Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Yankees Prediction, 4/3/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Yankees

Date: Monday, April 3, 2023

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

Odds/Point Spread: Philadelphia (+130) New York (-150)

The Philadelphia Phillies (0-2) are hitting the road to Yankee Stadium on Monday where they will try to defeat the New York Yankees (2-1). The odds on this game have the Phillies at +130 while the Yankees open at -150. The over/under is 7.5. The men taking the mound will be Taijuan Walker and Nestor Cortes.

As a squad, the Philadelphia Phillies are putting up 5.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 13th in baseball. They have tallied 10 runs and hold an OBP of .333. The Phillies have accrued 8 doubles as a unit and have hit 1 baseball out of the stadium. They have recorded 9 runs batted in as well as 21 base knocks this season, and their team batting average comes in at .288. Philadelphia has a slugging percentage of .548 and have struck out 20 times, while drawing a walk on 5 occasions.

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The Phillies have compiled a team earned run average of 12.94 on the season (30th in the league), and the staff has rung up 20 hitters. They have walked 12 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 5.87 as a squad for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.67 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 2.44. Phillies pitchers have yielded 5 home runs and also 27 total runs (30th in baseball).

The Phillies converted 68.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 12,855 innings, which ranked them 25th in professional baseball. The Philadelphia Phillies earned 4,285 putouts last season, as well as 1,416 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding percentage finished at .988 which had them ranked 4th in pro baseball, and accumulated 129 double plays.

Walker has thrown 898 innings and has earned 806 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.89 (388 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.226. He has surrendered 817 base hits (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 284 walks. Walker (54-50 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.19 while facing 3,771 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Yankees have a team slugging percentage of .464 and they are earning 5.00 runs per game (12th in the league). They have hit 2 doubles, while walking 5 times as well as scoring 10 runs. New York has 4 home runs for the year as well as 9 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 25 occasions (8th in MLB) and have recorded 18 base hits. The New York Yankees have accounted for an on-base percentage of .311 and a team batting average of .261 so far this year.

The Yankees are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.222 with a FIP of 2.99 as a squad on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 4.83 (29 strikeouts against 6 walks). They are sitting at 11th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 16. They have given up 2 home runs and they surrender 3.50 runs per 9 innings (13th in the league). The New York pitching staff have conceded 7 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 3.50 (7 earned runs surrendered).

New York Yankees twisted 102 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .987 (6th in baseball). The Yankees had 1,473 assists, 74 errors and accumulated 4,355 putouts for the previous season. Out of their 13,065 innings played, the Yankees had a defensive efficiency of 72.0% (2nd in MLB).

In his pro baseball career, Cortes has conceded 280 hits and he has 346 strikeouts in 330 innings. Cortes (19-9 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 3.60 ERA and has surrendered 7.6 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded 132 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.153 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.43 and he has gone up against 1,357 hitters during his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Philadelphia (+130)

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