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2022 MLB Handicapping
(1-0) Houston Astros vs. Los Angeles Angels (0-1)
Date: Saturday, 4/9/2022
Time: 9:07 ET
Venue: Angel Stadium, Anaheim
Projected Pitchers: Justin Verlander (HOU) vs. Noah Syndergaard (LAA)
MLB Moneyline Odds: Astros -125 / Angels +105
MLB RunLine Betting Odds: Astros -1.5 +130 / Angels +1.5 (-155)
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: 8.5
The Astros and Angels will play game 3 of 4 on Saturday night in Anaheim. We see the Astros sitting at -125 on the ML, while the Angels are sitting at +105. The total for this game is 8.5.
Verlander vs Syndergaard is a really intriguing early season match-up. We haven’t seen Verlander since July 24th, 2020 which was his only outing of 2020. On the other hand, Syndergaard only pitched 2 innings late in the season for the Angels last season.
Houston Astros
The Astros pulled off a 3-1 win on opening night against the Angels. Alex Bregman was 2-4 with a HR and 2 RBIs to lead the Astros on the offensive side. Framber Valdez pitched 6.2 innings of 2 hit ball and didn’t give up any runs.
The last time we really saw Verlander, he was winning the Cy Young Award in 2019. During that season, Verlander went 21-6 with an ERA of 2.58 and led the Astros to the World Series before they lost to the Nationals.
We probably aren’t going to see 2019 Verlander this early in the season, and most likely not ever again in his career to be honest. With that being said, having Verlander as your 3rd pitcher isn’t a bad thing.
The person to watch in this game will be Yordan Alvarez. He homered in game 1 and I think we will be seeing a lot more of that to come this year.
Alvarez broke out last season hitting .277 with 33 HRs and 104 RBIs.
Los Angeles Angels
After losing to game 1 on Thursday night, Syndergaard will look to lead the Angels to victory in game 3 of the series. Hopefully he can get a little run support from the offense that managed just 1 run on Thursday night.
Noah Syndergaard has pitched 2 inning since the 2019 season when he started 32 games for the Mets. In that 2019 season, Syndergaard pitched to a record of 10-8 with a 4.28 ERA. I have no clue what to expect from Syndergaard this season; I just hope he stays healthy and is able to start 30 games once again.
We will see if Mike Trout will be able to turn his fortunes around against Verlander in this match-up. Trout is 4-50 career vs Verlander with 2 HRs and 11 strikeouts. This might be the night to sprinkle a bet on Trout to go over .5 hits.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- Under is 4-0 in Astros last 4 games vs. a right-handed starter.
- Astros are 4-0 in Verlanders last 4 starts during game 3 of a series.
- Astros are 10-1 in Verlanders last 11 Saturday starts.
- Angels are 0-4 in their last 4 games vs. a right-handed starter.
- Astros are 44-20 in the last 64 meetings.
- Over is 21-10 in the last 31 meetings.
- Astros are 35-17 in the last 52 meetings in Los Angeles.
Houston Astros vs. Los Angeles Angels MLB Prediction:
This should be a fun match-up with 2 pitchers that haven’t really pitched meaningful innings since 2019. The Astros have dominated the Angels of late and have really dominated them in LA of late.
I will be rolling with the Houston Astros ML in this game Saturday night. Get your popcorn ready for this match-up between 2 dominate pitchers from the past!
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