Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs Prediction, 9/8/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs

Date: Thursday, September 8, 2022

Location: Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Marquee

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

The Chicago Cubs (57-78) will try to defeat the Cincinnati Reds (53-80) at Wrigley Field on Thursday. The moneyline on this game has Cincinnati at +100 and Chicago is sitting at -120. The over/under is 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Luis Cessa and Adrian Sampson.

The Reds have accounted for 198 doubles as a team and have knocked 131 baseballs out of the stadium. Cincinnati has a slugging % of .380 and have been called out on strikes 1,183 times, while being walked on 373 occasions. As a squad, the Cincinnati Reds are scoring 4.3 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 18th in the league. They have compiled 544 RBI's and 1,069 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average is .241. They have tallied 568 runs while holding a team OBP of .309.

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The Reds are sitting with a team ERA of 4.96 on the season (28th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,154 hitters. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.30 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.41. Reds pitchers have surrendered 180 home runs in addition to 683 total runs (27th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 502 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.66 as a team for the season.

Reds bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 142 times as well as having 125 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have earned 51 holds this season (27th in the league). The Reds bullpen have a save percentage of 55.6% and stepped onto the hill in 97 save situations. They have compiled 25 saves for the year and have missed out on 20 of 45 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 217 base runners this season with 35.5% of them earned a run for their team. The Reds have sent 479 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Cincinnati Reds are sitting with 3,509 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,045 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which ranks 11th in the majors, and have accumulated 89 double plays. The Reds have transformed 68.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 10,527 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 25th in pro baseball.

Cessa has taken the ball for 367 innings and is sitting with 297 strikeouts in his MLB career. Cessa (15-16 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 4.69 and he has faced 1,542 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.17 (170 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.283. He has given up 352 base knocks (8.6 hits per 9 innings) with 119 walks.

The Cubs hold a team SLG% of .390 and they are recording 4.12 runs per outing (23rd in MLB). They have put up 223 doubles, while taking a walk 428 times as well as racking up 556 runs. Chicago has a total of 136 HRs on the campaign to go along with 525 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,179 occasions (10th in MLB) and have totaled 1,096 hits. The Chicago Cubs have tallied an OBP of .313 and a batting average of .241 on the campaign.

The Cubs have a team WHIP of 1.338 in addition to having a FIP of 4.43 as a staff on the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.53 (1,155 strikeouts against 456 walks). They are sitting at 24th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,155. They have surrendered 181 dingers and they relinquish 4.87 runs per 9 innings (24th in baseball). The Chicago pitching staff have surrendered 651 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.31 (577 earned runs conceded).

With 110 save situations, the Cubs have compiled 47 holds and also 27 blown saves. Chicago has had relievers take the mound in 59 save opportunities and they have come away with 32 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 161 times in high leverage situations and also on 140 occasions with base runners. Chicago relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 31.2% out of their 189 inherited base runners. They are ranked 29th in baseball with a save percentage of 54.2%, and they have dispatched 451 relievers onto the field on the season.

In 10,842 innings played, the Cubs hold a efficiency on defense of 69.1% (20th in professional baseball). The Chicago Cubs have turned 118 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .983 (23rd in the majors). The Cubs have recorded 1,223 assists, 82 errors and have accumulated 3,614 putouts for the year.

Sampson (8-19 record in his career) has earned a 4.83 earned run average while allowing 10.2 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.94 and he has gone up against 1,125 hitters in his career. He has given up 139 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.394 and having a FIP of 5.2. During his career, Sampson has surrendered 293 base knocks while totaling 200 strikeouts in 259 innings.

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

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

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