Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 9/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Saturday, September 17, 2022

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

The San Francisco Giants (69-74) will try to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers (98-44) at Oracle Park on Saturday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Julio Urias and John Brebbia.

As a team, the Los Angeles Dodgers are knocking in 5.4 runs/g, which has them sitting at 1st in the league. They have notched a total of 769 runs and have an OBP of .336. The Dodgers have hit 296 two-baggers as a team and have hit 196 balls out of the park. They have tallied 735 RBI's and 1,262 base knocks this season, and their average at the plate is at .260. Los Angeles has a slugging % of .454 and have been called out on strikes 1,198 times, while being walked on 535 occasions.

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The Dodgers are sitting with a team ERA of 2.85 so far this year (1st in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,255 hitters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.48 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.05. Dodgers pitchers have surrendered 134 home runs and also 451 total runs (1st in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 361 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.51 as a team over the course of the season.

The Dodgers relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 68.5% and has entered the game in 139 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 127 base runners for the year and 26.8% of them ended up crossing the plate. Dodgers relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 93 times and also have had 114 appearances in high leverage situations. The Dodgers have sent 489 relievers to the hill this year. The relief pitchers have a total of 83 holds over the course of the season (8th in the league). They have compiled 37 saves so far this season and have missed out on 17 of their 54 chances to save the game.

The Dodgers have converted 73.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,418 innings, which has them sitting at 1st in baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers have accounted for 3,806 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,175 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which has them ranked 10th in baseball, and have 106 double plays.

Urias has pitched in 577 innings and has earned 571 punch outs so far in his MLB career. Urias (48-17 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.43 while facing 2,344 opposing batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 2.88 (185 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.096. He has conceded 469 hits (7.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 164 free passes.

San Francisco has compiled 160 home runs this season to go along with 598 runs batted in. They have recorded 230 two-baggers, while walking 509 times and scoring 626 runs. The San Francisco Giants have an on-base percentage of .315 and a batting average of .232 this season. The Giants have a team slugging % of .387 and they are scoring 4.38 runs per contest (14th in MLB). They have struck out on 1,281 occasions (5th in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,101 base knocks.

The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 620 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 3.86 (541 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 124 homers and they allow 4.42 runs per 9 innings (18th in the league). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.276 with a FIP of 3.51 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio sits at 3.12 (1,207 strikeouts vs 387 walks). They rank 22nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,223.

San Francisco relievers have an inherited score percentage of 33.5% out of their 182 inherited base runners. Their relievers have taken the field 146 times in high leverage situations and also on 127 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 125 save situations, the Giants have tallied 69 holds and 20 blown saves. They sit at 17th in the league with a save rate of 62.3%, and they have dispatched 500 bullpen pitchers to the hill this season. San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 53 save opportunities and they have tallied 33 saves.

In their 11,358 innings played, the Giants have earned a defensive efficiency of 67.7% (27th in professional baseball). The San Francisco Giants have gotten 109 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (26th in professional baseball). The Giants have recorded 1,367 assists, 89 errors and are sitting with 3,786 putouts on the campaign.

Brebbia (12-9 mark in his career) has a 3.26 earned run average while giving up 7.9 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.64 and he has gone up against 1,060 hitters during his career. He has given up 92 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.175 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.4. So far in his career, Brebbia has allowed 224 hits while earning 269 strikeouts in 253 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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