Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 8/16/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Friday, August 16, 2024

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: NESN

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is where the Baltimore Orioles (71-50) will attempt to beat the Boston Red Sox (63-56) on Friday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Josh Winckowski and Corbin Burnes.

The Red Sox have tallied 241 doubles as a team and have knocked 148 balls out of the stadium. Boston has a slugging % of .440 and have been called out on strikes 1,153 times, while taking a walk on 376 occasions. As a team, the Boston Red Sox are putting up 5.0 runs per game, which ranks them 4th in MLB. They have earned 571 RBI's in addition to 1,085 base knocks on the season, and their batting average sits at .261. They have accumulated 594 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .328.

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Their K/BB ratio is 3.12 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.25. Red Sox pitchers have allowed 148 home runs and 569 runs (24th in baseball). Boston has conceded 1,017 base knocks (8.5 per 9 innings) and also 490 earned runs. The Red Sox have an earned run average of 4.11 over the course of the season (17th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,017 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 326 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.13 as a team on the season.

Red Sox relief pitchers have entered the game with players on base 117 times and also have had 139 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 61 holds on the season (15th in MLB). The Red Sox relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 54.7% and has come into the game in 117 save situations. They have recorded 29 saves this year and have blown 24 of their 53 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 161 runners for the season and 34.8% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Red Sox have dispatched 378 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Boston Red Sox are sitting with 3,217 putouts this year, in addition to 1,040 assists and 88 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which has them ranked 30th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 83 double plays. The Red Sox have converted 69.1% of balls in play into outs in their 9,651 innings on the diamond, ranking them 24th in baseball.

Winckowski has pitched in 209 innings and has accumulated 165 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.13 (96 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.468. He has given up 229 base knocks (9.9 hits per nine innings) with 78 walks. Winckowski (12-12 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.07 and he has gone up against 924 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues.

Baltimore has 186 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 593 RBIs. They have put up 207 two-baggers, while taking a walk 356 times and scoring 610 runs. The Baltimore Orioles have recorded an on-base percentage of .319 in addition to a team batting average of .256 on the season. The Orioles have a slugging percentage of .451 and they score 5.04 runs per game (3rd in MLB). They have struck out on 997 instances (20th in baseball) and have tallied 1,069 base hits.

The Orioles have a team WHIP of 1.230 in addition to having a FIP of 3.88 as a staff so far this year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.50 (1,022 strikeouts against 365 bases on balls). They sit at 9th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 964. They have relinquished 122 dingers and they surrender 4.33 runs per 9 innings (14th in baseball). The Baltimore pitching staff have relinquished 520 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 3.91 (469 earned runs conceded).

Baltimore has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 55 save chances and they have converted 36 saves. They sit at 12th in MLB with a save rate of 65.5%, and they have dispatched 402 relievers onto the field on the year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 119 times in high leverage situations and on 130 occasions with base runners. Baltimore relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 32.0% out of 181 inherited runners. With 146 save situations, the Orioles have recorded 90 holds in addition to 19 blown saves.

Out of their 9,723 innings on the field, the Orioles are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.6% (9th in baseball). The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 66 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in pro baseball). The Orioles have recorded 1,006 assists, 61 errors and have notched a total of 3,241 putouts on the campaign.

During his career, Burnes has surrendered 664 hits and he has 1,007 strikeouts in 858 innings pitched. Burnes (57-31 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a 3.17 earned run average and has given up 7.0 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 302 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.055 and a FIP of 3.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.18 and he has faced 3,464 hitters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Boston

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