Los Angeles Dodgers vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 8/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-155) Milwaukee (+135)

American Family Field is the site where the Milwaukee Brewers (61-53) will take on the Los Angeles Dodgers (80-34) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Dodgers at -155 and the Brewers are sitting at +135. The betting total is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Tony Gonsolin and Eric Lauer.

Los Angeles has a slugging rate of .451 and have been called out on strikes 940 times, while drawing a walk on 428 occasions. They have amassed 583 RBI's and 1,012 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average is sitting at .261. The Dodgers have accrued 239 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 152 baseballs out of the park. They have earned a total of 614 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .336. As a team, the Los Angeles Dodgers are putting up 5.4 runs per contest, which is 1st in MLB.

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Dodgers pitchers have given up 98 long balls and 363 total runs (1st in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 277 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.37 as a squad so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.61 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.06. The Dodgers are sitting with a team earned run average of 2.88 over the course of the season (1st in baseball), and they have rung up 999 hitters.

Dodgers bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 74 times in addition to having 84 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 76 holds so far this season (5th in the league). The Dodgers bullpen have earned a save percentage of 74.4% and has come into the game in 121 save situations. They have compiled 32 saves on the campaign and have missed out on 11 of 43 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 103 runners for the season and 28.2% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Dodgers have sent 394 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season.

The Dodgers have converted 72.3% of baseballs in play into outs in their 9,147 innings, which has them sitting at 1st in MLB. The Los Angeles Dodgers have earned a total of 3,049 putouts on the year, in addition to 953 assists and 54 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .987 which has them sitting 10th in the majors, and have 92 double plays.

Gonsolin has taken the hill for 258 innings and has accumulated 253 K's during his MLB career. His earned run average is 2.57 (74 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 0.997. He has given up 170 base knocks (5.9 hits per 9 innings) and has had 88 walks. Gonsolin (24-6 career record) has a FIP of 3.55 and he has faced 1,025 opposing hitters during his time in the majors.

The Brewers have a team SLG% of .413 and they average 4.53 runs per contest (10th in MLB). They have recorded 174 two-baggers, while walking 402 times and racking up 516 runs. Milwaukee has hit 155 HRs for the season to go along with 503 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,006 occasions (9th in the league) and have earned 907 base knocks. The Milwaukee Brewers are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .318 as well as a batting average of .238 for the year.

The Brewers have a team WHIP of 1.239 with a FIP of 3.92 as a pitching staff so far this year. They come in at 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 883. The Milwaukee pitching staff have relinquished 485 runs this year while holding an ERA of 3.83 (431 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.88 (1,072 strikeouts against 372 bases on balls). They have allowed 132 homers and they yield 4.31 runs per 9 innings (15th in the league).

Milwaukee has had relief pitchers take the mound in 56 save chances and they have converted 40 saves. They sit at 7th in baseball holding a save rate of 71.4%, and they have dispatched 373 relievers onto the field this season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 146 times in high leverage situations and on 88 occasions with base runners. Milwaukee relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 30.7% out of their 127 inherited runners. With 127 save situations, the Brewers have recorded 71 holds and 16 blown saves.

In their 9,117 innings on the diamond, the Brewers hold a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (13th in professional baseball). The Milwaukee Brewers have turned 81 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (18th in MLB). The Brewers have accrued 978 assists, 64 errors and have earned 3,039 putouts so far this year.

So far in his career, Lauer has allowed 498 base knocks while accumulating 483 strikeouts in 510 innings pitched. He has surrendered 234 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.347 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.56 and he has gone up against 2,199 hitters during his pro baseball career. Lauer (29-28 career mark) is the owner of a 4.13 earned run average while surrendering 8.8 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-155)

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