Milwaukee Brewers vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 7/28/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Atlanta Braves
Date: Friday, July 28, 2023
Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA
TV: Bally Sports South
Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (+160) Atlanta (-190)
Truist Park is the location where the Atlanta Braves (64-36) will play the Milwaukee Brewers (57-46) on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has Milwaukee at +160 while Atlanta is coming in at -190. The over/under is set at 10. The expected starting pitchers are Adrian Houser and Yonny Chirinos.
Milwaukee has a slugging rate of .376 and have been called out on strikes 942 times, while being walked on 363 occasions. They have 406 runs batted in in addition to 785 hits so far this year, and their batting average sits at .232. The Brewers have earned 148 doubles as a team and have knocked 107 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 423 runs while holding a team OBP of .311. As a squad, the Milwaukee Brewers are notching 4.1 runs per game, which has them at 26th in baseball.
They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.78 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.22. Brewers pitchers have relinquished 124 home runs in addition to 426 total runs (7th in baseball). Milwaukee has conceded 802 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and 396 earned runs. The Brewers have compiled a team ERA of 3.89 on the campaign (9th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 876 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 315 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.32 as a squad this year.
Brewers relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 76 times in addition to having 108 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 66 holds on the year (5th in MLB). The Brewers relievers have compiled a save rate of 72.3% and has come into the game in 114 save situations. They have accumulated 34 saves so far this year and have blown 13 of their 47 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 109 base runners this year with 28.4% of them crossed home plate. The Brewers have dispatched 326 relievers to the mound so far this year.
The Milwaukee Brewers have notched a total of 2,747 putouts this season, as well as 890 assists and 47 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .987 which ranks 9th in professional baseball, and they have twisted 75 double plays. The Brewers have turned 71.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of 8,241 innings, which has them sitting 2nd in professional baseball.
Houser has taken the hill for 491 frames and is sitting with 392 K's in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.96 (216 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.369. He has surrendered 473 hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has had 199 walks. Houser (26-31 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.23 while going up against 2,106 opposing hitters in the majors.
The Atlanta Braves have compiled a team OBP of .336 as well as a team batting average of .266 for the year. They have been rung up on 819 occasions (25th in MLB) and have earned a total of 908 base hits. Atlanta has hit 188 home runs on the campaign as well as 534 RBIs. The Braves hold a team slugging percentage of .487 and they have an average of 5.54 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). They have 168 two-baggers, while getting a free base 331 times as well as putting up 554 runs.
The Braves hold a team WHIP of 1.271 in addition to having a FIP of 3.96 as a pitching staff so far this year. They are sitting at 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 819. The Atlanta pitching staff have surrendered 414 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 3.81 (376 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio is 9.50 (934 strikeouts vs 311 walks). They have conceded 108 long balls and they concede 4.19 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball).
Sitting with 122 save situations, the Braves have accrued 70 holds in addition to 18 blown saves. Atlanta has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 51 save chances and they have earned 33 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 116 times in high leverage situations and also on 87 occasions with runners on base. Atlanta relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 28.1% out of their 128 inherited runners. They are ranked 14th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.7%, and they have dispatched 330 relief pitchers onto the field on the campaign.
In their 8,001 innings played, the Braves are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 68.1% (25th in baseball). The Atlanta Braves have gotten 86 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .983 (28th in professional baseball). The Braves have accrued 828 assists, 62 errors and have earned a total of 2,667 putouts so far this season.
So far in his pro baseball career, Chirinos has conceded 275 hits while he has tallied 236 K's in 304 innings. Chirinos (19-14 career mark) holds a 3.64 ERA while allowing 8.1 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 123 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.161 and having a FIP of 4.4. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.03 and he has faced 1,244 hitters during his MLB career.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Atlanta (-190)
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