The Texas Rangers (19-34, 5th in AL West) and Los Angeles Angels (23-31, 4th in AL West) close out a four-game, wraparound series at Angel Stadium Monday afternoon. The first pitch is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Rangers-Angels MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
Rangers at Angels: Projected starting pitchers
RHP Kyle Gibson vs. RHP Dylan Bundy
Gibson has started 10 games, posting a 5.18 ERA and 1.52 WHIP along the way. The latter figure has been the result of a career-high walk rate (3.9/9 IP) and the allowance of more bat-on-ball contact. It has all spelled a great deal of traffic to work around.
- Too many walks and too much contact are threads in the Angels’ aggregate 1.011 OPS line against Gibson.
Bundy owns a would-be career-best 3.12 ERA through 10 starts. He’s logged a fine 1.01 WHIP on the strength of a career-best 2.2 BB/9.
- Is coming off his worst start of the season (2 2/3 IP, 5 ER). That turn against the Arizona Diamondbacks was on the heels of a tremendous 12-strikeout performance that perhaps emptied the tank with 105 pitches in a Sept. 10 game against … Texas.
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Rangers at Angels: Key injuries
(Get the latest injury news here.)
Rangers
- SS Elvis Andrus (back) out
- OF Shin-Soo Choo (hand) out
- RP Jose Leclerc (shoulder) out
- OF Danny Santana (elbow) out
Angels
- SS Franklin Barreto (shoulder) out
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Rangers at Angels: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
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Money line (ML)
At a play that still has life at -220, there is a ton of value on the ANGELS’ (-189) side. The play is driven by Bundy being for real and able to get deep into games and by the Angels’ hitting prowess of late (.821 OPS since Aug. 25).
New to sports betting? A winning $100 bet on the Angels returns a profit of $52.91.
Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
These two teams are both well below .500 and down some 28 units in 2020 run line betting. The Angels do have the superior bullpen in this matchup. The Rangers are 1-7 (minus-15 run differential) in road get-away games.
The price is on this play, so consider the ANGELS -1.5 (+105) as a partial-unit add-on to the above money line action.
New to sports betting? A $100 bet on the Angels -1.5 (+105) pays a $105 profit if Los Angeles beats Texas by 2 or more runs.
Over/Under (O/U)
The public has this tag well bracketed, and the advisable side could score six or seven runs and still have this total be on the nose. AVOID the Over 9 (-110)/Under 9 (-110).
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