Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 6/22/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

The Washington Nationals (24-46) are headed to Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Wednesday where they will go up against the Baltimore Orioles (30-38). The expected starting pitchers are Patrick Corbin and Tyler Wells.

Washington is slugging .380 and have been called out on strikes 513 times, while drawing a walk on 212 occasions. They have earned 276 RBI's as well as 601 base knocks over the course of the season, and their batting average is sitting at .254. The Nationals have tallied 112 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 57 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 289 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .319. As a team, the Washington Nationals are scoring 4.1 runs per game, which is 21st in baseball.

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The Nationals are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.28 on the campaign (30th in the league), and their staff has rung up 533 hitters. They have walked 268 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.87 as a team so far this year. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.99 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.51. Nationals pitchers have relinquished 95 long balls and also 398 total runs (30th in baseball).

Nationals bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 73 times in addition to having 42 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 26 holds on the campaign (28th in MLB). The Nationals relief pitchers have a save percentage of 60.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 41 save situations. They have accumulated 9 saves over the course of the season and have blown 6 of their 15 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 121 base runners for the season and 33.1% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Nationals have sent 261 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Nationals have converted 67.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 5,535 innings on the field, which has them sitting 29th in the majors. The Washington Nationals have 1,845 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 643 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which puts them in 27th in MLB, and they have turned 51 double plays.

Corbin has taken the ball for 1,454 frames and is sitting with 1,395 punch outs thus far in his career. Corbin (84-93 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.91 while he has faced 6,214 opposing batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.21 (680 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.329. He has conceded 1,487 base knocks (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 446 walks.

The Orioles have a team SLG% of .377 and they are scoring 4.09 runs per outing (23rd in the league). They have put up 114 doubles, while walking 191 times and notching 278 runs. Baltimore has tallied 68 long balls on the season to go along with 265 runs batted in. They have struck out on 610 instances (4th in the league) and have earned 530 base hits. The Baltimore Orioles have recorded an OBP of .299 in addition to a team batting average of .230 over the course of the season.

The Orioles have a team WHIP of 1.355 in addition to having a FIP of 4.30 as a pitching staff this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.44 (480 strikeouts against 197 free passes). They are currently ranked 28th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 620. They have yielded 76 home runs and they relinquish 4.73 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The Baltimore pitching staff have given up 317 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 4.27 (286 earned runs allowed).

Baltimore has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 20 save opportunities and they have recorded 15 saves. They rank 6th in baseball holding a save percentage of 75.0%, and they have dispatched 242 relievers to the hill this season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 87 times in high leverage situations in addition to 97 occasions with runners on base. Baltimore relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 27.7% out of their 141 inherited runners. Sitting with 55 save situations, the Orioles have 33 holds and 5 blown saves.

The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 67 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (22nd in baseball). The Orioles have racked up 675 assists, 45 errors and have a total of 1,810 putouts on the campaign. In 5,430 innings on the field, the Orioles have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.2% (27th in baseball).

So far in his pro baseball career, Wells has given up 92 hits and he has 101 punch outs in 116 innings pitched. Wells (6-7 career win-loss record) has earned a 3.86 ERA while conceding 7.1 hits per 9 innings. He has given up 50 ER's while holding a WHIP of 0.994 and a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.21 and he has faced 463 hitters during his pro baseball career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Washington

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