San Francisco Giants vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 9/20/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: San Francisco Giants vs Arizona Diamondbacks
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ
TV: Bally Sports Arizona
The San Francisco Giants (76-74) are headed to Chase Field on Wednesday where they will attempt to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks (79-72). The expected starting pitchers will be Logan Webb and Merrill Kelly.
As a team, the San Francisco Giants are notching 4.3 runs per outing, which has them at 21st in MLB. They have accounted for 650 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .316. The Giants have recorded 246 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 162 baseballs out of the park. They have 627 RBI's and 1,216 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average sits at .241. San Francisco has a slugging rate of .391 and have been rung up 1,385 times, while drawing a walk on 496 occasions.
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The Giants have an earned run average of 4.01 so far this year (11th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,268 hitters. Giants pitchers have surrendered 161 long balls and also 664 runs in total (15th in baseball). They have walked 379 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.92 as a team for the season. San Francisco has surrendered 1,291 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 593 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.35 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.26.
Giants pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 143 times as well as having 156 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 70 holds for the season (25th in the league). The Giants relievers have compiled a save rate of 64.0% and has come into the game in 147 save situations. They have compiled 48 saves this season and have blown 27 out of their 75 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 197 runners for the year with 33.0% of them crossed the plate. The Giants have sent 465 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.
The Giants have transformed 67.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 11,964 innings, which ranks them 26th in baseball. The Seattle Mariners have earned 3,988 putouts this season, as well as 1,490 assists and 107 errors. Their fielding rate is at .981 which has them ranked 30th in professional baseball, and they have turned 131 double plays.
Webb has pitched in 635 innings and has totaled 587 punch outs during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.43 (242 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.167. He has surrendered 590 base hits (8.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 152 free passes. Webb (41-31 career mark) holds a FIP of 3.19 while going up against 2,592 hitters during his time in the major leagues.
Arizona has tallied 160 HRs over the course of the season as well as 661 runs batted in. They have tallied 259 doubles, while taking a walk 500 times and putting up 698 runs. The Arizona Diamondbacks hold a team on-base percentage of .322 and a team batting average of .251 on the year. The Diamondbacks have a team slugging % of .413 and they are earning 4.62 runs per outing (14th in baseball). They have been rung up on 1,179 instances (27th in the league) and have earned 1,277 hits.
The Diamondbacks have a WHIP of 1.337 with a FIP of 4.40 as a staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.40 (1,248 strikeouts vs 494 free passes). They come in at 22nd in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,296. They have given up 185 home runs and they concede 4.87 runs per 9 innings (20th in baseball). The Arizona pitching staff have relinquished 724 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.57 (680 earned runs yielded).
Sitting with 142 save situations, the Diamondbacks have tallied 72 holds in addition to 25 blown saves. Arizona has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 68 save opportunities and they have tallied 43 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 150 times in high leverage situations and on 156 occasions with runners on. Arizona relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 31.2% out of their 221 inherited runners. They are ranked 16th in the league holding a save percentage of 63.2%, and they have dispatched 509 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this season.
Out of their 12,054 innings on the field, the Diamondbacks have a defensive efficiency of 69.4% (16th in pro baseball). The Arizona Diamondbacks have turned 127 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .990 (1st in professional baseball). The Diamondbacks have 1,311 assists, 52 errors and have a tally of 4,018 putouts on the season.
In his career, Kelly has allowed 671 base knocks while tallying 666 strikeouts in 732 innings pitched. Kelly (47-42 career record) has earned a 3.85 ERA while surrendering 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 313 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.225 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.95 and he has faced 3,023 batters in his pro baseball career.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Arizona
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