Arizona Diamondbacks vs Miami Marlins Prediction, 4/16/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arizona Diamondbacks vs Miami Marlins

Date: Sunday, April 16, 2023

Location: loanDepot park in Miami, FL

TV: Bally Sports Florida

Odds/Point Spread: Arizona (-110) Miami (-110)

The Arizona Diamondbacks (8-6) are traveling to loanDepot park on Sunday where they will try to beat the Miami Marlins (7-7). The moneyline on this game has Arizona at -110 and Miami is priced at -110. The over/under is set at 7. The expected starting pitchers are Zac Gallen and Sandy Alcantara.

The Diamondbacks have compiled 31 doubles as a team and have hit 11 balls out of the stadium. Arizona is slugging .409 and have struck out 96 times, while drawing a walk on 25 occasions. As a unit, the Arizona Diamondbacks are notching 4.4 runs per game, which has them at 18th in the league. They have accumulated 59 RBI's and 121 base knocks this season, and their team batting average comes in at .259. They have earned 62 runs and have an OBP of .304.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.80 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.43. Diamondbacks pitchers have conceded 21 long balls and 68 total runs (17th in the league). Arizona has given up 110 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 64 earned runs. The Diamondbacks have compiled a team ERA of 4.72 on the season (20th in the league), and their staff has struck out 117 hitters. They have walked 65 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 5.41 as a unit this season.

Diamondbacks pitchers have entered the game with runners on 15 times as well as having 13 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen are sitting with 6 holds for the year (19th in baseball). The Diamondbacks bullpen have a save percentage of 80.0% and has entered the game in 11 save situations. They have earned 4 saves on the season and have missed out on 1 out of their 5 save chances. The relievers have inherited 27 base runners for the season with 22.2% of them crossed the plate. The Diamondbacks have sent 45 relievers to the hill for the year.

The Diamondbacks have turned 71.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 1,098 innings, which has them sitting 4th in pro baseball. The Arizona Diamondbacks have a total of 366 putouts on the year, in addition to 133 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .992 which has them sitting 5th in pro baseball, and have 10 double plays.

Gallen has taken the hill for 475 innings and has 530 punch outs so far in his career. Gallen (23-23 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 3.55 while going up against 1,934 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.15 (166 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.103. He has surrendered 362 hits (6.9 hits per 9 innings) with 162 walks.

The Marlins have a team slugging % of .397 and they are earning 3.29 runs per contest (30th in MLB). They have hit 18 doubles, while taking a walk 40 times as well as putting up 46 runs. Miami has accounted for 15 home runs so far this season to go along with 45 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 126 occasions (12th in the league) and are sitting with 115 base hits. The Miami Marlins have accounted for a team OBP of .310 as well as a team batting average of .248 on the year.

The Marlins hold a team WHIP of 1.347 in addition to having a FIP of 4.66 as a pitching staff this season. They are sitting at 13th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 116. The Miami pitching staff have surrendered 68 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.72 (65 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.10 (111 strikeouts vs 51 free passes). They have surrendered 16 home runs and they surrender 4.94 runs per 9 innings (18th in baseball).

Miami has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 1 save opportunities and they have tallied 1 save. They are ranked 2nd in the league with a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have dispatched 42 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 9 times in high leverage situations and on 10 occasions with runners on base. Miami relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 21.1% of 19 inherited base runners. Sitting with 4 save situations, the Marlins have earned 3 holds and also 0 blown saves.

The Miami Marlins have turned 10 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .984 (20th in MLB). The Marlins have accrued 126 assists, 8 errors and are sitting with 372 putouts for the year. In 1,116 innings on the diamond, the Marlins have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (10th in baseball).

Alcantara (35-44 mark in his career) is the owner of a 3.17 earned run average and has allowed 7.5 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.81 and he has faced 2,994 opposing batters thus far in his career. He has surrendered a total of 259 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.143 and a FIP of 3.7. In his MLB career, Alcantara has allowed 609 base knocks while he has totaled 649 punch outs in 734 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Miami (-110)

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