Rangers vs. Angels Prediction
American League West rivals that didn’t start the season on the right foot will square off tonight when the Angels host the Rangers at 10:05PM ET.
Oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv currently list the Angels as -132 money line favorites over the Rangers, who have odds of +122 to pull off the upset tonight on the road. As for the total, the number currently sits at 8 runs.
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It’s been a long road back for Texas’ starter A.J. Griffin, who underwent Tommy John surgery in 2014 and hasn’t pitched in the majors since that point. But he earned a spot in the Rangers’ rotation and will make his season debut tonight.
Griffin posted a 6.00 ERA in spring training but the key stat is that he walked just two hitters in 18 innings. Walks have often been a problem for Griffin in years past.
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The Angels will counter with Matt Shoemaker, who was in a battle this spring with Nick Tropeano, who was demoted to Triple-A Salt Lake in late March. Tropeano was awful in Cactus League play, allowing five runs on six hits in four innings against the Cubs in his last start. But Shoemaker wasn’t much better, allowing seven home runs in his first 20 innings of work.
Runs shouldn’t be an issue tonight for either team. The over is 11-3 in the Rangers’ last 14 games versus a right-handed starter and is 5-0-1 in the Angels’ last six games coming off a win.
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