Arizona Diamondbacks vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 4/6/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arizona Diamondbacks vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: Bally Sports South

Odds/Point Spread: Arizona (+166) Atlanta (-198)

Truist Park is the site where the Atlanta Braves (3-2) will try to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks (4-3) on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has the Diamondbacks at +166 and the Braves are coming in at -198. The over/under is set at 9.5. The pitchers expected to start will be Brandon Pfaadt and Max Fried.

Arizona has a slugging rate of .473 and have struck out 47 times, while taking a walk on 29 occasions. They have earned 44 RBI's as well as 70 hits on the campaign, while their average at the plate is at .290. The Diamondbacks have hit 12 two-baggers as a team and have hit 10 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 46 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .370. As a team, the Arizona Diamondbacks are notching 6.6 runs per contest, which puts them at 4th in the league.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.00 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.02. Diamondbacks pitchers have given up 5 home runs in addition to 25 runs in total (11th in the league). Arizona has surrendered 48 base hits (6.6 per 9 innings) and 22 earned runs. The Diamondbacks have a team ERA of 3.05 on the campaign (7th in the league), and the staff has rung up 54 hitters. They have walked 18 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.54 as a unit so far this year.

The Diamondbacks have dispatched 24 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 2 runners on the year and 100.0% of those players crossed the plate. They have tallied 0 saves over the course of the season. The Diamondbacks relievers have a save rate of 0.0% and has entered the game in 1 save situation. The bullpen have 1 holds this year (27th in baseball). Diamondbacks bullpen pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 4 times as well as having 4 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Diamondbacks have transformed 73.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 585 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 4th in MLB. The Arizona Diamondbacks have 195 putouts on the year, as well as 72 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which has them ranked 13th in the majors, and have accumulated 10 double plays.

Pfaadt has taken the mound for 101 frames and has earned 100 K's in his pro baseball career. Pfaadt (4-9 career record) sits with a FIP of 5.03 while he has faced 442 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 5.52 (62 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.386. He has allowed 114 base knocks (10.2 hits per nine innings) and has 26 walks.

The Braves have a team SLG% of .525 and they are scoring 7.20 runs per game (1st in the league). They have put up 17 two-baggers, while walking 19 times as well as putting up 36 runs. Atlanta has tallied 8 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 34 RBIs. They have struck out on 42 occasions (28th in baseball) and have recorded 54 base hits. The Atlanta Braves are sitting with an OBP of .365 as well as a batting average of .298 on the campaign.

The Braves hold a team WHIP of 1.167 in addition to having a FIP of 3.64 as a unit on the season. They are currently ranked 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 32. The Atlanta pitching staff have yielded 15 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.21 (15 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.90 (46 strikeouts against 17 walks). They have surrendered 4 homers and they relinquish 3.21 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

With 3 save situations, the Braves have amassed 2 holds and 1 blown save. Atlanta has had relief pitchers enter the game in 1 save chance and they have tallied 0 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 4 times in high leverage situations and also on 4 occasions with runners on base. Atlanta relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 20.0% of 5 inherited runners. They rank 19th in MLB with a save percentage of 0.0%, and they have dispatched 16 bullpen pitchers to the hill over the course of the season.

In their 378 innings on the field, the Braves hold a defensive efficiency of 72.3% (9th in baseball). The Atlanta Braves have gotten 6 double plays and have a fielding percentage of 1.000 (2nd in MLB). The Braves have recorded 38 assists, 0 errors and have notched a total of 126 putouts so far this year.

During his MLB career, Fried has allowed 639 base hits while he has accumulated 698 K's in 710 innings pitched. Fried (62-26 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.06 earned run average and has given up 8.1 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 242 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.169 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.3. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.64 and he has faced 2,907 batters in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Atlanta (-198)

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