The Los Angeles Angels will take the field against the Oakland Athletics (30-56) on Wednesday. The game begins at 9:40 PM ET on NBCS-CA, with the Angels listed as -113 favorites on the moneyline. Los Angeles’ Davis Daniel and Oakland’s Joey Estes have been named the starters for this contest.
Here is our betting primer for this game, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $37.70
Angels to win vs Athletics -113
Angels vs. Athletics Betting Lines
- Favorite: Angels (-113)
- Underdog: Athletics (-106)
- Over/under: 8
Angels vs. Athletics Betting Insights
- The Angels have been favorites in 11 games this season and have come away with the win five times (45.5%) in those contests.
- Los Angeles has a record of 5-2 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -113 or more on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Angels have a 53.1% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Athletics have won 29.9% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (23-54).
- Oakland has a record of 23-54 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -106 or longer (29.9%).
- The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Athletics a 51.5% chance to win.
Angels vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders
- Taylor Ward leads Los Angeles in home runs (14) and runs batted in (43) this season while batting .243.
- Including all hitters in Major League Baseball, Ward is 31st in homers and 43rd in RBI.
- Luis Rengifo leads Los Angeles in batting with a .317 average while slugging six homers and driving in 24 runs.
- JJ Bleday has 22 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 36 walks while hitting .242.
- Bleday’s home run total ranks 60th in the big leagues, and he is 139th in RBI.
- Brent Rooker has shown his power as he paces his team with 15 home runs and 47 runs batted in, with a team-leading .261 batting average.
Angels vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The Angels have a 7.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in baseball.
- The Angels have pitched to a 4.61 ERA this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
- Angels pitchers have a 1.328 WHIP this season, 24th in the majors.
- The 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 28th in the majors.
- Oakland’s 4.41 team ERA ranks 24th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Athletics combine for the fourth-worst WHIP in MLB (1.358).