Washington Nationals vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 7/26/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Washington Nationals vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

The Washington Nationals (32-65) are en route to Dodger Stadium on Tuesday where they will meet the Los Angeles Dodgers (64-30). The expected starting pitchers will be Jon Gray and Mitch White.

Washington has a slugging rate of .372 and have been called out on strikes 695 times, while taking a walk on 301 occasions. They have tallied 354 RBI's in addition to 798 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average is .246. The Nationals have accounted for 160 doubles as a unit and have knocked 75 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 371 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .315. As a unit, the Washington Nationals are scoring 3.8 runs per game, which has them at 27th in MLB.

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Nationals pitchers have given up 141 home runs and 533 runs (30th in the league). They have walked 351 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.88 as a team on the campaign. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.16 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.46. The Nationals hold a team earned run average of 5.17 for the season (29th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 757 batters.

The Nationals have sent 353 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. The relievers have inherited 155 base runners on the campaign and 29.0% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have accumulated 16 saves over the course of the season and have blown 9 out of their 25 save chances. The Nationals relievers have a save percentage of 64.0% and has come into the game in 62 save situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 36 holds this season (28th in baseball). Nationals pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 95 times as well as having 72 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Nationals have turned 68.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 7,443 innings on the field, which has them ranked 25th in baseball. The Washington Nationals have accumulated 2,481 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 839 assists and 60 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .982 which ranks 26th in the majors, and have 66 double plays.

Gray has taken the mound for 925 innings and is sitting with 954 K's during his career. Gray (60-53 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.85 while he has faced 3,945 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.48 (460 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.316. He has surrendered 908 base hits (8.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 309 walks.

Los Angeles has 123 home runs for the year to go along with 462 runs batted in. They have 182 doubles, while getting a free base 363 times and earning 487 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers have an OBP of .335 in addition to a team batting average of .257 this season. The Dodgers have a team SLG% of .442 and they score 5.18 runs per outing (2nd in baseball). They have struck out on 783 instances (20th in MLB) and have recorded 816 base hits.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have given up 306 runs on the season while having an ERA of 2.96 (276 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 87 HR's and they give up 3.29 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Dodgers hold a team WHIP of 1.074 and have a FIP of 3.46 as a unit for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 3.57 (836 strikeouts against 234 walks). They are sitting at 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 666.

Sitting with 103 save situations, the Dodgers have 63 holds and also 10 blown saves. Los Angeles has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 39 save opportunities and they have recorded 29 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 78 times in high leverage situations and on 63 occasions with base runners. Los Angeles relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 30.7% out of their 88 inherited base runners. They sit at 4th in the league with a save percentage of 74.4%, and they have dispatched 326 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the season.

In 7,221 innings on the diamond, the Dodgers are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 72.2% (2nd in pro baseball). The Los Angeles Dodgers have turned 72 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in MLB). The Dodgers have recorded 776 assists, 41 errors and are sitting with 2,407 putouts so far this year.

White (3-5 win-loss mark in his career) has a 3.61 ERA and has allowed 7.3 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.54 and he has gone up against 419 hitters during his MLB career. He has conceded 40 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.184 and a FIP of 4.0. So far in his pro baseball career, White has surrendered 81 hits and he has 94 punch outs in 99 frames.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Washington

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