Cincinnati Reds vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 4/28/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Friday, April 28, 2023

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Cincinnati Reds (10-15) are en route to Oakland Coliseum on Friday where they will compete against the Oakland Athletics (5-20). The pitchers expected to start will be Luis Cessa and Kyle Muller.

As a unit, the Cincinnati Reds are recording 4.3 runs per outing, which ranks them 21st in the league. They have tallied 107 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .319. The Reds have hit 33 doubles as a team and have hit 16 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 102 runs batted in in addition to 192 base knocks on the season, and their batting average is at .236. Cincinnati is slugging .348 and have been called out on strikes 237 times, while drawing a walk on 90 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.57 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.50. Reds pitchers have allowed 27 long balls and 125 runs in total (25th in the league). Cincinnati has conceded 236 hits (9.8 per 9 innings) and 121 earned runs. The Reds are sitting with a team ERA of 5.01 so far this season (25th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 231 batters. They have walked 90 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.24 as a team on the season.

The Reds have sent 86 relievers to the hill on the season. The relievers have inherited 55 base runners on the year and 27.3% of those runners earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 5 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 5 of 10 chances to save the game. The Reds bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 50.0% and stepped onto the hill in 23 save situations. The bullpen have accumulated 11 holds for the season (20th in baseball). Reds bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 32 times as well as having 33 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Reds have turned 64.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 1,956 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 30th in the majors. The Cincinnati Reds are sitting with 652 putouts this season, in addition to 187 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which ranks 13th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 18 double plays.

Cessa has taken the mound for 415 innings and has tallied 327 strikeouts during his MLB career. Cessa (16-21 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 4.74 while he has gone up against 1,762 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.40 (203 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.311. He has allowed 408 base knocks (8.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 137 free passes.

The Oakland Athletics have recorded an OBP of .304 in addition to a team batting average of .225 this season. They have been rung up on 226 occasions (10th in the league) and have earned 188 base hits. Oakland has tallied 27 HRs for the year and 90 runs batted in. The Athletics hold a team slugging % of .369 and they tally 3.68 runs per outing (27th in MLB). They have hit 35 doubles, while taking a walk 83 times as well as racking up 92 runs.

The Oakland pitching staff have given up 204 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 7.97 (194 earned runs conceded). They have surrendered 46 home runs and they concede 8.38 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.758 and have a FIP of 6.43 as a staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 7.50 (183 strikeouts against 127 free passes). They are sitting at 30th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 258.

Oakland relievers have an inherited score percentage of 50.0% out of 44 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 29 times in high leverage situations and also on 30 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 11 save situations, the Athletics have tallied 2 holds and also 5 blown saves. They sit at 29th in the league holding a save percentage of 37.5%, and they have dispatched 86 relievers to the mound for the season. Oakland has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 8 save chances and they have converted 3 saves.

The Oakland Athletics have turned 16 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .980 (28th in MLB). The Athletics have 188 assists, 17 errors and have earned 657 putouts for the year. Out of their 1,971 innings on the diamond, the Athletics hold a defensive efficiency of 66.7% (27th in pro baseball).

In his career, Muller has allowed 74 base hits and he has 66 strikeouts in 72 innings. Muller (3-7 win-loss record in his career) has a 5.82 ERA while allowing 9.2 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 47 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.583 and a FIP of 4.5. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.61 and he has gone up against 333 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cincinnati

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