Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 6/25/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

The Atlanta Braves (43-32) are headed to Busch Stadium on Tuesday where they will compete against the St. Louis Cardinals (39-37). The starting pitchers will be Max Fried and Kyle Gibson.

As a team, the Atlanta Braves are putting up 4.5 runs per contest, which ranks them 14th in the league. They have a total of 334 runs scored and have an OBP of .309. The Braves have accrued 149 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 85 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 316 RBI's and 625 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average is sitting at .245. Atlanta has a slugging % of .410 and have struck out 658 times, while taking a walk on 209 occasions.

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Their K/BB ratio is 3.01 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.22. Braves pitchers have yielded 66 home runs in addition to 284 runs in total (3rd in the league). Atlanta has surrendered 588 base knocks (8.0 per 9 innings) as well as 265 earned runs. The Braves have a team earned run average of 3.59 on the campaign (8th in the league), and they have struck out 665 batters. They have walked 221 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.58 as a team for the season.

The Braves relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 67.6% and has stepped onto the mound in 70 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 64 base runners so far this season and 31.3% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. Braves bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 48 times as well as having 72 appearances in high leverage situations. The Braves have sent 224 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers have accumulated 36 holds on the season (22nd in baseball). They have accumulated 23 saves on the season and have missed out on 11 of 34 save opportunities.

The Atlanta Braves have a total of 1,995 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 693 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .989 which has them ranked 1st in professional baseball, and they have turned 69 double plays. The Braves have transformed 69.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of 5,985 innings on the diamond, ranking them 20th in professional baseball.

Fried has thrown 799 innings and has earned 777 strikeouts in his MLB career. Fried (69-29 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 2.98 and he has faced 3,258 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.03 (269 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.154. He has surrendered 706 base knocks (7.9 hits per 9 innings) and has 216 walks.

The Cardinals have a team slugging % of .381 and they earn 4.04 runs per contest (23rd in the league). They have hit 113 doubles, while taking a walk 225 times as well as putting up 307 runs. St. Louis has recorded 77 long balls this year as well as 288 runs batted in. They have struck out on 650 occasions (13th in the league) and have recorded 614 base hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have accumulated an on-base percentage of .306 and a batting average of .239 for the year.

The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.253 with a FIP of 3.90 as a pitching staff so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 8.40 (627 strikeouts vs 221 free passes). They rank 15th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 625. They have given up 80 long balls and they give up 4.51 runs per 9 innings (19th in baseball). The St. Louis pitching staff have surrendered 338 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 3.93 (295 earned runs relinquished).

St. Louis has called on relievers to take the mound in 40 save chances and they have walked away with 29 saves. They rank 5th in baseball holding a save rate of 72.5%, and they have dispatched 244 relievers onto the field on the campaign. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 89 times in high leverage situations and on 75 occasions with base runners. St. Louis relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 38.5% out of their 104 inherited base runners. Sitting with 100 save situations, the Cardinals have earned 60 holds in addition to 11 blown saves.

In their 6,075 innings played, the Cardinals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.4% (21st in baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 77 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (18th in the majors). The Cardinals have accrued 698 assists, 44 errors and have accounted for 2,025 putouts during this campaign.

So far in his MLB career, Gibson has conceded 1,816 base knocks while he has tallied 1,432 punch outs in 1,779 frames. He has surrendered 888 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.370 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.31 and he has faced 7,617 opposing batters in his pro baseball career. Gibson (109-102 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 4.49 earned run average and has conceded 9.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Atlanta

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