Los Angeles Angels vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 3/27/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025

Location: Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Chicago Sports Network

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-210) Chicago (+172)

Rate Field is the location where the Chicago White Sox (41-121 last season) will try to defeat the Los Angeles Angels (63-99 last year) on Thursday. The moneyline on this game has the Angels at -210 and the White Sox are sitting at +172. The over/under is set at 9. The men taking the mound are Yusei Kikuchi and Sean Burke.

The Angels accrued 227 doubles as a unit and knocked 165 baseballs out of the park. Los Angeles had a slugging percentage of .369 and were called out on strikes 1,416 times, while drawing a walk on 482 occasions. As a team, the Los Angeles Angels put up 3.9 runs per game, which had them at 28th in baseball. They had 596 RBI's as well as 1,227 base knocks for the previous season, while their batting average was at .229. They were sitting with 635 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .301.

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Their K/BB ratio was 2.08 and the pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.35. Angels pitchers surrendered 202 long balls and 797 runs in total (27th in MLB). Los Angeles gave up 1,328 base knocks (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 725 earned runs. The Angels had an ERA of 4.56 over the course of last season (26th in baseball), and they rung up 1,252 batters. Their pitching staff walked 601 players from the other team and their FIP was 4.68 as a squad for the previous season.

The Angels sent 515 relief pitchers to the mound for the previous season. The relievers inherited 213 runners during the previous year and 34.3% of them ended up scoring. They compiled 35 saves over the course of the prior season and missed out on 18 of 53 chances to save the game. The Angels relief pitchers had a save rate of 66.0% and entered the game in 120 save situations. The relief pitchers recorded 65 holds during the previous year (28th in MLB). Angels relief pitchers stepped onto the hill with runners on 138 times as well as having 147 contests in high leverage situations.

The Angels converted 70.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 12,879 innings, which had them sitting 10th in professional baseball. The Los Angeles Angels earned a total of 4,293 putouts during the previous year, in addition to 1,439 assists and 97 errors. Their fielding percentage held at .983 which ranked 26th in pro baseball, and accumulated 152 double plays.

Kikuchi (41-47 career record) holds a FIP of 4.50 while he has gone up against 3,471 hitters in the majors. He has allowed 806 base knocks (9.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 282 free passes. His ERA is 4.57 (411 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.345. Kikuchi has pitched in 809 innings and has accumulated 837 punch outs thus far in his career.

The Chicago White Sox compiled a team OBP of .278 as well as a batting average of .221 over the course of last year. They were called out on strikes on 1,403 occasions (14th in MLB) and had 1,187 hits. Chicago knocked in 133 long balls last year in addition to 485 RBIs. The White Sox had a team slugging percentage of .340 and they scored 3.13 runs per contest (30th in MLB). They recorded 226 two-baggers, while walking 395 times as well as racking up 507 runs.

The White Sox held a team WHIP of 1.437 with a FIP of 4.56 as a unit over the course of last season. They finished at 26th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,397. The Chicago pitching staff allowed 813 runs last year while having an ERA of 4.68 (738 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio came in at 8.70 (1,366 strikeouts against 643 walks). They gave up 201 homers and they conceded 5.15 runs per 9 innings (28th in baseball).

Chicago called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 58 save chances and they came away with 21 saves. They ranked 30th in baseball with a save rate of 36.2%, and they dispatched 536 bullpen pitchers onto the field last season. Their bullpen pitchers came in 165 times in high leverage situations in addition to 174 occasions with runners on base. Chicago relievers held an inherited score percentage of 33.8% out of their 272 inherited runners. With 125 save situations, the White Sox tallied 64 holds in addition to 37 blown saves.

Out of their 12,780 innings on the diamond, the White Sox held a defensive efficiency of 68.5% (25th in pro baseball). The Chicago White Sox had 115 double plays and notched a fielding percentage of .984 (22nd in the majors). The White Sox accrued 1,276 assists, 90 errors and earned a total of 4,260 putouts over the course of the prior season.

In his career, Burke has allowed 12 base knocks while accumulating 22 strikeouts in 19 frames. He has allowed a total of 3 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.000 and having a FIP of 1.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.14 and he has gone up against 76 batters in his career. Burke (2-0 win-loss record in his career) has a 1.42 earned run average while conceding 5.7 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-210)

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