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Angels vs. Rangers: Yusei Kikuchi vs. Tyler Mahle Tonight
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4/15/2025
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Tyler Malley gets the start for the Rangers.
00:02
Yusei Kikuchi on the other side for the Halos.
00:05
Texas a home favorite at minus 120.
00:07
What happens tonight in the Lone Star State?
00:11
I'm going to get some good runs in the Lone Star State.
00:12
And also maybe a stack is available because you just look at the Angels
00:15
and typically it's like, hey man, they're like the White Sox.
00:18
Let's look at the line of everybody stinks outside of one player here.
00:21
But based on their performance against right-handed pitchers early in the season,
00:24
everybody is really good except Tim Manderson in the nine hole.
00:27
So you have eight straight batters with plus ISO power number
00:30
and weighted on base percentage against right into pitching.
00:33
That's where you should start to look first.
00:34
Last year, Tyler Malley, 56 batters he's faced, not a lot to look at.
00:38
So fast forward to this year.
00:39
He almost has as many batters faced this year than he did entirety of last year.
00:43
So if you focus on this current season right now, 53 batters faced,
00:47
he said, boy, look at this.
00:48
An ISO power number against 065, a weighted on base percentage of 196.
00:52
That's fantastic.
00:53
But his K rate is low and his walk rate is a little bit high.
00:55
So take a look at some of those numbers through 13 and two-thirds innings.
00:58
Again, not a lot to work with here, but a 1.32 ERA that you might be like,
01:02
boy, that's spectacular.
01:04
That XFIP number, which factors everything else in, 4.51.
01:08
So you're looking at the Angels that should have a pretty good night at the dish.
01:10
Flip it over to the other side with Yusei Kikuchi.
01:12
Not a great start so far to the season for him.
01:14
A 5 ERA, but a 4.44 XFIP number, which is still elevated to 18 innings pitched.
01:20
A left-handed pitcher struggling with right-handed batters.
01:23
And what are you going to face most times here, Ben?
01:24
Corey Seager, the middle of that lineup, a lefty.
01:27
Everybody else will be right-handed batters.
01:30
Why can't we get runs down the low-star state tonight between these two?
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