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The Washington Nationals take on the Los Angeles Angels. Check out our MLB odds series for our Nationals Angels prediction and pick.
Joan Adon will start for the Nationals. As of early Friday afternoon, the Angels had not announced their starter, which is why the prices for this game were not immediately available. The Angels are an obvious favorite in the MLB odds, but you will need to see if you can get a price before the first pitch is thrown.
Joan Adon has a 7.33 ERA for the Nationals. He pitched one very good game this season, a 6 1/3-inning shutout of the Arizona Diamondbacks. In his other four starts so far this season, he has allowed at least four runs and not pitched past the fifth inning. Without knowing the Angels' starting pitcher, the simple fact that Adon is taking the hill for the Nationals should be viewed as a good sign for Los Angeles at home. An undecided pitcher for the Halos does not inspire confidence, but seeing Adon on the rubber for Washington should instantly make the Angels a lot more confident about their ability to win this game.
Courtesy of FanDuel, here are the Nationals-Angels MLB odds.
MLB Odds: Nationals-Angels Odds
Washington Nationals: +1.5 (Price not listed)
Los Angeles Angels: -1.5 (Price not listed)
Over: 9 (Price not listed)
Under: 9 (Price not listed)
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Why The Nationals Could Cover the Spread
The Nationals might face the Angels' bullpen. Los Angeles is getting home from a long multi-city road trip with a flight from the Eastern time zone. The Angels played at Boston on Thursday afternoon before coming home. Washington is in the middle of a Western road trip which went through Denver and the Colorado Rockies. The Nats had a much shorter plane flight to this game and have been in the West for a full week.
What is also worth noting is that the Angels, though clearly on schedule and having a good season, have taken advantage of opponents which have gone through rough patches. The Red Sox have been surprisingly bad; the Angels pounced on them in Fenway Park. The Halos swept the Cleveland Guardians, who have been struggling for most of the season to date. This is an Angel team which lost a home series to the Baltimore Orioles earlier this season. The jury is still out in terms of whether the Angels are a legitimate heavyweight team.
Why The Angels Could Cover the Spread
The Angels had a bad bullpen in previous seasons, one of the core reasons for their struggles. This year, you aren't seeing a lot of bullpen implosions. A few here and there, yes, but not the steady hemorrhaging of years past. With Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout both in the lineup and producing, the Angels have a version of themselves which is much closer to what they hoped for, compared to the injury-strewn 2021 season in which Los Angeles could not get off the mat. This is a quality team.
The other obvious reason to think the Angels will cover is that Joan Adon is a mediocre-at-best pitcher for the Nationals. The Halos ought to be able to rough him up.
Final Nationals-Angels Prediction & Pick
We might not know the Angels' starter, but if Los Angeles has to resort to a bullpen game, the team has shown it won't completely collapse. The Halos' bats should be able to score enough to win what feels like a 7-4 type of game.
Final Nationals-Angels Prediction & Pick: Angels -1.5
