Los Angeles Angels vs Houston Astros Prediction, 8/30/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Houston Astros

Date: Saturday, August 30, 2025

Location: Daikin Park in Houston, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+120) Houston (-144)

The Houston Astros (73-60) will go up against the Los Angeles Angels (62-71) at Daikin Park on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has Los Angeles at +120 while Houston is priced at -144. The total is set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Kyle Hendricks and Spencer Arrighetti.

The Angels have accounted for 184 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 188 balls out of the park. Los Angeles has a slugging % of .405 and have been called out on strikes 1,304 times, while being walked on 402 occasions. As a unit, the Los Angeles Angels are earning 4.3 runs per game, which puts them at 17th in the league. They have earned 555 RBI's and 1,023 base knocks so far this season, and their team batting average sits at .230. They have tallied 574 runs and have an on-base percentage of .303.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.07 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.44. Angels pitchers have surrendered 186 home runs and 679 runs in total (27th in baseball). Los Angeles has surrendered 1,189 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) as well as 630 earned runs. The Angels are sitting with a team ERA of 4.81 on the year (28th in the league), and they have rung up 1,049 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 506 batters and their FIP sits at 4.78 as a team for the season.

The Angels relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 51.7% and stepped onto the hill in 132 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 193 base runners this season and 36.8% of them ended up crossing the plate. Angels relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 126 times as well as having 174 appearances in high leverage situations. The Angels have dispatched 463 relievers to the mound for the year. The relievers have accumulated 71 holds over the course of the season (19th in the league). They have accumulated 30 saves over the course of the season and have blown 28 of 58 chances to save the game.

The Angels have converted 68.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 10,611 innings on the field, ranking them 26th in pro baseball. The Kansas City Royals have accounted for 3,537 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,171 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .984 which ranks 23rd in pro baseball, and have accumulated 135 double plays.

Hendricks (103-90 record in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.73 while he has faced 7,073 hitters in the majors. He has allowed 1,636 hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 401 walks. His ERA is 3.79 (720 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.191. Hendricks has taken the hill for 1,710 frames and has accounted for 1,346 K's in his MLB career.

Houston is sitting with 148 home runs this season as well as 540 runs batted in. They have notched 202 doubles, while walking 391 times as well as recording 565 runs. The Houston Astros have an OBP of .318 and a team batting average of .253 for the season. The Astros have a team slugging % of .401 and they have an average of 4.25 runs per game (20th in MLB). They have struck out on 1,055 instances (24th in baseball) and have totaled 1,140 base hits.

The Houston pitching staff have relinquished 547 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 3.87 (509 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 159 home runs and they relinquish 4.16 runs per 9 innings (7th in MLB). The Astros have a team WHIP of 1.220 with a FIP of 3.93 as a unit so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 9.50 (1,249 strikeouts against 409 bases on balls). They come in at 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,036.

Houston has had relievers step onto the hill in 52 save chances and they have tallied 38 saves. They rank 2nd in baseball with a save rate of 73.1%, and they have sent 419 relievers onto the field so far this year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 133 times in high leverage situations and also on 100 occasions with base runners. Houston relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 26.1% out of their 134 inherited base runners. With 131 save situations, the Astros have earned 76 holds in addition to 14 blown saves.

In 10,662 innings on the field, the Astros hold a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (10th in baseball). The Houston Astros have gotten 90 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .988 (7th in MLB). The Astros have recorded 1,068 assists, 55 errors and are sitting with 3,554 putouts for the year.

So far in his pro baseball career, Arrighetti has conceded 168 base knocks and he has 194 K's in 174 innings pitched. Arrighetti (8-18 mark in his career) has a 4.81 earned run average while surrendering 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 93 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.425 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.43 and he has faced 763 opposing batters during his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles (+120)

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