Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 8/4/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Monday, August 4, 2025

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: FanDuel Sports Network West

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-196) Los Angeles (+162)

Angel Stadium is the location where the Los Angeles Angels (53-56) will take on the Tampa Bay Rays (54-56) on Monday. The odds on this game have Tampa Bay at -196 while Los Angeles opens at +162. The over/under is 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Joe Boyle and Yusei Kikuchi.

Tampa Bay has a slugging % of .401 and have been rung up 918 times, while drawing a walk on 334 occasions. They have tallied 475 RBI's as well as 943 hits for the season, and their batting average is sitting at .254. The Rays have recorded 167 doubles as a team and have hit 118 baseballs out of the stadium. They have accumulated 505 runs and have an on-base percentage of .319. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which has them sitting at 11th in the league.

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The Rays hold a team ERA of 3.89 on the year (13th in baseball), and they have rung up 917 hitters. Rays pitchers have relinquished 143 home runs and 455 total runs (12th in the league). They have walked 316 batters and their FIP sits at 4.22 as a squad this season. Tampa Bay has conceded 871 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and 422 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.90 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.22.

Rays pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 79 times and also have had 107 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 61 holds so far this season (17th in the league). The Rays relievers have accumulated a save rate of 54.5% and have entered the game in 106 save situations. They have accumulated 24 saves on the year and have blown 20 out of their 44 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 115 base runners over the course of the season and 37.4% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Rays have dispatched 345 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Rays have turned 71.1% of balls in play into outs out of 8,781 innings, ranking them 5th in professional baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have accumulated 2,927 putouts so far this season, as well as 982 assists and 51 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which ranks 11th in baseball, and they have turned 104 double plays.

Boyle has taken the mound for 85 innings and has earned 95 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.64 (44 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.336. He has allowed 60 base knocks (6.3 hits per nine innings) with 54 free passes. Boyle (6-7 career record) holds a FIP of 4.57 and he has faced 374 batters in the majors.

Los Angeles has tallied 155 long balls so far this season as well as 459 runs batted in. They have recorded 150 doubles, while taking a walk 325 times and scoring 475 runs. The Los Angeles Angels are sitting with an on-base percentage of .305 in addition to a team batting average of .234 so far this season. The Angels have a team slugging % of .408 and they average 4.36 runs per contest (15th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 1,054 occasions (1st in the league) and are sitting with 855 base hits.

The Angels have a team WHIP of 1.429 in addition to having a FIP of 4.67 as a pitching staff this year. They are sitting at 26th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 967. The Los Angeles pitching staff have given up 541 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.60 (494 earned runs conceded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 7.90 (854 strikeouts against 415 bases on balls). They have allowed 145 home runs and they give up 5.04 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league).

Sitting with 116 save situations, the Angels have tallied 62 holds and 25 blown saves. Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 51 save chances and they have recorded 26 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 149 times in high leverage situations and on 113 occasions with base runners. Los Angeles relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 36.7% out of their 169 inherited base runners. They sit at 28th in the league with a save rate of 51.0%, and they have sent 372 relievers to the hill this year.

In their 8,703 innings played, the Angels have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.7% (27th in pro baseball). The Los Angeles Angels have turned 112 double plays and have a fielding rate of .982 (27th in pro baseball). The Angels have accrued 982 assists, 70 errors and have 2,901 putouts on the campaign.

Kikuchi (45-54 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 4.40 ERA and has allowed 9.0 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.88 and he has gone up against 4,024 opposing hitters in his career. He has conceded a total of 458 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.355 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. In his pro baseball career, Kikuchi has given up 934 base hits while earning 969 strikeouts in 937 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (-196)

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