Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 4/20/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Monday, April 20, 2026

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

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

The Boston Red Sox (8-12) are hosting the Detroit Tigers (11-10) at Fenway Park on Monday. The moneyline on this contest has the Tigers at -132 and the Red Sox are sitting at +110. The total is set at 9. The starting pitchers will be Jack Flaherty and Sonny Gray.

The Tigers have compiled 40 doubles as a squad and have smacked 15 baseballs out of the park. Detroit is slugging .372 and have been called out on strikes 172 times, while drawing a walk on 77 occasions. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are scoring 4.2 runs per contest, which ranks them 17th in MLB. They have recorded 84 RBI's and 164 hits so far this season, and their team batting average comes in at .239. They are sitting with 88 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .321.

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The Tigers have an ERA of 3.34 on the season (5th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 166 batters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 12 long balls and 73 total runs (3rd in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 72 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.48 as a unit on the season. Detroit has relinquished 149 base hits (7.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 67 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.31 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.23.

The Tigers have dispatched 57 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 43 base runners so far this year with 37.2% of those runners crossing home plate. The bullpen have a total of 9 holds on the campaign (23rd in the league). Tigers relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 26 times as well as having 15 appearances in high leverage situations. They have 6 saves for the year and have not converted 2 of their 8 chances to get a save. The Tigers relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 75.0% and have entered the game in 18 save situations.

The Colorado Rockies have a total of 542 putouts this season, in addition to 172 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .983 which has them sitting 21st in baseball, and they have turned 18 double plays. The Tigers have turned 71.0% of balls in play into outs out of 1,626 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 11th in professional baseball.

Flaherty has taken the hill for 1,010 innings and has 1,151 punch outs in his pro baseball career. Flaherty (63-57 career mark) holds a FIP of 3.75 while going up against 4,208 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.80 (427 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.203. He has allowed 850 hits (7.6 hits per nine innings) with 365 walks.

The Boston Red Sox have an OBP of .312 and a team batting average of .230 this year. They have struck out on 181 occasions (12th in the league) and have a total of 153 base hits. Boston has knocked in 12 home runs so far this year as well as 75 RBIs. The Red Sox have a team slugging % of .340 and they score 3.95 runs per outing (20th in MLB). They have recorded 33 doubles, while walking 66 times and putting up 79 runs.

The Red Sox have a team WHIP of 1.308 in addition to having a FIP of 4.72 as a unit on the season. They come in at 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 155. The Boston pitching staff have allowed 90 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.27 (83 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.00 (155 strikeouts against 74 free passes). They have allowed 26 long balls and they concede 4.63 runs per 9 innings (19th in the league).

Boston relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.6% of 21 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 20 times in high leverage situations and also on 15 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 15 save situations, the Red Sox have accrued 10 holds and also 2 blown saves. They rank 19th in baseball with a save rate of 60.0%, and they have sent 62 relief pitchers onto the diamond this season.

Out of their 1,578 innings played, the Red Sox have earned a efficiency on defense of 71.8% (6th in baseball). The Boston Red Sox have turned 11 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (25th in pro baseball). The Red Sox have 193 assists, 14 errors and are sitting with 526 putouts on the campaign.

So far in his career, Gray has surrendered 1,697 hits while he has accumulated 1,936 punch outs in 1,938 frames. Gray (127-103 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.59 earned run average while giving up 7.9 hits per 9 innings. He has given up 773 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.198 and a FIP of 3.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.10 and he has gone up against 8,040 opposing batters during his pro baseball career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Detroit (-132)

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