Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 6/24/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Friday, June 24, 2022

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

Oracle Park is the site where the San Francisco Giants (38-30) will go up against the Cincinnati Reds (23-45) on Friday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Graham Ashcraft and Alex Cobb.

As a team, the Cincinnati Reds are recording 4.3 runs per game, which ranks them 18th in the league. They are sitting with 293 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .307. The Reds have tallied 108 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 65 balls out of the park. They have tallied 282 RBI's as well as 528 hits so far this season, and their team batting average sits at .237. Cincinnati owns a slugging percentage of .378 and have been rung up 567 times, while drawing a walk on 196 occasions.

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The Reds hold a team earned run average of 5.31 this season (30th in the league), and their staff has struck out 594 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 264 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.64 as a unit on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.25 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.42. Reds pitchers have relinquished 90 home runs and 367 runs in total (27th in baseball).

Reds pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 73 times as well as having 56 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 29 holds this season (24th in the league). The Reds relief pitchers have a save rate of 59.1% and stepped onto the hill in 51 save situations. They have 13 saves this year and have missed out on 9 out of their 22 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 118 runners this year and 43.2% of those runners crossed home plate. The Reds have dispatched 242 relievers to the hill for the year.

The Reds have converted 68.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 5,325 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 24th in baseball. The Cincinnati Reds have 1,775 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 499 assists and 39 errors. Their fielding rate is at .983 which is 21st in professional baseball, and they have twisted 36 double plays.

Ashcraft (3-1 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.88 and he has faced 141 batters in the majors. He has surrendered 32 hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 7 free passes. His earned run average is 3.51 (13 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.170. Ashcraft has pitched in 33 innings and has tallied 19 strikeouts in his MLB career.

San Francisco has recorded 82 HRs on the campaign as well as 317 runs batted in. They have put up 107 doubles, while taking a walk 255 times and earning 332 runs. The San Francisco Giants have an on-base percentage of .322 in addition to a team batting average of .239 this season. The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .401 and they have an average of 4.88 runs per game (4th in baseball). They have been rung up on 593 occasions (11th in the league) and have totaled 542 base hits.

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.256 with a FIP of 3.51 as a squad this season. They sit at 22nd in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 582. The San Francisco pitching staff have relinquished 289 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.94 (265 earned runs allowed). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.19 (568 strikeouts against 178 free passes). They have given up 60 HR's and they surrender 4.30 runs per 9 innings (15th in the league).

San Francisco relievers hold an inherited score rate of 33.3% of 84 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 78 times in high leverage situations and also on 59 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 66 save situations, the Giants have amassed 37 holds and 10 blown saves. They rank 17th in baseball holding a save rate of 61.5%, and they have sent 256 relievers onto the field for the season. San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 26 save opportunities and they have come away with 16 saves.

The San Francisco Giants have gotten 53 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (13th in baseball). The Giants have recorded 652 assists, 37 errors and have amassed 1,815 putouts this season. In 5,445 innings played, the Giants hold a defensive efficiency of 68.3% (27th in MLB).

So far in his pro baseball career, Cobb has conceded 1,026 base knocks while he has earned 865 K's in 1,052 innings. Cobb (66-62 career mark) has a 3.94 ERA while allowing 8.8 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 460 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.273 and having a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.76 and he has faced 4,418 batters in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cincinnati

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