Baltimore Orioles vs Washington Nationals Prediction, 4/18/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Washington Nationals

Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Location: Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (-135) Washington (+115)

The Washington Nationals (5-11) welcome the Baltimore Orioles (9-7) at Nationals Park on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has the Orioles at -135 and the Nationals are sitting at +115. The total is set at 9.5. The expected starting pitchers are Dean Kremer and Josiah Gray.

The Orioles have accrued 32 doubles as a squad and have smacked 22 baseballs out of the park. Baltimore is slugging .450 and have been called out on strikes 146 times, while drawing a walk on 78 occasions. As a unit, the Baltimore Orioles are knocking in 5.9 runs per game, which puts them at 2nd in the league. They have accrued 91 runs batted in in addition to 140 hits on the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .260. They have accounted for 94 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .357.

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The Orioles have an earned run average of 5.27 on the season (26th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 137 hitters. Orioles pitchers have conceded 22 long balls and 87 runs (25th in MLB). They have walked 46 opposing players and their FIP is 4.53 as a unit on the season. Baltimore has surrendered 148 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 83 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.98 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.37.

Orioles relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 22 times and also have had 22 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have 13 holds on the season (4th in the league). The Orioles relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 50.0% and has entered the game in 21 save situations. They have recorded 4 saves on the campaign and have missed out on 4 of their 8 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 34 base runners for the season and 41.2% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Orioles have dispatched 61 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Baltimore Orioles are sitting with 425 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 132 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .982 which has them ranked 23rd in pro baseball, and have accumulated 18 double plays. The Orioles have converted 66.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,275 innings, ranking them 26th in the majors.

Kremer (9-15 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.83 while he has faced 898 opposing batters in the majors. He has given up 217 base knocks (9.3 hits per 9 innings) with 77 free passes. His ERA is 4.84 (113 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.400. Kremer has taken the ball for 210 frames and has totaled 164 strikeouts so far in his MLB career.

The Washington Nationals have tallied a team OBP of .326 as well as a team batting average of .259 so far this season. They have been rung up on 103 occasions (30th in baseball) and have recorded 141 base hits. Washington has tallied 8 home runs this year and 59 runs batted in. The Nationals hold a team slugging percentage of .353 and they are scoring 3.88 runs per contest (27th in baseball). They have hit 23 doubles, while getting a free base 49 times as well as scoring 62 runs.

The Nationals hold a team WHIP of 1.421 and have a FIP of 5.10 as a squad so far this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 6.80 (105 strikeouts vs 56 walks). They have a ranking of 23rd in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 143. They have allowed 21 dingers and they surrender 5.27 runs per 9 innings (21st in the league). The Washington pitching staff have surrendered 82 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 4.82 (75 earned runs yielded).

Washington has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 7 save chances and they have come away with 4 saves. They are ranked 18th in the league with a save percentage of 57.1%, and they have dispatched 51 relievers to the hill this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 15 times in high leverage situations and on 17 occasions with runners on base. Washington relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 31.0% out of 29 inherited base runners. With 17 save situations, the Nationals have compiled 10 holds and 3 blown saves.

The Washington Nationals have turned 18 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (27th in the majors). The Nationals have recorded 169 assists, 12 errors and have 420 putouts this season. In 1,260 innings played, the Nationals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.1% (16th in pro baseball).

In his MLB career, Gray has conceded 218 base hits while accumulating 243 punch outs in 236 innings. Gray (9-15 career win-loss record) holds a 5.11 ERA and has allowed 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 134 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.364 and a FIP of 5.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.34 and he has gone up against 1,028 hitters during his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Baltimore (-135)

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