San Francisco Giants vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 5/28/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Sunday, May 28, 2023

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Odds/Point Spread: San Francisco (-135) Milwaukee (+115)

American Family Field is where the Milwaukee Brewers (27-24) will play the San Francisco Giants (26-25) on Sunday. The odds on this game have the Giants at -135 while the Brewers are coming in at +115. The total is 8.5. The expected starting pitchers are Alex Cobb and Colin Rea.

As a team, the San Francisco Giants are putting up 4.5 runs per outing, which has them at 15th in the league. They have 230 runs scored while having a team OBP of .319. The Giants have hit 81 doubles as a team and have hit 71 baseballs out of the park. They have 227 runs batted in in addition to 428 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .246. San Francisco is slugging .418 and have struck out 503 times, while taking a walk on 165 occasions.

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The Giants hold a team earned run average of 4.03 this season (12th in MLB), and they have rung up 448 hitters. Giants pitchers have allowed 60 home runs and 231 total runs (15th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 149 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.16 as a team so far this year. San Francisco has surrendered 438 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) as well as 202 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 3.01 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.30.

Giants relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 51 times as well as having 52 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 27 holds on the campaign (16th in the league). The Giants bullpen have recorded a save rate of 75.0% and has come into the game in 53 save situations. They have accumulated 18 saves for the year and have blown 6 of 24 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 79 base runners so far this year with 29.1% of them crossed home plate. The Giants have dispatched 155 relievers to the mound this season.

The Giants have converted 67.6% of balls in play into outs out of 4,065 innings, which ranks them 24th in baseball. The Seattle Mariners have a tally of 1,355 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 504 assists and 38 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .980 which is 30th in pro baseball, and have a total of 52 double plays.

Cobb has taken the hill for 1,218 innings and has racked up 1,019 K's during his pro baseball career. Cobb (74-69 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.78 while he has gone up against 5,112 batters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 3.77 (510 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.272. He has conceded 1,192 base hits (8.8 hits per nine innings) and has had 357 free passes.

The Brewers hold a slugging % of .386 and they score 4.04 runs per game (24th in baseball). They have 64 doubles, while getting a free base 170 times and scoring 206 runs. Milwaukee has 62 long balls so far this year as well as 196 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 469 instances (5th in the league) and have 389 hits. The Milwaukee Brewers hold an on-base percentage of .308 as well as a team batting average of .234 on the year.

The Milwaukee pitching staff have yielded 227 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 4.19 (209 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 70 home runs and they concede 4.55 runs per 9 innings (14th in baseball). The Brewers hold a team WHIP of 1.305 in addition to having a FIP of 4.78 as a staff for the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.10 (402 strikeouts against 164 walks). They come in at 15th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 422.

Milwaukee relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.2% out of 71 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 42 times in high leverage situations and on 44 occasions with runners on base. With 45 save situations, the Brewers have earned 28 holds and 5 blown saves. They are ranked 9th in the league holding a save rate of 68.8%, and they have dispatched 159 relievers onto the diamond so far this year. Milwaukee has had relief pitchers take the mound in 16 save chances and they have converted 11 saves.

In their 4,041 innings on the diamond, the Brewers have earned a efficiency on defense of 70.9% (4th in baseball). The Milwaukee Brewers have turned 36 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (9th in pro baseball). The Brewers have racked up 447 assists, 22 errors and have notched a total of 1,347 putouts this season.

Rea (9-11 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a 4.86 ERA while surrendering 8.7 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.08 and he has gone up against 825 opposing hitters in his pro baseball career. He has conceded 103 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.343 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.6. So far in his MLB career, Rea has conceded 184 base knocks while he has totaled 150 punch outs in 190 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Milwaukee (+115)

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