Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 5/17/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

The San Francisco Giants (18-23) will try to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies (20-21) at Oracle Park on Wednesday. The starting pitchers are Taijuan Walker and Sean Manaea.

Philadelphia has a slugging percentage of .423 and have been called out on strikes 372 times, while taking a walk on 116 occasions. They have tallied 169 runs batted in and 368 hits on the year, while their team batting average comes in at .261. The Phillies have accumulated 81 doubles as a squad and have smacked 43 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 176 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .321. As a squad, the Philadelphia Phillies are compiling 4.3 runs per outing, which puts them at 20th in baseball.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.91 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.30. Phillies pitchers have yielded 40 long balls and 201 total runs (21st in MLB). Philadelphia has given up 338 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 181 earned runs. The Phillies have compiled a team earned run average of 4.56 on the season (22nd in the league), and the staff has rung up 372 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 128 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.88 as a squad this year.

The Phillies have dispatched 139 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 58 runners on the season and 48.3% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have earned 11 saves for the season and have blown 4 out of their 15 save opportunities. The Phillies bullpen have a save rate of 73.3% and has entered the game in 39 save situations. The bullpen have tallied 24 holds on the season (10th in the league). Phillies relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 34 times as well as having 34 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Philadelphia Phillies are sitting with 1,072 putouts thus far, in addition to 337 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which has them sitting 13th in pro baseball, and they have twisted 20 double plays. The Phillies have transformed 68.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 3,216 innings, ranking them 21st in pro baseball.

Walker has thrown 938 innings and is sitting with 844 K's so far in his pro baseball career. Walker (57-52 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 4.24 while going up against 3,944 opposing batters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.97 (414 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.233. He has surrendered 856 hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) with 301 walks.

The Giants hold a team SLG% of .423 and they average 4.37 runs per contest (18th in MLB). They have hit 58 two-baggers, while walking 135 times as well as putting up 179 runs. San Francisco has hit 63 long balls so far this year to go along with 176 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 396 occasions (4th in baseball) and have earned a total of 335 hits. The San Francisco Giants are sitting with an on-base percentage of .317 and a batting average of .241 over the course of the season.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.356 with a FIP of 4.34 as a unit for the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.50 (342 strikeouts vs 120 walks). They are sitting at 24th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 371. They have allowed 50 long balls and they allow 5.04 runs per 9 innings (23rd in baseball). The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 203 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.45 (179 earned runs yielded).

San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 17 save chances and they have tallied 11 saves. They sit at 12th in the league with a save percentage of 64.7%, and they have dispatched 121 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year. Their relief pitchers have come in 39 times in high leverage situations and also on 41 occasions with runners on base. San Francisco relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.3% out of their 63 inherited runners. Sitting with 36 save situations, the Giants have 17 holds in addition to 6 blown saves.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 41 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .982 (26th in MLB). The Giants have recorded 415 assists, 28 errors and have earned 1,088 putouts so far this year. Out of their 3,264 innings on the diamond, the Giants hold a defensive efficiency of 67.1% (26th in the majors).

Thus far in his career, Manaea has given up 880 base knocks while he has totaled 828 strikeouts in 911 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 422 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.236 and a FIP of 4.1. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.37 and he has gone up against 3,821 hitters thus far in his career. Manaea (59-52 career win-loss mark) holds a 4.17 ERA while conceding 8.7 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Philadelphia

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