Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 4/30/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Saturday, April 30, 2022

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (+300) Los Angeles (-400)

Dodger Stadium is the location where the Los Angeles Dodgers (12-6) will attempt to defeat the Detroit Tigers (6-12) on Saturday. The odds on this game have the Tigers at +300 while the Dodgers are sitting at -400. The betting total is set at 7.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Beau Brieske and Clayton Kershaw.

Detroit has a slugging % of .316 and have been rung up 155 times, while taking a walk on 64 occasions. They have accrued 58 RBI's and 133 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average comes in at .229. The Tigers have earned 21 doubles as a unit and have hit 8 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned 58 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .310. As a unit, the Detroit Tigers are recording 3.2 runs per game, which is 26th in baseball.

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Tigers pitchers have conceded 14 home runs and 75 runs (13th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 48 hitters and their FIP is 3.54 as a team for the year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.65 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.20. The Tigers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.42 so far this year (12th in the league), and their staff has struck out 127 hitters.

The Tigers have sent 65 relievers to the mound so far this season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 16 runners for the season and 25.0% of those runners crossed the plate. They have accumulated 4 saves so far this season and have blown 2 out of their 6 save opportunities. The Tigers relief pitchers have a save percentage of 66.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 13 save situations. The relievers are sitting with 7 holds this year (26th in the league). Tigers bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 10 times in addition to having 21 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tigers have converted 71.4% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,425 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 12th in baseball. The Detroit Tigers have notched a total of 475 putouts on the campaign, as well as 150 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding rate is at .983 which has them sitting 20th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 8 double plays.

Brieske has pitched in 5 frames and has accumulated 3 punch outs in his pro baseball career. Brieske (0-1 career record) has a FIP of 8.28 while he has faced 20 hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 5.40 (3 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.000. He has given up 3 hits (5.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 2 walks.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have an OBP of .331 as well as a team batting average of .244 so far this year. They have been called out on strikes on 148 instances (26th in baseball) and have recorded 145 base knocks. Los Angeles has hit 18 home runs this year and 85 RBIs. The Dodgers have a SLG% of .394 and they are scoring 5.00 runs per outing (1st in the league). They have recorded 27 doubles, while walking 75 times as well as racking up 90 runs.

The Dodgers have a team WHIP of 0.904 and have a FIP of 2.90 as a squad on the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 3.83 (161 strikeouts against 42 free passes). They are sitting at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 101. They have yielded 11 dingers and they concede 2.62 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball). The Los Angeles pitching staff have conceded 46 runs this year while having an ERA of 2.22 (39 earned runs surrendered).

Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 5 save chances and they have walked away with 4 saves. They sit at 3rd in MLB holding a save percentage of 80.0%, and they have dispatched 59 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the year. Their relief pitchers have come in 13 times in high leverage situations and also on 12 occasions with runners on base. Los Angeles bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 17.6% out of 17 inherited base runners. With 12 save situations, the Dodgers have accumulated 7 holds in addition to 1 blown save.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have turned 12 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .989 (7th in professional baseball). The Dodgers have racked up 156 assists, 7 errors and have accumulated 476 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 1,428 innings on the diamond, the Dodgers have a defensive efficiency of 76.1% (1st in the majors).

Kershaw (188-84 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 2.49 ERA while allowing 6.8 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 4.44 and he has faced 9,728 hitters so far in his MLB career. He has conceded 684 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.001 and a FIP of 2.8. So far in his MLB career, Kershaw has conceded 1,869 base hits while earning 2,693 K's in 2,471 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Detroit (+300)

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