Baltimore Orioles vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 8/28/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (+163) Los Angeles (-198)

The Baltimore Orioles (76-56) are on their way to Dodger Stadium on Wednesday where they will compete against the Los Angeles Dodgers (78-53). The moneyline on this contest has Baltimore at +163 and Los Angeles is coming in at -198. The betting total comes in at O8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Corbin Burnes and Walker Buehler.

The Orioles have compiled 220 doubles as a team and have hit 199 baseballs out of the park. Baltimore has a slugging % of .445 and have struck out 1,086 times, while being walked on 388 occasions. As a squad, the Baltimore Orioles are putting up 5.0 runs/g, which ranks them 3rd in MLB. They have earned 636 RBI's and 1,142 hits on the year, while their average at the plate sits at .252. They have accounted for 658 runs while holding a team OBP of .316.

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The Orioles have compiled a team earned run average of 3.96 on the season (13th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,122 batters. Orioles pitchers have surrendered 141 home runs in addition to 572 total runs (16th in baseball). They have walked 395 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.94 as a team on the season. Baltimore has allowed 1,059 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 518 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.84 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.24.

The Orioles have sent 439 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 198 runners this year and 30.8% of them ended up scoring. They have tallied 39 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 19 of their 58 chances to save the game. The Orioles relievers have a save rate of 67.2% and stepped onto the hill in 154 save situations. The bullpen have notched 95 holds on the campaign (2nd in baseball). Orioles pitchers have entered the game with runners on 140 times in addition to having 132 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Orioles have turned 70.6% of balls in play into outs in their 10,599 innings on the diamond, ranking them 9th in MLB. The Baltimore Orioles have notched a total of 3,533 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,097 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .986 which puts them in 8th in pro baseball, and have 74 double plays.

Burnes (57-33 record in his career) has a FIP of 3.22 and he has faced 3,515 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has allowed 682 hits (7.1 hits per 9 innings) and has 246 free passes. His ERA is 3.27 (315 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.070. Burnes has pitched in 868 innings and has totaled 1,016 K's so far in his career.

Los Angeles has hit 179 long balls on the year to go along with 630 runs batted in. They have hit 240 doubles, while taking a walk 484 times and scoring 648 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers have tallied an OBP of .330 as well as a batting average of .252 for the year. The Dodgers hold a team slugging % of .435 and they have an average of 4.95 runs per outing (4th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 1,102 occasions (17th in MLB) and are sitting with 1,121 base hits.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have conceded 532 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.74 (486 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 160 dingers and they allow 4.09 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Dodgers have a team WHIP of 1.208 in addition to having a FIP of 4.15 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio is 8.60 (1,121 strikeouts vs 394 free passes). They come in at 4th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,020.

Sitting with 156 save situations, the Dodgers have 85 holds in addition to 26 blown saves. Los Angeles has had relief pitchers take the mound in 68 save opportunities and they have converted 42 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 156 times in high leverage situations in addition to 100 occasions with base runners. Los Angeles relievers have an inherited score rate of 32.6% out of their 135 inherited base runners. They are ranked 19th in MLB with a save rate of 61.8%, and they have dispatched 441 relief pitchers to the mound on the season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 96 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (10th in professional baseball). The Dodgers have recorded 1,120 assists, 66 errors and have notched a total of 3,512 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 10,536 innings played, the Dodgers have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.4% (2nd in pro baseball).

So far in his MLB career, Buehler has given up 556 base hits while totaling 725 strikeouts in 682 innings. Buehler (47-20 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.22 ERA while conceding 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 244 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.077 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.05 and he has gone up against 2,765 batters during his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Baltimore (+163)

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