Mariners vs. Angels SGP predictions July 26: Back Rodriguez and Trout at +370

Toronto Star

26-07-2025

The Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels play on Saturday for the upper hand in a four-game series.
The latest: The sides have looked evenly matched, splitting the first two games. Tonight, George Kirby starts for Seattle, going head-to-head with Tyler Anderson for Los Angeles.
Check out my Mariners vs. Angels predictions, featuring Julio Rodriguez and Mike Trout.
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Mariners vs. Angels predictions
Parlay: Rodriguez over 1.5 bases | Kirby over 17.5 outs | Trout over 0.5 hits (+370)
Rodrigeuz over 1.5 total bases (+100): Rodriguez is swinging a hot bat in L.A., mashing three home runs through the first two games of this series.
And now, he gets another Grade-A matchup in Anderson.
Rodriguez is 6-for-14 off the lefty, with only two Ks and no walks. The lack of strikeouts and free passes shows the outfielder's ability to get on Anderson's stuff.
The left-handed starter is coming off three consecutive poor performances. He's given up 11 runs over his past 16 innings pitched while giving up three blasts.
Since the all-star break, Rodriguez is batting .303 with 19 total bases over eight games.
MLB SGP legs
Kirby over 17.5 outs (-177): Even when Kirby has a mediocre performance, he's still regularly clearing this line.
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The big righty has pitched 6.0 or more innings in four of his last five starts. That includes his last start when he allowed four earned runs.
But overall, he's actually been very effective over those appearances. He has a 3.07 ERA and 2.38 FIP over those five starts.
On top of that, the Angels have the third-worst team batting average (.234), while striking out the second most times per game (9.66).
Los Angeles' offence has a .232 team average in 95 at-bats vs. Kirby all time.
Trout over 0.5 hits (-250): Trout isn't having a spectacular season, but he's very consistent at getting hits.
His .236 average ranks well below his career average of .296, but I can happily ignore that when he has a hit in 21 of his past 25 games.
Trout is 4-for-9 (.444) off Kirby in his career with a home run.
His xBA of .267 is over 30 points higher than his actual average and implies that Trout has left some production on the table.
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Knowing that, I predict a big second half for the veteran slugger, which continues tonight.
Mariners vs. Angels predictions made at 2:20 p.m. ET on 07/26/2025.
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Spencer Closs Spencer is a true sports junkie. A graduate of the Sports Journalism program at Centennial College, he first joined NorthStar Bets as an intern in 2023, before re-joining the team as a contributing writer. He loves finding the edge to bet on in all sports but has a deep passion for the NBA and UFC. Previous stops include Sportsnet.