Los Angeles Angels vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 8/15/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Friday, August 15, 2025

Location: Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-210) Sacramento (+172)

Sutter Health Park is where the Sacramento Athletics (54-69) will compete against the Los Angeles Angels (59-62) on Friday. The odds on this game have the Angels at -210 while the Athletics are sitting at +172. The over/under is set at 9. The starting pitchers will be Yusei Kikuchi and Jack Perkins.

Los Angeles has a slugging percentage of .409 and have struck out 1,174 times, while drawing a walk on 368 occasions. They have earned 518 RBI's in addition to 943 hits for the season, while their average at the plate is .233. The Angels have compiled 168 doubles as a unit and have smacked 173 balls out of the park. They have a total of 535 runs while holding a team OBP of .306. As a squad, the Los Angeles Angels are notching 4.4 runs per game, which ranks them 14th in the league.

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The Angels have an ERA of 4.63 on the campaign (26th in the league), and their staff has struck out 963 batters. Angels pitchers have yielded 164 long balls in addition to 600 total runs (27th in the league). They have walked 460 batters and their FIP is 4.68 as a squad this year. Los Angeles has conceded 1,066 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 552 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.09 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.42.

The Angels bullpen have a save percentage of 51.8% and have entered the game in 127 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 175 runners this year with 37.1% of those runners ended up scoring. Angels bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 116 times and also have had 162 appearances in high leverage situations. The Angels have dispatched 418 relievers to the mound on the season. The bullpen have racked up 68 holds for the season (14th in baseball). They have tallied 29 saves so far this year and have not converted 27 of their 56 chances to save the game.

The Kansas City Royals are sitting with 3,222 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,071 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .983 which has them ranked 25th in professional baseball, and have earned 126 double plays. The Angels have transformed 68.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 9,666 innings on the field, which has them ranked 26th in the majors.

Kikuchi has thrown 948 frames and has racked up 983 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. Kikuchi (47-54 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.33 while he has gone up against 4,072 hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.39 (463 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.356. He has conceded 946 base hits (9.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 340 free passes.

Sacramento is sitting with 166 home runs on the year and 527 RBIs. They have tallied 216 two-baggers, while getting a free base 382 times as well as earning 544 runs. The Sacramento Athletics have recorded an OBP of .318 in addition to a team batting average of .253 so far this year. The Athletics have a slugging percentage of .430 and they are earning 4.42 runs per outing (15th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 1,052 instances (7th in the league) and have recorded 1,061 base knocks.

The Athletics have a WHIP of 1.383 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.73 as a unit this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.30 (999 strikeouts vs 431 free passes). They rank 27th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,075. They have given up 175 home runs and they yield 5.33 runs per 9 innings (28th in MLB). The Sacramento pitching staff have surrendered 645 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.90 (593 earned runs relinquished).

Sacramento has called on relief pitchers to enter the contest in 42 save opportunities and they have converted 25 saves. They are ranked 20th in MLB with a save rate of 59.5%, and they have sent 383 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the year. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 102 times in high leverage situations in addition to 122 occasions with runners on base. Sacramento relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 30.5% out of their 174 inherited base runners. Sitting with 89 save situations, the Athletics have amassed 47 holds and 17 blown saves.

The Sacramento Athletics have gotten 84 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (26th in baseball). The Athletics have 911 assists, 72 errors and have accounted for 3,268 putouts over the course of the season. In their 9,804 innings played, the Athletics have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.3% (21st in MLB).

During his MLB career, Perkins has given up 19 base knocks while he has totaled 28 punch outs in 28 innings. He has allowed a total of 13 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.064 and a FIP of 4.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.55 and he has faced 116 hitters during his MLB career. Perkins (1-2 win-loss record in his career) has a 4.15 earned run average and has conceded 6.1 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento (+172)

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