Miami Marlins vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 4/26/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Marlins vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: Bally Sports South

Odds/Point Spread: Miami (+110) Atlanta (-130)

The Atlanta Braves (15-8) will go up against the Miami Marlins (12-11) at Truist Park on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Marlins at +110 and the Braves are at -130. The betting total is set at 7.5. The starting pitchers will be Sandy Alcantara and Bryce Elder.

Miami is slugging .377 and have struck out 205 times, while taking a walk on 59 occasions. They have earned 71 RBI's and 184 base knocks this year, and their batting average comes in at .243. The Marlins have hit 33 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 21 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 72 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .301. As a squad, the Miami Marlins are putting up 3.1 runs per outing, which puts them at 29th in MLB.

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The Marlins hold a team earned run average of 4.35 for the year (18th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 192 batters. Marlins pitchers have allowed 27 home runs and 106 runs in total (18th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 76 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.45 as a unit on the season. Miami has surrendered 186 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 99 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.53 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.28.

Marlins pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 20 times in addition to having 20 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 10 holds over the course of the season (21st in the league). The Marlins relievers have a save percentage of 100.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 15 save situations. They have compiled 5 saves this season and have missed out on 0 out of their 5 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 32 runners for the year with 15.6% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Marlins have dispatched 71 relievers to the mound for the season.

The Miami Marlins have a total of 615 putouts thus far, in addition to 211 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which has them sitting 26th in the majors, and have a total of 17 double plays. The Marlins have converted 70.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of 1,845 innings, which has them sitting 10th in pro baseball.

Alcantara has taken the hill for 740 innings and has accumulated 658 punch outs so far in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.18 (262 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.142. He has allowed 615 base knocks (7.5 hits per 9 innings) with 231 walks. Alcantara (35-45 career record) has a FIP of 3.70 while he has faced 3,019 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Braves have a slugging percentage of .448 and they are scoring 5.09 runs per contest (7th in baseball). They have put up 42 doubles, while getting a free base 90 times as well as putting up 117 runs. Atlanta has accounted for 35 long balls on the year to go along with 111 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 223 instances (3rd in baseball) and have tallied 202 base knocks. The Atlanta Braves are sitting with an OBP of .337 and a team batting average of .256 on the season.

The Braves hold a team WHIP of 1.243 and have a FIP of 3.43 as a unit on the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.30 (212 strikeouts vs 74 walks). They rank 12th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 182. They have allowed 15 dingers and they allow 3.58 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Atlanta pitching staff have allowed 82 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.32 (76 earned runs conceded).

Atlanta has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 11 save opportunities and they have recorded 6 saves. They are ranked 20th in the league holding a save rate of 54.5%, and they have dispatched 78 relief pitchers onto the field on the campaign. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 25 times in high leverage situations and also on 21 occasions with runners on. Atlanta relievers have an inherited score percentage of 35.7% out of 28 inherited runners. Sitting with 30 save situations, the Braves have recorded 19 holds in addition to 5 blown saves.

The Atlanta Braves have turned 23 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .981 (28th in professional baseball). The Braves have accrued 195 assists, 16 errors and have amassed 618 putouts over the course of the season. In their 1,854 innings on the diamond, the Braves have earned a defensive efficiency of 67.8% (24th in professional baseball).

Thus far in his career, Elder has surrendered 65 hits while accumulating 70 K's in 77 innings pitched. Elder (4-4 record in his career) has earned a 2.55 earned run average while surrendering 7.5 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 22 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.223 and a FIP of 3.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.33 and he has gone up against 323 hitters during his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Atlanta (-130)

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