T.M. Selection: LA Angels.

I like the LA Angels to win this game against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday. The Angels were on a bit of a roll with their offense lately before hitting their most recent series with the Orioles. They lost 2/3 of those games against the Orioles but they ended the series with a 7-6 win over them on Sunday and I think they can carry that momentum over into this game on Monday. The Guardians just got swept by the Yankees all 3 games and their most recent game was a 10-2 loss on Sunday where their pitching was terrible and their offense made no appearance either. The Angels did lose 2/3 games to the Orioles but the games were still close and the Angels were putting up runs in those games, unlike the Guardians who only scored 3+ runs in 1 of those games against the Yankees. Michael Lorenzen (1-1, 4.82 ERA) is up for the Angels in this game and he didn't have a great outing in his most recent start but he pitched a good outing in his 1st start of the year and I think he can bounce back in this game. The Guardians haven't been hitting the ball great lately and I think Lorenzen will do enough to keep the Guardians from bringing in any runs. Shane Bieber (1-0, 2.25 ERA) is up for the Guardians here and he has had 3 great starts this year but all 3 were also against teams that don't have great offenses and I think he is going to get beat up on by the Angels here who have been hitting the ball really well and bringing in lots of runs in their games lately. I like the Angels to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 4-1 Angels.