Detroit Tigers vs Houston Astros Prediction, 4/30/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Houston Astros

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Location: Daikin Park in Houston, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-196) Houston (+162)

Daikin Park is where the Houston Astros (15-13) will try to defeat the Detroit Tigers (18-11) on Wednesday. The line on this contest has Detroit at -196 and Houston opens at +162. The total is 8.5. The pitchers expected to start will be Jackson Jobe and Hayden Wesneski.

Detroit has a slugging % of .392 and have struck out 263 times, while being walked on 112 occasions. They have earned 130 RBI's and 234 hits on the campaign, and their batting average sits at .244. The Tigers have tallied 40 doubles as a unit and have smacked 30 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 134 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .327. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are knocking in 4.6 runs/g, which has them at 11th in baseball.

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The Tigers have compiled a team ERA of 2.86 on the campaign (3rd in the league), and they have struck out 237 batters. Tigers pitchers have given up 28 home runs and 95 total runs (4th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 83 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.77 as a team on the season. Detroit has relinquished 202 hits (7.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 81 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.86 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.12.

Tigers relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 26 times in addition to having 14 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 9 holds on the year (29th in baseball). The Tigers bullpen have a save rate of 81.8% and have come into the game in 22 save situations. They have earned 9 saves on the season and have missed out on 2 of 11 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 37 runners this year and 21.6% of them ended up scoring. The Tigers have dispatched 81 relievers to the mound this season.

The Colorado Rockies have a tally of 766 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 251 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which has them sitting 16th in baseball, and have accumulated 18 double plays. The Tigers have turned 73.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 2,298 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 4th in the majors.

Jobe has taken the hill for 24 innings and has racked up 16 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 2.25 (6 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.083. He has allowed 15 hits (5.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 11 walks. Jobe (2-0 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 2.22 while he has gone up against 98 hitters in the major leagues.

The Astros have a team slugging percentage of .352 and they are recording 3.82 runs per game (22nd in baseball). They have 36 two-baggers, while getting a free base 86 times as well as racking up 107 runs. Houston has hit 23 home runs over the course of the season and 100 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 226 occasions (22nd in baseball) and have accounted for 214 base hits. The Houston Astros have tallied a team OBP of .304 in addition to a team batting average of .233 on the season.

The Houston pitching staff have given up 93 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.25 (90 earned runs conceded). They have given up 25 long balls and they relinquish 3.36 runs per 9 innings (4th in MLB). The Astros are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.071 in addition to having a FIP of 3.36 as a staff on the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.20 (255 strikeouts against 78 free passes). They come in at 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 189.

Houston relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 31.0% out of their 29 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 25 times in high leverage situations in addition to 21 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 33 save situations, the Astros have 21 holds in addition to 3 blown saves. They are currently ranked 6th in the league holding a save rate of 75.0%, and they have dispatched 88 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the season. Houston has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 12 save opportunities and they have come away with 9 saves.

Out of their 2,247 innings on the field, the Astros are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 73.5% (2nd in professional baseball). The Houston Astros have turned 16 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .990 (4th in the majors). The Astros have recorded 214 assists, 10 errors and have accounted for 749 putouts on the season.

In his pro baseball career, Wesneski has surrendered 186 hits while accumulating 209 strikeouts in 218 innings. He has allowed 95 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.147 and having a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.27 and he has gone up against 906 opposing batters so far in his career. Wesneski (10-15 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.92 earned run average while giving up 7.7 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Detroit (-196)

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