Los Angeles Dodgers vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 8/25/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Friday, August 25, 2023

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

The Boston Red Sox (67-60) will try to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers (76-48) at Fenway Park on Friday. The expected starting pitchers are Lance Lynn and Kutter Crawford.

The Dodgers have compiled 231 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 195 balls out of the stadium. Los Angeles has a slugging % of .453 and have been called out on strikes 1,048 times, while drawing a walk on 503 occasions. As a squad, the Los Angeles Dodgers are earning 5.6 runs per game, which ranks them 3rd in the league. They have accrued 668 runs batted in in addition to 1,051 hits for the year, while their batting average is sitting at .251. They have 690 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .336.

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The Dodgers have an earned run average of 4.22 for the season (17th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,052 hitters. Dodgers pitchers have conceded 142 home runs and 552 runs in total (13th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 360 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.17 as a team this year. Los Angeles has surrendered 998 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 518 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.92 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.23.

The Dodgers relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 71.4% and has come into the game in 119 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 167 runners this season and 28.7% of them ended up scoring. Dodgers bullpen pitchers have entered the game with players on base 109 times in addition to having 126 appearances in high leverage situations. The Dodgers have dispatched 431 relievers to the hill this season. The relief pitchers have tallied 70 holds on the year (12th in the league). They have accumulated 35 saves this season and have not converted 14 of their 49 chances to save the game.

The Dodgers have converted 70.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of 9,942 innings, which has them sitting 5th in pro baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers are sitting with 3,314 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,070 assists and 55 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which is 7th in MLB, and have 108 double plays.

Lynn has taken the ball for 1,850 innings and has 1,884 punch outs in his MLB career. Lynn (132-93 career mark) holds a FIP of 3.71 while he has faced 7,831 opposing hitters in the majors. His ERA is 3.68 (757 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.267. He has surrendered 1,701 base knocks (8.3 hits per nine innings) and has had 643 walks.

Boston has recorded 146 HRs this year to go along with 595 RBIs. They have tallied 274 two-baggers, while taking a walk 386 times as well as racking up 621 runs. The Boston Red Sox have compiled an OBP of .328 and a team batting average of .262 on the campaign. The Red Sox hold a team slugging % of .433 and they have an average of 4.89 runs per contest (8th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 1,037 occasions (22nd in MLB) and have a total of 1,139 hits.

The Red Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.316 with a FIP of 4.40 as a team on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.90 (1,103 strikeouts against 366 bases on balls). They come in at 24th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,109. They have given up 168 homers and they concede 4.75 runs per 9 innings (18th in the league). The Boston pitching staff have surrendered 592 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.37 (544 earned runs relinquished).

Boston has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 49 save chances and they have come away with 38 saves. They are currently ranked 2nd in MLB with a save rate of 77.6%, and they have sent 400 relievers to the hill on the campaign. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 116 times in high leverage situations in addition to 87 occasions with runners on base. Boston relievers have an inherited score rate of 29.0% out of their 131 inherited base runners. With 108 save situations, the Red Sox have tallied 58 holds in addition to 11 blown saves.

The Boston Red Sox have turned 113 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (30th in baseball). The Red Sox have accrued 1,136 assists, 90 errors and have accumulated 3,363 putouts this year. Out of their 10,089 innings on the field, the Red Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 67.8% (27th in pro baseball).

In his career, Crawford has conceded 167 hits while he has totaled 173 strikeouts in 175 frames. Crawford (9-13 career record) is the owner of a 4.67 ERA and has allowed 8.6 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 91 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.266 and a FIP of 4.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.15 and he has gone up against 737 opposing hitters so far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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