Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 4/3/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Monday, April 3, 2023

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Odds/Point Spread: Pittsburgh (+140) Boston (-165)

Fenway Park is the location where the Boston Red Sox (2-1) will play the Pittsburgh Pirates (1-2) on Monday. The moneyline on this game has the Pirates at +140 while the Red Sox open at -165. The total is 9.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Roansy Contreras and Kutter Crawford.

The Pirates have accumulated 2 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 1 baseball out of the stadium. Pittsburgh is slugging .281 and have been rung up 23 times, while taking a walk on 11 occasions. As a unit, the Pittsburgh Pirates are putting up 3.5 runs per contest, which has them at 18th in baseball. They have 6 runs batted in in addition to 13 hits this year, while their average at the plate is .203. They have earned a total of 7 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .316.

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The Pirates have an ERA of 5.29 so far this year (21st in baseball), and the staff has struck out 23 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 9 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 5.37 as a squad for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.56 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.35. Pirates pitchers have given up 4 long balls and 10 runs in total (14th in baseball).

The Pirates transformed 67.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of 12,789 innings, which had them sitting at 27th in pro baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates accounted for 4,263 putouts in the previous season, in addition to 1,507 assists and 121 errors. Their fielding percentage held at .979 which put them in 30th in MLB, and they twisted 152 double plays.

Contreras has taken the mound for 98 innings and has accounted for 90 punch outs thus far in his career. Contreras (5-5 career record) holds a FIP of 4.29 while he has gone up against 420 hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.67 (40 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.276. He has given up 85 hits (7.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 40 walks.

Boston has a total of 4 home runs this season as well as 16 RBIs. They have recorded 5 doubles, while taking a walk 5 times and scoring 18 runs. The Boston Red Sox have accumulated an on-base percentage of .378 and a batting average of .306 for the year. The Red Sox have a team slugging percentage of .597 and they are recording 9.00 runs per contest (3rd in MLB). They have struck out on 17 occasions (21st in MLB) and have 22 base knocks.

The Boston pitching staff have surrendered 18 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 9.00 (18 earned runs allowed). They have allowed 5 HR's and they give up 9.00 runs per 9 innings (27th in the league). The Red Sox hold a team WHIP of 2.278 and have a FIP of 7.43 as a squad on the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.46 (19 strikeouts vs 13 free passes). They are sitting at 28th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 28.

The Boston Red Sox turned 134 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .985 (17th in pro baseball). The Red Sox racked up 1,447 assists, 85 errors and accounted for 4,293 putouts in the prior season. In their 12,879 innings on the field, the Red Sox accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.3% (26th in professional baseball).

Crawford (3-7 career win-loss mark) holds a 5.90 earned run average while giving up 9.8 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.55 and he has gone up against 347 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. He has conceded a total of 52 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.475 and a FIP of 4.5. During his career, Crawford has surrendered 86 hits while he has totaled 79 K's in 79 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Pittsburgh (+140)

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