Los Angeles Angels vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 8/16/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025

Location: Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-182) Sacramento (+150)

The Sacramento Athletics (54-69) will take on the Los Angeles Angels (59-62) at Sutter Health Park on Saturday. The odds on this game have the Angels at -182 and the Athletics are opening at +150. The over/under comes in at 8. The pitchers expected to start will be Tyler Anderson and Jeffrey Springs.

Los Angeles is slugging .409 and have been rung up 1,174 times, while being walked on 368 occasions. They have 518 runs batted in and 943 hits on the campaign, and their batting average is .233. The Angels have hit 168 doubles as a squad and have hit 173 baseballs out of the stadium. They have accounted for 535 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .306. As a team, the Los Angeles Angels are notching 4.4 runs/g, which ranks them 14th in the league.

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The Angels have compiled a team ERA of 4.63 for the season (26th in the league), and the staff has rung up 963 batters. Angels pitchers have conceded 164 home runs and 600 runs (27th in MLB). They have walked 460 batters and their FIP sits at 4.68 as a unit on the campaign. Los Angeles has relinquished 1,066 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and also 552 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.09 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.42.

Angels bullpen pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 116 times and also have had 162 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 68 holds on the year (14th in baseball). The Angels bullpen have a save percentage of 51.8% and have come into the game in 127 save situations. They have accumulated 29 saves on the season and have not converted 27 out of their 56 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 175 runners on the season with 37.1% of those players crossed home plate. The Angels have dispatched 418 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The Angels have turned 68.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of 9,666 innings on the field, ranking them 26th in professional baseball. The Kansas City Royals have a total of 3,222 putouts this year, as well as 1,071 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .983 which ranks 25th in professional baseball, and they have turned 126 double plays.

Anderson has taken the mound for 1,244 innings and is sitting with 1,038 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Anderson (62-71 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 4.24 while he has gone up against 5,285 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.30 (595 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.295. He has surrendered 1,206 base knocks (8.7 hits per nine innings) with 405 walks.

The Sacramento Athletics have recorded an on-base percentage of .318 in addition to a team batting average of .253 over the course of the season. They have been rung up on 1,052 occasions (7th in baseball) and are sitting with 1,061 hits. Sacramento has hit 166 home runs this season to go along with 527 RBIs. The Athletics hold a slugging % of .430 and they average 4.42 runs per game (15th in the league). They have 216 two-baggers, while getting a free base 382 times and scoring 544 runs.

The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.383 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.73 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.30 (999 strikeouts against 431 walks). They come in at 27th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,075. They have conceded 175 homers and they give up 5.33 runs per 9 innings (28th in MLB). The Sacramento pitching staff have relinquished 645 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.90 (593 earned runs yielded).

Sacramento has called on relievers to enter the contest in 42 save opportunities and they have come away with 25 saves. They rank 20th in MLB holding a save percentage of 59.5%, and they have dispatched 383 relievers to the mound on the year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 102 times in high leverage situations in addition to 122 occasions with runners on base. Sacramento bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 30.5% out of 174 inherited runners. Sitting with 89 save situations, the Athletics have amassed 47 holds in addition to 17 blown saves.

The Sacramento Athletics have turned 84 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (26th in baseball). The Athletics have racked up 911 assists, 72 errors and are sitting with 3,268 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 9,804 innings played, the Athletics are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.3% (21st in professional baseball).

In his MLB career, Springs has allowed 402 base hits and he has 468 K's in 448 innings. He has given up a total of 179 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.220 and a FIP of 3.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.23 and he has gone up against 1,879 batters thus far in his career. Springs (33-20 career record) holds a 3.59 earned run average while conceding 8.1 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento (+150)

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