Athletics vs Angels Pick – MLB Predictions & Odds 4/1/23

The Los Angeles Angels and Oakland Athletics meet Saturday in MLB action at Oakland Coliseum. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Los Angeles Angels look for a bounce back showing after losing their opener in embarrassing fashion. The Angels can’t afford to blow games to the A’s if they’re going to be taken seriously for a change. Gio Urshela leads the Angels with 2 hits, while Taylor Ward and Shohei Ohtani have combined for 2 hits. Patrick Sandoval gets the ball, and he was 6-9 with a 2.91 ERA and 151 strikeouts last season. Sandoval is 2-3 with a 1.94 ERA and 37 strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.

The Oakland Athletics stole an opening day victory and now look to start 2-0 for the first time since 2004. The Athletics have zero expectations this season, so a strong start to the year will certainly turn heads. Aledmys Diaz leads the Athletics with 2 hits and 1 RBI, while Seth Brown and Esteury Ruiz have combined for 3 hits. Shintaro Fujinami will make his major league debut when he takes the hill. Fujinami was 80-65 with a 3.17 ERA and 1,357 strikeouts in his foreign career.

The Angels are 21-43 in their last 64 road games and 5-1 in their last 6 Saturday games. The Athletics are 4-0 in their last 4 home games and 5-0 in their last 5 overall. The under is 8-2 in Angels last 10 overall. The under is 8-2 in Athletics last 10 overall. The Angels are 0-4 in the last 4 meetings in Oakland and 0-4 in the last 4 meetings.

Shintaro Fujinami could turn into something, but I have a rule of not betting on pitchers making their MLB debut because I have no idea what to expect. You can look at stats and watch film, but we don’t know how Fujinami will look in the big leagues until he takes the bump. Also, the Angels can’t blow games like this if they want to be taken seriously. Enough already with this team. Give me the Angels and the RL for max betting value.