After falling short of making the postseason two consecutive seasons, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim went on a giant free-agent spending spree. So far, it hasn’t paid huge dividends. <\/p>\n
SFO: Ryan Vogelsong (6-2, 2.29 ERA) v LAA: Jared Weaver (6-1, 2.61 ERA) Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The team will now look to close out their series on Wednesday with the visiting San Francisco Giants on an upswing, as they look to lock in on the division-leading, and two-time defending AL champion Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n The Halos are nearly a half dozen games back of the Rangers in the West, while the Giants are still chasing the Dodgers in the NL West.<\/p>\n Mark Trumbo continued his stellar season by blasting his team-leading 16th homer on Monday, although the Angels Los Angeles fell in the series opener.<\/p>\n The Halos did get some good news however, as ace Jered Weaver is set to come off the 15-day disabled list and rejoin the rotation on Wednesday. Weaver had been sidelined with a back strain.<\/p>\n The 29-year-old right-hander has not faced the Giants in his career.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, San Francisco’s Ryan Vogelsong will aim to slow down the Halos’ Trumbo and company, while trying to notch back-to-back wins following his sixth straight victory in Friday’s series opener against the Mariners.\u00a0\u00a0[dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n The 34-year-old righty allowed just two runs on four hits over seven-plus innings of work in the 4-2 win.<\/p>\n Vogelsong has gone 6-0 with a 1.76 ERA in his last eight starts, and has been very consistent since the middle of May. After a breakout 2011, he is on pace to match — if not surpass — his numbers of a year ago.<\/p>\n The Giants and Angels rivalry goes back to the 2002 World Series, and is almost as bitter as the Dodgers v San Francisco. So tightly contested games can be expected.<\/p>\n The Angels had won four straight against the Giants, including a three-game sweep June 15-17, 2009, before Monday’s loss.<\/p>\n Matt\u2019s Free Prediction: Angels– <\/strong>Anaheim could pull this off if Weaver, who is expected to be on an 80-90 pitch limit for his first outing after returning, can go at least seven innings. I expect that to happen as the Halos get a timely knock from a big bat in the closing frames.<\/p>\n Giants vs Angels MLB Betting + Handicapping Picks After falling short of making the postseason two consecutive seasons, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim went on a giant free-agent spending spree. So far, it hasn’t paid huge dividends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":36049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[111,54458,54464,458,55312,55313,30021,55314,55315,22527,681,683,55310,55311],"class_list":["post-52131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-baseball-picks","tag-baseball-spreads","tag-free-handicapping-picks","tag-free-mlb-pick","tag-giants-angels-lines","tag-giants-vs-angels-betting","tag-interleague","tag-la-vs-san-francisco","tag-los-angeles-san-francisco-odds","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb-gambling","tag-mlb-handicapping","tag-san-francisco-giants-vs-la-angels-gambling","tag-san-francisco-vs-los-angeles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52131"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52249,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52131\/revisions\/52249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDate\/Time: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 10:05 PM ET
\nVenue: Angles Stadium in Anaheim California
\nBroadcast: CSN (Bay Area), FOX Sports West (Los Angeles)
\nLine: Angels -150
\nOver\/Under: 7<\/strong><\/p>\n**CLICK HERE TO GRAB OUR BEST Picks Packages for 2012 MLB Betting!**<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"