles had relief pitchers enter the contest in 79 save chances and they recorded 50 saves. They were sitting at 18th in MLB holding a save rate of 63.3%, and they dispatched 565 bullpen pitchers to the mound last year. Their relief pitchers took the field 179 times in high leverage situations and on 118 occasions with runners on. Los Angeles relief pitchers held an inherited score rate of 32.5% out of their 160 inherited runners. Finishing with 186 save situations, the Dodgers earned 104 holds in addition to 29 blown saves.

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

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Detroit (+120)

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