New York Yankees vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 8/15/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Yankees vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: Bally Sports South

Odds/Point Spread: New York (+164) Atlanta (-198)

Truist Park is the location where the Atlanta Braves (75-42) will try to beat the New York Yankees (60-58) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this contest has New York at +164 while Atlanta opens at -198. The total is set at 9.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Luis Severino and Bryce Elder.

As a squad, the New York Yankees are recording 4.3 runs per game, which has them at 20th in baseball. They have accounted for 511 runs and hold an OBP of .307. The Yankees have accounted for 153 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 163 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 491 runs batted in in addition to 897 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate is .232. New York is slugging .404 and have been rung up 985 times, while being walked on 398 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.73 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.24. Yankees pitchers have surrendered 145 long balls and 510 runs in total (13th in baseball). New York has allowed 914 base knocks (7.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 466 earned runs. The Yankees are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.00 so far this year (11th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,043 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 382 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.35 as a unit on the season.

The Yankees relief pitchers have a save percentage of 66.7% and has come into the game in 114 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 193 runners over the course of the season with 37.3% of them crossed the plate. Yankees pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 131 times as well as having 137 appearances in high leverage situations. The Yankees have dispatched 375 relievers to the hill on the campaign. The bullpen have 65 holds this season (13th in baseball). They have recorded 32 saves on the year and have blown 16 out of their 48 chances to get a save.

The New York Yankees have amassed 3,147 putouts on the year, as well as 1,045 assists and 64 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .985 which puts them in 19th in the majors, and have a total of 77 double plays. The Yankees have turned 71.1% of baseballs in play into outs in their 9,441 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 2nd in pro baseball.

Severino has taken the ball for 701 innings and has tallied 765 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.81 (297 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.190. He has given up 626 base knocks (8.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 209 free passes. Severino (52-36 career record) has a FIP of 3.68 and he has gone up against 2,916 batters in the majors.

The Atlanta Braves hold an on-base percentage of .344 and a batting average of .274 on the season. They have struck out on 952 instances (25th in the league) and are sitting with 1,101 hits. Atlanta has a total of 227 home runs so far this year as well as 661 runs batted in. The Braves have a team SLG% of .502 and they score 5.85 runs per outing (1st in baseball). They have notched 207 two-baggers, while taking a walk 397 times as well as scoring 684 runs.

The Braves have a WHIP of 1.287 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.99 as a squad for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.40 (1,085 strikeouts vs 380 walks). They are currently ranked 8th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 955. They have relinquished 125 dingers and they concede 4.26 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The Atlanta pitching staff have surrendered 491 runs for the season while having an ERA of 3.90 (449 earned runs surrendered).

With 133 save situations, the Braves have amassed 75 holds and 20 blown saves. Atlanta has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 57 save chances and they have earned 37 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 126 times in high leverage situations and also on 98 occasions with runners on. Atlanta bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 30.8% of 146 inherited runners. They are ranked 15th in MLB with a save rate of 64.9%, and they have dispatched 388 relief pitchers to the mound this season.

The Atlanta Braves have gotten 97 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (24th in pro baseball). The Braves have racked up 964 assists, 67 errors and have a total of 3,111 putouts for the year. In 9,333 innings played, the Braves have earned a efficiency on defense of 68.4% (24th in MLB).

Thus far in his career, Elder has surrendered 165 base knocks while he has earned 144 strikeouts in 185 innings pitched. Elder (10-8 career record) is the owner of a 3.50 ERA and has conceded 8.0 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 72 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.243 and a FIP of 4.2. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.22 and he has gone up against 774 opposing hitters in his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Atlanta (-198)

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