Los Angeles Angels vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 4/11/2021 MLB Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Sunday, April 11, 2021

Location: TD Ballpark in Dunedin, FL

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+110) Toronto (-120)

TD Ballpark is the venue where Tanner Roark and the Toronto Blue Jays (3-5, 5th in AL East) will play the Los Angeles Angels (6-2, 2nd in AL West) on Sunday. The odds on this matchup have the Angels coming in at +110 and the Blue Jays are at -120. The O/U is set at 11. The men taking the mound are Alex Cobb and Tanner Roark.

As a team, the Los Angeles Angels are putting up 5.9 runs per contest, which has them at 5th in the league. They have a total of 47 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .331. The Angels have accounted for 8 doubles as a team and have hit 12 baseballs out of the park. They have accrued 43 RBI's in addition to 70 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate is .254. Los Angeles owns a slugging percentage of .428 and have struck out 65 times, while being walked on 30 occasions.

The Angels are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.26 on the season (20th in the league), and they have rung up 93 hitters. Their K/BB ratio is 3.10 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.27. Angels pitchers have given up 10 home runs in addition to 38 runs in total (9th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 30 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.75 as a squad this season.

Angels relief pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 13 times in addition to having 13 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 1 hold on the campaign (24th in the league). The Angels bullpen have a save rate of 75.0% and has come into the game in 5 save situations. They have recorded 3 saves this year and have not converted 1 of their 4 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 15 runners so far this season with 33.3% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Angels have dispatched 30 relief pitchers to the hill for the year.

Cobb has taken the hill for 923 innings and has totaled 725 K's in his MLB career. His earned run average is 3.88 (398 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.267. He has surrendered 901 base knocks (8.8 hits per nine innings) and has had 268 walks. Cobb (55-57 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.05 and he has gone up against 3,872 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The Toronto Blue Jays have compiled an on-base percentage of .272 in addition to a batting average of .202 on the year. They have struck out on 84 occasions (4th in the league) and are sitting with 55 base hits. Toronto has recorded 11 home runs over the course of the season and 22 runs batted in. The Blue Jays have a team slugging percentage of .346 and they are earning 3.25 runs per contest (25th in MLB). They have put up 6 two-baggers, while getting a free base 20 times and putting up 26 runs.

The Toronto pitching staff have surrendered 33 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 3.38 (27 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 10 homers and they relinquish 4.13 runs per 9 innings (13th in MLB). The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.264 with a FIP of 4.10 as a squad on the campaign. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 3.00 (75 strikeouts vs 25 walks). They sit at 6th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 66.

Toronto has called on relievers to enter the game in 3 save chances and they have walked away with 2 saves. They sit at 14th in baseball holding a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have sent 32 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the season. Their relievers have taken the field 16 times in high leverage situations and on 10 occasions with runners on. Toronto relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 46.0% out of their 13 inherited base runners. With 6 save situations, the Blue Jays have accrued 2 holds and also 1 blown save.

In his pro baseball career, Roark has conceded 1,113 base hits while he has earned 933 K's in 1,151 innings pitched. He has conceded 494 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.260 and a FIP of 4.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.77 and he has gone up against 4,817 opposing batters in his pro baseball career. Roark (76-68 career record) holds a 3.86 ERA while allowing 8.7 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto (-120)

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