Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago Cubs Prediction 7-3-23 MLB Picks

The Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers meet in an NL Central division matchup from American Family Field on Monday. Let’s dive into the odds, starting pitching matchup, history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

This game is lined as a coin flip with -110 odds on both sides. The total for this game is set at 9 runs.

Starting Pitching Matchup

Drew Smyly will start for the Cubs and is 7-5 with a 3.96 ERA and 71 strikeouts this season. Julio Teheran will start for the Brewers and is 2-3 with a 2.85 ERA and 25 strikeouts this season. 

Matchup History

Milwaukee’s 9-5 win over the Cubs back on April 2nd, 2023, made it back-to-back wins and 4 wins in the last 5 meetings for the Brewers in this head-to-head matchup. 

Trends

Chicago is 26-9 in their last 35 series-opening games and 1-6 in their last 7 games overall while the under is 12-3-1 in their last 16 road games. Milwaukee is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a losing record and 5-1 in their last 6 division games while the under is 41-20-4 in their last 65 games against a team with a losing record. 

Pick

I’m on the Cubs here. These have been two inconsistent offenses for much of the season and right now, they’re two teams I’m not looking to back, but the Brewers struggles are well-documented against lefties as of late, and Drew Smyly’s been a nice mid-rotation lefty for the Cubs. Julio Teheran’s pitched well, but I’m worried regression’s on the hunt for him and that it could start here. I’ll back the Cubs at the coin flip price.