Los Angeles Angels vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 3/30/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Sunday, March 30, 2025

Location: Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Chicago Sports Network

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-130) Chicago (+110)

The Los Angeles Angels (63-99 last year) are on their way to Rate Field on Sunday where they will try to beat the Chicago White Sox (41-121 last season). The line on this contest has Los Angeles at -130 and Chicago is sitting at +110. The total has been set at 8. The expected starting pitchers will be Jack Kochanowicz and Davis Martin.

As a unit, the Los Angeles Angels compiled 3.9 runs per game, which was 28th in the league. They had 635 runs and held an OBP of .301. The Angels recorded 227 doubles as a team and knocked 165 balls out of the park. They tallied 596 runs batted in in addition to 1,227 hits in the previous season, and their batting average finished at .229. Los Angeles had a slugging percentage of .369 and were called out on strikes 1,416 times, while drawing a walk on 482 occasions.

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Their K/BB ratio was 2.08 and the pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.35. Angels pitchers gave up 202 home runs and 797 total runs (27th in baseball). Los Angeles conceded 1,328 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and also 725 earned runs. The Angels had an earned run average of 4.56 over the course of last season (26th in baseball), and the staff struck out 1,252 hitters. Their pitching staff walked 601 opposing players and their FIP finished at 4.68 as a team for the previous season.

The Angels bullpen earned a save percentage of 66.0% and came into the game in 120 save situations. The relievers inherited 213 base runners for the prior year with 34.3% of those players earned a run for their team. Angels relief pitchers entered the contest with runners on base 138 times in addition to having 147 contests in high leverage situations. The Angels sent 515 relief pitchers to the mound in the prior season. The relief pitchers notched 65 holds in the previous season (28th in the league). They accumulated 35 saves for the prior year and missed out on 18 of 53 save chances.

The Angels turned 70.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of 12,879 innings, which ranked them 10th in professional baseball. The Los Angeles Angels finished with 4,293 putouts during the previous year, in addition to 1,439 assists and 97 errors. Their fielding percentage was previously at .983 which put them in 26th in pro baseball, and they turned 152 double plays.

Kochanowicz has thrown 65 innings and has racked up 25 punch outs during his career. His earned run average is 4.01 (29 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.198. He has allowed 68 base knocks (9.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 10 free passes. Kochanowicz (2-6 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.95 while going up against 266 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The White Sox held a slugging percentage of .340 and they were earning 3.13 runs per contest (30th in baseball). They hit 226 doubles, while taking a walk 395 times and putting up 507 runs. Chicago was sitting with 133 home runs during the previous year to go along with 485 runs batted in. They were rung up on 1,403 occasions (14th in MLB) and earned a total of 1,187 hits. The Chicago White Sox held a team OBP of .278 as well as a team batting average of .221 last year.

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 were sitting at 26th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,397. The Chicago pitching staff surrendered 813 runs for the prior year while having a team ERA of 4.68 (738 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio came in at 8.70 (1,366 strikeouts against 643 free passes). They relinquished 201 long balls and they surrendered 5.15 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league).

Chicago had relievers enter the game in 58 save opportunities and they walked away with 21 saves. They were ranked 30th in the league with a save percentage of 36.2%, and they dispatched 536 relief pitchers to the hill last season. Their relief pitchers took the field 165 times in high leverage situations and also on 174 occasions with base runners. Chicago relievers had an inherited score percentage of 33.8% of 272 inherited base runners. With 125 save situations, the White Sox accrued 64 holds and also 37 blown saves.

Out of their 12,780 innings on the diamond, the White Sox held a efficiency on defense of 68.5% (25th in MLB). The Chicago White Sox had 115 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .984 (22nd in pro baseball). The White Sox had 1,276 assists, 90 errors and accumulated 4,260 putouts for the prior year.

So far in his pro baseball career, Martin has allowed 113 base knocks while he has accumulated 95 K's in 113 innings pitched. He has allowed 58 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.370 and having a FIP of 4.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.26 and he has faced 489 batters so far in his career. Martin (3-11 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 4.62 earned run average while conceding 9.0 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Chicago (+110)

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