Detroit Tigers vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 4/1/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: DBACKS.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-132) Arizona (+110)

Chase Field is the site where the Arizona Diamondbacks (1-3) will try to beat the Detroit Tigers (2-2) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Tigers at -132 while the Diamondbacks are at +110. The over/under is 9. The expected starting pitchers are Tarik Skubal and Zac Gallen.

Detroit is slugging .301 and have been rung up 46 times, while drawing a walk on 20 occasions. They have accumulated 19 RBI's as well as 30 hits over the course of the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .221. The Tigers have accrued 8 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 1 ball out of the stadium. They have racked up 19 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .325. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are compiling 4.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 14th in baseball.

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Their K/BB ratio is 1.87 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.35. Tigers pitchers have allowed 3 home runs and 16 total runs (14th in the league). Detroit has given up 31 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) and 13 earned runs. The Tigers hold a team ERA of 3.44 on the season (9th in the league), and the staff has rung up 28 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 15 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.04 as a team on the season.

Tigers pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 7 times and also have had 1 appearance in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 1 hold this season (21st in MLB). The relief pitchers have inherited 13 runners on the campaign and 7.7% of them crossed home plate. The Tigers have dispatched 13 relievers to the mound this year.

The Tigers have turned 69.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 306 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 21st in baseball. The Colorado Rockies have earned 102 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 29 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .963 which puts them in 29th in professional baseball, and have earned 1 double play.

Skubal has taken the mound for 772 innings and has 895 K's thus far in his career. His ERA is 3.05 (262 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.022. He has given up 617 hits (7.2 hits per 9 innings) with 172 walks. Skubal (55-37 career mark) has earned a FIP of 3.01 while he has faced 3,078 batters in the majors.

Arizona has hit 4 home runs so far this season and 17 runs batted in. They have hit 8 two-baggers, while walking 11 times and earning 17 runs. The Arizona Diamondbacks have earned an OBP of .287 as well as a team batting average of .229 on the campaign. The Diamondbacks have a slugging percentage of .397 and they are scoring 4.25 runs per game (16th in MLB). They have struck out on 30 instances (26th in the league) and have notched a total of 30 base hits.

The Diamondbacks have a WHIP of 1.364 in addition to having a FIP of 4.97 as a squad on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 7.90 (29 strikeouts against 15 walks). They are currently ranked 11th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 30. They have yielded 5 dingers and they relinquish 6.00 runs per 9 innings (25th in baseball). The Arizona pitching staff have allowed 22 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 5.73 (21 earned runs given up).

Their bullpen pitchers have come in 7 times in high leverage situations in addition to 4 occasions with runners on base. They rank 19th in baseball with a save rate of 50.0%, and they have sent 17 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have gotten 3 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (21st in pro baseball). The Diamondbacks have racked up 30 assists, 2 errors and have a tally of 99 putouts for the year. Out of their 297 innings on the field, the Diamondbacks are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 71.7% (12th in professional baseball).

Gallen (66-53 mark in his career) has earned a 3.60 earned run average while allowing 7.5 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.26 and he has gone up against 4,161 opposing batters in his career. He has conceded a total of 405 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.161 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. During his MLB career, Gallen has allowed 848 hits while he has totaled 1,062 strikeouts in 1,011 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Detroit (-132)

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