Los Angeles Angels vs New York Mets Prediction, 7/23/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs New York Mets

Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Location: Citi Field in Queens, NY

TV: Sportsnet New York

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+162) New York (-196)

Citi Field is where the New York Mets (57-44) will try to beat the Los Angeles Angels (49-51) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Angels at +162 while the Mets are at -196. The total is 9. The pitchers expected to start will be Carson Fulmer and Sean Manaea.

The Angels have compiled 138 doubles as a team and have hit 147 baseballs out of the stadium. Los Angeles has a slugging rate of .414 and have struck out 967 times, while taking a walk on 294 occasions. As a unit, the Los Angeles Angels are earning 4.4 runs per game, which ranks them 15th in the league. They have amassed 428 RBI's and 792 hits for the season, while their team batting average is at .235. They have a total of 442 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .305.

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The Angels have an earned run average of 4.67 this year (26th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 780 batters. Angels pitchers have conceded 129 home runs and also 503 runs (26th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 389 batters and their FIP is 4.64 as a squad this year. Los Angeles has conceded 894 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) and also 460 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.01 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.45.

Angels bullpen pitchers have entered the game with players on base 103 times in addition to having 141 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have earned 56 holds for the year (14th in MLB). The Angels bullpen have a save percentage of 48.9% and have come into the game in 106 save situations. They have accumulated 23 saves this year and have not converted 24 of 47 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 154 runners on the year with 37.0% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Angels have sent 340 relievers to the hill so far this year.

The Angels have turned 68.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of 7,983 innings, ranking them 28th in baseball. The Kansas City Royals have earned 2,661 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 907 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which has them ranked 26th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 106 double plays.

Fulmer (7-15 record in his career) has earned a FIP of 5.34 and he has gone up against 1,063 hitters in the major leagues. He has conceded 218 base hits (8.4 hits per nine innings) and has 130 free passes. His ERA is 5.42 (141 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.486. Fulmer has taken the hill for 234 innings and has accumulated 210 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

New York has accumulated 127 long balls so far this season as well as 430 RBIs. They have 156 doubles, while getting a free base 351 times and racking up 442 runs. The New York Mets have earned a team on-base percentage of .322 and a batting average of .242 this year. The Mets have a team slugging percentage of .411 and they average 4.38 runs per outing (16th in the league). They have been rung up on 801 occasions (19th in baseball) and have totaled 815 base hits.

The New York pitching staff have conceded 401 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.60 (358 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 88 long balls and they relinquish 4.03 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Mets are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.299 in addition to having a FIP of 3.81 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.60 (861 strikeouts vs 364 free passes). They sit at 12th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 800.

New York bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 34.1% out of their 167 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 123 times in high leverage situations in addition to 110 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 112 save situations, the Mets have accrued 64 holds in addition to 18 blown saves. They rank 15th in the league with a save rate of 62.5%, and they have dispatched 324 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond for the year. New York has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 48 save opportunities and they have earned 30 saves.

In 8,067 innings on the diamond, the Mets are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (17th in pro baseball). The New York Mets have gotten 80 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .987 (12th in professional baseball). The Mets have recorded 918 assists, 48 errors and have earned a total of 2,689 putouts for the season.

Thus far in his career, Manaea has surrendered 1,094 base hits and he has 1,122 K's in 1,191 innings. He has given up a total of 529 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.201 and a FIP of 3.9. His K/BB ratio is 3.33 and he has gone up against 4,964 batters in his pro baseball career. Manaea (77-63 career win-loss mark) has a 4.00 earned run average and has given up 8.3 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles (+162)

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