Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 8/26/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Saturday, August 26, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

The Atlanta Braves (82-44) are traveling to Oracle Park on Saturday where they will attempt to beat the San Francisco Giants (66-61). The expected starting pitchers will be Max Fried and Jakob Junis.

Atlanta has a slugging rate of .499 and have been called out on strikes 1,026 times, while drawing a walk on 431 occasions. They have accounted for 704 RBI's and 1,182 base knocks for the year, and their average at the plate is .274. The Braves have accrued 219 doubles as a team and have hit 240 baseballs out of the stadium. They have racked up 729 runs and have an OBP of .345. As a squad, the Atlanta Braves are scoring 5.8 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 1st in baseball.

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The Braves have compiled a team earned run average of 3.81 so far this year (5th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,174 batters. Braves pitchers have conceded 132 long balls in addition to 515 runs in total (3rd in baseball). They have walked 403 opposing players and their FIP is 3.94 as a team so far this year. Atlanta has allowed 1,016 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) as well as 473 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.91 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.27.

The Braves have sent 414 relievers to the hill so far this season. The relief pitchers have inherited 157 runners over the course of the season and 30.6% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They have earned 40 saves for the season and have blown 20 of 60 save chances. The Braves relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 66.7% and has come into the game in 142 save situations. The relievers are sitting with 81 holds so far this year (3rd in the league). Braves relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 105 times and also have had 135 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Atlanta Braves have a total of 3,354 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,043 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which puts them in 18th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 110 double plays. The Braves have transformed 68.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 10,062 innings, ranking them 21st in professional baseball.

Fried has taken the mound for 680 innings and has racked up 662 K's during his career. His earned run average is 3.07 (232 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.169. He has allowed 615 hits (8.1 hits per nine innings) with 180 free passes. Fried (58-26 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.29 while going up against 2,783 batters in the majors.

San Francisco is sitting with 140 home runs over the course of the season as well as 533 runs batted in. They have notched 200 doubles, while walking 421 times and earning 550 runs. The San Francisco Giants have accounted for a team OBP of .315 as well as a team batting average of .239 for the year. The Giants hold a team SLG% of .389 and they tally 4.33 runs per game (22nd in the league). They have been rung up on 1,196 instances (5th in MLB) and have a total of 1,023 base knocks.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.256 with a FIP of 3.93 as a squad for the year. They are sitting at 21st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,093. The San Francisco pitching staff have conceded 547 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 3.95 (496 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.70 (1,093 strikeouts vs 325 free passes). They have relinquished 137 HR's and they allow 4.36 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league).

With 132 save situations, the Giants have compiled 64 holds in addition to 23 blown saves. San Francisco has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 66 save chances and they have come away with 43 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 140 times in high leverage situations and on 116 occasions with runners on base. San Francisco relievers have an inherited score rate of 32.1% out of their 159 inherited base runners. They are ranked 15th in the league holding a save percentage of 65.2%, and they have dispatched 396 relief pitchers to the mound on the season.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 114 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (29th in MLB). The Giants have accrued 1,255 assists, 86 errors and have earned a total of 3,387 putouts on the season. In 10,161 innings on the field, the Giants have earned a defensive efficiency of 67.8% (25th in baseball).

Junis (38-45 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 4.67 ERA while conceding 9.7 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.47 and he has gone up against 3,016 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 362 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.344 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.5. In his pro baseball career, Junis has allowed 751 base hits and he has 649 K's in 698 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Francisco

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