Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 8/25/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Friday, August 25, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

The Atlanta Braves (82-44) are headed to Oracle Park on Friday where they will try to defeat the San Francisco Giants (66-61). The men taking the mound will be Spencer Strider and Logan Webb.

Atlanta owns a slugging percentage of .499 and have been called out on strikes 1,026 times, while drawing a walk on 431 occasions. They have recorded 704 RBI's in addition to 1,182 hits for the year, and their batting average comes in at .274. The Braves have hit 219 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 240 balls out of the park. They have tallied 729 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .345. As a team, the Atlanta Braves are scoring 5.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 1st in MLB.

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The Braves have compiled a team ERA of 3.81 over the course of the season (5th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,174 hitters. Braves pitchers have yielded 132 long balls and 515 runs (4th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 403 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.94 as a squad for the season. Atlanta has allowed 1,016 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 473 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.91 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.27.

The Braves have sent 414 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. The relievers have inherited 157 base runners for the year with 30.6% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have recorded 40 saves on the season and have blown 20 of their 60 save chances. The Braves relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 66.7% and has come into the game in 142 save situations. The relief pitchers have earned 81 holds on the year (3rd in the league). Braves relief pitchers have entered the game with players on base 105 times as well as having 135 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Atlanta Braves have earned a total of 3,354 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,043 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which ranks 19th in pro baseball, and have a total of 110 double plays. The Braves have turned 68.6% of balls in play into outs out of their 10,062 innings on the field, which ranks them 21st in pro baseball.

Strider has taken the mound for 280 innings and has 429 K's in his MLB career. Strider (26-9 career record) has earned a FIP of 2.44 while facing 1,132 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 3.15 (98 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.042. He has given up 200 base hits (6.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 92 free passes.

San Francisco has recorded 140 home runs on the year and 533 runs batted in. They have hit 200 two-baggers, while taking a walk 421 times and scoring 550 runs. The San Francisco Giants have a team on-base percentage of .315 in addition to a team batting average of .239 over the course of the season. The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .389 and they have an average of 4.33 runs per game (22nd in MLB). They have struck out on 1,196 instances (3rd in baseball) and have earned 1,023 base knocks.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.256 with a FIP of 3.93 as a squad this year. They rank 21st in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,093. The San Francisco pitching staff have yielded 547 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 3.95 (496 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.70 (1,093 strikeouts vs 325 bases on balls). They have surrendered 137 home runs and they allow 4.36 runs per 9 innings (12th in the league).

With 132 save situations, the Giants have 64 holds and also 23 blown saves. San Francisco has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 66 save opportunities and they have tallied 43 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 140 times in high leverage situations and also on 116 occasions with runners on base. San Francisco bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 32.1% out of their 159 inherited runners. They rank 15th in MLB holding a save percentage of 65.2%, and they have sent 396 relievers onto the field for the year.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 114 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (29th in pro baseball). The Giants have recorded 1,255 assists, 86 errors and have accumulated 3,387 putouts during this campaign. In their 10,161 innings on the field, the Giants have a defensive efficiency of 67.8% (25th in the majors).

In his pro baseball career, Webb has surrendered 565 base hits and he has 566 punch outs in 603 innings. He has given up a total of 231 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.183 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.80 and he has faced 2,473 hitters during his pro baseball career. Webb (40-28 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.44 ERA and has conceded 8.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Atlanta

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