Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 9/12/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Monday, September 12, 2022

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

The San Francisco Giants (66-73) are welcoming the Atlanta Braves (87-52) at Oracle Park on Monday. The expected starting pitchers will be Kyle Wright and Alex Cobb.

As a squad, the Atlanta Braves are notching 5.0 runs per game, which is 2nd in baseball. They have accounted for 690 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .318. The Braves have recorded 258 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 210 baseballs out of the park. They have compiled 659 RBI's as well as 1,200 base knocks this year, and their team batting average is sitting at .253. Atlanta has a slugging percentage of .445 and have been called out on strikes 1,285 times, while being walked on 407 occasions.

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The Braves have a team earned run average of 3.49 for the year (6th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,342 batters. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.14 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.19. Braves pitchers have conceded 127 long balls and also 530 runs in total (7th in the league). They have walked 428 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.46 as a squad on the campaign.

Braves relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 116 times as well as having 160 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have accumulated 89 holds this year (4th in MLB). The Braves relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 65.3% and has entered the game in 164 save situations. They have earned 47 saves this season and have blown 25 out of their 72 save chances. The relievers have inherited 171 runners on the year and 32.2% of those players crossed the plate. The Braves have sent 432 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

The Braves have converted 70.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,130 innings, which has them sitting 12th in MLB. The Atlanta Braves have earned 3,710 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,192 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which puts them in 3rd in professional baseball, and they have twisted 96 double plays.

Wright has pitched in 228 innings and has totaled 213 K's in his career. His earned run average is 4.25 (108 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.312. He has allowed 206 base hits (8.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 94 walks. Wright (19-13 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.57 while he has gone up against 971 opposing hitters in the majors.

San Francisco has knocked in 158 HRs so far this season to go along with 587 RBIs. They have hit 225 doubles, while taking a walk 498 times as well as putting up 614 runs. The San Francisco Giants are sitting with an on-base percentage of .315 in addition to a batting average of .232 over the course of the season. The Giants hold a slugging percentage of .389 and they tally 4.42 runs per contest (14th in the league). They have struck out on 1,239 occasions (5th in MLB) and have earned a total of 1,074 base hits.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.277 in addition to having a FIP of 3.54 as a unit over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 3.09 (1,177 strikeouts vs 381 walks). They rank 22nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,185. They have conceded 122 home runs and they relinquish 4.48 runs per 9 innings (19th in baseball). The San Francisco pitching staff have given up 610 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.91 (532 earned runs relinquished).

San Francisco has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 48 save opportunities and they have walked away with 29 saves. They sit at 19th in the league with a save percentage of 60.4%, and they have dispatched 484 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond so far this season. Their relievers have come in 143 times in high leverage situations in addition to 123 occasions with runners on base. San Francisco relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 34.5% out of their 177 inherited base runners. With 114 save situations, the Giants have recorded 63 holds in addition to 19 blown saves.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 102 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (26th in pro baseball). The Giants have 1,307 assists, 86 errors and have 3,651 putouts for the year. Out of their 10,953 innings on the diamond, the Giants have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 67.7% (27th in baseball).

Cobb (68-66 career record) has a 3.85 earned run average while allowing 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.80 and he has gone up against 4,755 batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has given up 484 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.268 and having a FIP of 3.8. During his pro baseball career, Cobb has surrendered 1,099 base knocks while he has totaled 942 punch outs in 1,132 innings pitched.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take San Francisco

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