{"id":657371,"date":"2026-04-01T20:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657371\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:45:26","slug":"why-cubs-are-favored-to-win-wednesdays-mlb-matchup-4-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657371\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cubs are favored to win Wednesday&#8217;s MLB matchup [4\/1\/2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs will square off with the Los Angeles Angels in MLB action at Wrigley Field on Wednesday, beginning at 2:20 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Boyd (0-1, 14.73 ERA) will be the starting pitcher for the Cubs, while the Angels will counter with Yusei Kikuchi (0-0, 4.15 ERA).<\/p>\n<p>Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers&#8217; proven MLB model projects the Cubs as the most likely winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimers.com\/bet-hub\/mlb\/schedule\/2026_8_chc_laa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angels vs. Cubs<\/a> game.<\/p>\n<p>This article offers further insights into Wednesday&#8217;s matchup, including best bets and picks.<\/p>\n<p>Angels vs. Cubs prediction: Who will win and cover?<\/p>\n<p>Using powerful machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Wednesday&#8217;s MLB matchup between the Angels and Cubs, forming part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimers.com\/bet-hub\/mlb\/schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB predictions<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Our leading predictive model currently gives the Cubs a 61% chance of beating the Angels.<\/p>\n<p>According to our model, the Angels (+1.5) have a 59% chance of covering the run line, while the 6-run over\/under has a 57% chance of going over.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Angels vs. Cubs odds [4\/1\/2026]<\/p>\n<p>We have researched the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimers.com\/mlb\/best-odds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB odds<\/a> in America for this game, which are listed here:<\/p>\n<p>Bet Type<br \/>\nAngels<br \/>\nCubs<\/p>\n<p>Run Line<br \/>\n+1.5 (-170)<br \/>\n-1.5 (+149)<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline<br \/>\n+145<br \/>\n-160<\/p>\n<p>Total<br \/>\no6 (-104)<br \/>\nu6 (-110)<\/p>\n<p>All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>Angels vs. Cubs picks and best bet<\/p>\n<p>After matching our predictions against the best available odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Cubs will square off with the Los Angeles Angels in MLB action at Wrigley Field on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2390],"tags":[291,5,1165,446,3223,774,56,3224,3222,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-657371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-angels","8":"tag-angels","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-angels","12":"tag-laangels","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-angels","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesangels","17":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116331408696143798","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}