Los Angeles Angels vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 9/23/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Location: Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-150) Sacramento (+125)

The Sacramento Athletics (61-95) are welcoming the Los Angeles Angels (60-96) at Sutter Health Park on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Angels at -150 while the Athletics are priced at +125. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Walbert Urena and Jeffrey Springs.

Los Angeles has a slugging percentage of .368 and have struck out 1,491 times, while drawing a walk on 485 occasions. They have 598 runs batted in in addition to 1,211 hits on the year, and their team batting average is sitting at .233. The Angels have recorded 232 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 148 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 625 runs and have an OBP of .308. As a squad, the Los Angeles Angels are putting up 4.0 runs per outing, which has them at 30th in MLB.

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The Angels hold a team earned run average of 4.21 over the course of the season (20th in MLB), and they have struck out 1,399 hitters. Angels pitchers have allowed 158 home runs and 712 runs in total (19th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 614 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.06 as a squad this season. Los Angeles has allowed 1,233 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 645 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.28 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.34.

The Angels have sent 499 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 231 runners so far this season with 38.1% of those runners crossing the plate. The bullpen have a total of 89 holds so far this year (10th in baseball). Angels bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 156 times in addition to having 164 appearances in high leverage situations. They have recorded 24 saves this season and have not converted 29 out of their 53 save chances. The Angels relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 45.3% and stepped onto the hill in 145 save situations.

The Los Angeles Angels have earned a total of 4,141 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,314 assists and 86 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which ranks 19th in baseball, and have earned 108 double plays. The Angels have turned 69.5% of balls in play into outs out of 12,423 innings, which has them ranked 19th in MLB.

Urena (9-10 career record) has earned a FIP of 2.71 while he has faced 605 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has conceded 107 hits (6.7 hits per 9 innings) with 67 walks. His earned run average is 2.75 (44 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.207. Urena has pitched in 144 innings and is sitting with 140 punch outs in his MLB career.

Sacramento has accounted for 188 HRs on the campaign to go along with 641 runs batted in. They have put up 234 doubles, while walking 502 times and racking up 670 runs. The Sacramento Athletics have accumulated an on-base percentage of .316 and a batting average of .244 on the season. The Athletics hold a team slugging % of .400 and they tally 4.29 runs per outing (21st in the league). They have been rung up on 1,329 occasions (11th in MLB) and have tallied 1,288 base hits.

The Sacramento pitching staff have surrendered 893 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 5.44 (831 earned runs allowed). They have surrendered 231 dingers and they relinquish 5.84 runs per 9 innings (29th in the league). The Athletics have a WHIP of 1.501 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.87 as a squad for the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.50 (1,300 strikeouts against 609 free passes). They come in at 29th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,457.

Sacramento relievers hold an inherited score rate of 36.7% out of their 264 inherited runners. Their relievers have come in 147 times in high leverage situations and on 173 occasions with base runners. With 151 save situations, the Athletics have amassed 83 holds and 28 blown saves. They rank 23rd in MLB with a save percentage of 56.9%, and they have dispatched 532 relievers onto the diamond for the season.

The Sacramento Athletics have gotten 115 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (13th in MLB). The Athletics have recorded 1,187 assists, 75 errors and have earned a total of 4,128 putouts during this campaign. In 12,384 innings played, the Athletics have a defensive efficiency of 67.6% (29th in professional baseball).

Springs (38-37 win-loss record in his career) holds a 4.21 earned run average while allowing 8.5 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.83 and he has gone up against 2,645 hitters in his career. He has given up a total of 291 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.287 and a FIP of 4.1. During his MLB career, Springs has conceded 587 base hits while he has earned 606 punch outs in 622 frames.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-150)

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