Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs Prediction, 6/30/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs

Date: Thursday, June 30, 2022

Location: Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Marquee

Odds/Point Spread: Cincinnati (+100) Chicago (-120)

The Cincinnati Reds (26-47) are en route to Wrigley Field on Thursday where they will meet the Chicago Cubs (28-46). The moneyline on this contest has Cincinnati at +100 while Chicago is coming in at -120. The total is set at 8. The starting pitchers are Graham Ashcraft and Kyle Hendricks.

As a squad, the Cincinnati Reds are putting up 4.4 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 16th in the league. They have racked up 319 runs while holding a team OBP of .309. The Reds have hit 120 doubles as a squad and have knocked 68 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 306 RBI's as well as 580 base knocks on the season, and their batting average comes in at .241. Cincinnati has a slugging percentage of .381 and have been rung up 611 times, while taking a walk on 207 occasions.

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The Reds are sitting with a team ERA of 5.33 so far this year (30th in baseball), and they have struck out 639 batters. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.30 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.41. Reds pitchers have yielded 101 home runs and 394 total runs (28th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 278 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.70 as a unit for the year.

Reds bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 75 times and also have had 59 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have accumulated 30 holds this season (26th in MLB). The Reds relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 62.5% and has entered the game in 54 save situations. They have accumulated 15 saves over the course of the season and have blown 9 out of their 24 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 122 base runners on the campaign with 42.6% of them crossed the plate. The Reds have sent 257 relievers to the mound on the season.

The Reds have transformed 68.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 5,640 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 22nd in pro baseball. The Cincinnati Reds have amassed 1,880 putouts this year, in addition to 531 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which ranks 20th in professional baseball, and have 40 double plays.

Ashcraft has taken the hill for 41 innings and has totaled 27 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Ashcraft (4-1 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.74 and he has gone up against 171 hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.27 (15 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.089. He has given up 38 base hits (8.3 hits per nine innings) and has 7 walks.

The Cubs have a SLG% of .390 and they tally 4.23 runs per outing (19th in baseball). They have recorded 121 doubles, while taking a walk 251 times and scoring 313 runs. Chicago has recorded 71 long balls on the year as well as 293 RBIs. They have struck out on 645 occasions (9th in the league) and have earned 617 hits. The Chicago Cubs have recorded a team OBP of .321 as well as a batting average of .245 over the course of the season.

The Cubs have a WHIP of 1.352 with a FIP of 4.46 as a unit on the campaign. They come in at 24th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 643. The Chicago pitching staff have conceded 392 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 4.85 (355 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.62 (649 strikeouts against 248 bases on balls). They have allowed 103 homers and they surrender 5.35 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league).

Chicago relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.0% out of 97 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 72 times in high leverage situations and on 70 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 51 save situations, the Cubs have compiled 21 holds and also 12 blown saves. They sit at 26th in MLB with a save rate of 55.6%, and they have dispatched 246 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the year. Chicago has had relievers step onto the hill in 27 save chances and they have converted 15 saves.

In their 5,853 innings on the field, the Cubs hold a defensive efficiency of 68.8% (23rd in baseball). The Chicago Cubs have turned 61 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (19th in the majors). The Cubs have recorded 656 assists, 43 errors and have earned 1,951 putouts during this campaign.

Hendricks (86-61 career mark) has a 3.45 earned run average while giving up 8.3 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.67 and he has faced 5,336 batters in his career. He has surrendered a total of 500 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.150 and a FIP of 3.8. During his career, Hendricks has given up 1,208 hits while totaling 1,068 strikeouts in 1,303 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cincinnati (+100)

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