San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 6/22/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: Bally Sports South

Odds/Point Spread: San Francisco (-110) Atlanta (-110)

Truist Park is the location where the Atlanta Braves (39-29) will attempt to beat the San Francisco Giants (37-29) on Wednesday. The line on this contest has the Giants at -110 while the Braves open at -110. The over/under comes in at 9. The pitchers taking the mound will be Carlos Rodon and Charlie Morton.

The Giants have hit 104 doubles as a squad and have hit 78 baseballs out of the park. San Francisco is slugging .398 and have struck out 569 times, while drawing a walk on 251 occasions. As a squad, the San Francisco Giants are scoring 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 5th in the league. They have accounted for 302 RBI's as well as 522 hits on the year, and their batting average is .238. They have tallied 317 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .322.

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Giants pitchers have yielded 55 long balls and 275 total runs (12th in the league). They have walked 175 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.45 as a unit for the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 3.14 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.26. The Giants hold a team earned run average of 3.86 over the course of the season (14th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 549 hitters.

The Giants have dispatched 247 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The relievers have inherited 81 base runners for the year with 32.1% of those runners crossed home plate. They have compiled 16 saves so far this year and have not converted 9 of their 25 chances to save the game. The Giants bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 64.0% and has entered the game in 61 save situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 33 holds so far this season (21st in the league). Giants bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 57 times and also have had 72 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Giants have transformed 68.2% of baseballs in play into outs in their 5,286 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 26th in pro baseball. The San Francisco Giants have a tally of 1,762 putouts thus far, in addition to 634 assists and 36 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .985 which ranks 14th in pro baseball, and they have turned 52 double plays.

Rodon has taken the hill for 742 frames and has 801 strikeouts during his career. His earned run average is 3.70 (305 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.280. He has allowed 656 base hits (8.0 hits per nine innings) with 294 walks. Rodon (48-42 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 3.80 while facing 3,155 hitters during his time in the majors.

Atlanta has 101 long balls on the season to go along with 302 runs batted in. They have notched 131 doubles, while taking a walk 205 times and scoring 319 runs. The Atlanta Braves have an OBP of .314 and a team batting average of .247 for the year. The Braves have a slugging percentage of .440 and they score 4.69 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 644 occasions (2nd in the league) and have earned a total of 569 base knocks.

The Braves hold a team WHIP of 1.231 in addition to having a FIP of 3.35 as a squad this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.82 (644 strikeouts vs 228 free passes). They come in at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 518. They have relinquished 51 dingers and they allow 4.04 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Atlanta pitching staff have relinquished 272 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 3.61 (243 earned runs given up).

Sitting with 77 save situations, the Braves have tallied 43 holds in addition to 12 blown saves. Atlanta has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 34 save opportunities and they have tallied 22 saves. Their relievers have come in 77 times in high leverage situations in addition to 62 occasions with base runners. Atlanta relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 39.4% out of 94 inherited base runners. They sit at 14th in the league with a save percentage of 64.7%, and they have sent 215 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this year.

The Atlanta Braves have turned 51 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in the majors). The Braves have recorded 591 assists, 31 errors and have accumulated 1,819 putouts this season. In 5,457 innings on the field, the Braves have a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (17th in professional baseball).

Morton (111-98 win-loss record in his career) holds a 4.04 earned run average while giving up 8.5 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.60 and he has gone up against 7,252 hitters thus far in his career. He has given up a total of 760 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.304 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.7. In his career, Morton has allowed 1,604 hits and he has 1,567 strikeouts in 1,692 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Atlanta (-110)

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