Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago Cubs Prediction, 8/30/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago Cubs

Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Location: Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Marquee

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-108) Chicago (-112)

The Chicago Cubs (69-62) host the Milwaukee Brewers (74-57) at Wrigley Field on Wednesday. The odds on this game have Milwaukee at -108 while Chicago is coming in at -112. The over/under is 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Brandon Woodruff and Kyle Hendricks.

As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are recording 4.4 runs per contest, which ranks them 18th in baseball. They have 580 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .315. The Brewers have tallied 195 doubles as a team and have smacked 138 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 556 RBI's and 1,025 hits for the year, and their team batting average is .236. Milwaukee is slugging .381 and have been called out on strikes 1,141 times, while being walked on 470 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.85 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.22. Brewers pitchers have conceded 168 home runs in addition to 557 total runs (9th in baseball). Milwaukee has given up 1,014 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings) and 514 earned runs. The Brewers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.97 on the season (10th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,142 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 401 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.36 as a team on the season.

Brewers pitchers have come into the game with players on base 99 times in addition to having 143 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 81 holds on the campaign (6th in the league). The Brewers relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 67.8% and has entered the game in 141 save situations. They have accumulated 40 saves on the year and have missed out on 19 out of their 59 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 137 runners over the course of the season and 32.1% of them crossed the plate. The Brewers have sent 418 relievers to the hill over the course of the season.

The Brewers have turned 71.3% of balls hit into play into outs in their 10,482 innings, which has them sitting at 1st in the majors. The Milwaukee Brewers have accumulated 3,494 putouts for the season, as well as 1,124 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .986 which has them ranked 13th in MLB, and have earned 97 double plays.

Woodruff has taken the mound for 647 innings and is sitting with 755 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.16 (227 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.060. He has surrendered 516 base knocks (7.2 hits per nine innings) and has 170 free passes. Woodruff (44-26 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.22 and he has faced 2,603 opposing hitters in the majors.

Chicago has accumulated 158 home runs this season as well as 637 runs batted in. They have notched 213 doubles, while walking 460 times and scoring 664 runs. The Chicago Cubs have earned a team on-base percentage of .329 as well as a batting average of .253 for the season. The Cubs hold a team slugging % of .418 and they score 5.07 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have struck out on 1,153 occasions (12th in baseball) and have totaled 1,127 base hits.

The Cubs have a team WHIP of 1.276 in addition to having a FIP of 4.20 as a pitching staff for the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.50 (1,090 strikeouts vs 407 bases on balls). They come in at 13th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,072. They have yielded 145 dingers and they allow 4.57 runs per 9 innings (17th in the league). The Chicago pitching staff have relinquished 589 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.16 (536 earned runs conceded).

Chicago relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.2% out of their 174 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 106 times in high leverage situations in addition to 103 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 105 save situations, the Cubs have earned 65 holds and 11 blown saves. They rank 4th in MLB holding a save percentage of 71.8%, and they have dispatched 405 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the year. Chicago has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 39 save chances and they have tallied 28 saves.

In their 10,431 innings on the diamond, the Cubs have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 69.7% (10th in the majors). The Chicago Cubs have gotten 112 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (18th in baseball). The Cubs have accrued 1,191 assists, 71 errors and have notched a total of 3,477 putouts for the year.

During his pro baseball career, Hendricks has given up 1,317 base knocks while tallying 1,147 K's in 1,417 frames. He has given up a total of 548 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.150 and a FIP of 3.8. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.68 and he has faced 5,806 hitters so far in his career. Hendricks (92-68 record in his career) holds a 3.48 earned run average and has conceded 8.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Milwaukee (-108)

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