Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 8/18/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Sunday, August 18, 2024

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: NESN

The Boston Red Sox (63-57) are on their way to Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Sunday where they will play the Baltimore Orioles (72-50). The pitchers who are expected to start will be Kutter Crawford and Trevor Rogers.

Boston has a slugging % of .439 and have been called out on strikes 1,163 times, while drawing a walk on 377 occasions. They have 572 RBI's and 1,092 hits for the year, and their average at the plate comes in at .261. The Red Sox have hit 241 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 149 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 595 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .328. As a unit, the Boston Red Sox are recording 5.0 runs per outing, which has them at 4th in MLB.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.13 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.25. Red Sox pitchers have given up 150 home runs and also 574 total runs (24th in the league). Boston has conceded 1,025 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 495 earned runs. The Red Sox have compiled a team earned run average of 4.12 for the year (18th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,025 hitters. They have walked 327 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.14 as a unit for the year.

The Red Sox have dispatched 380 relievers to the mound over the course of the season. The relievers have inherited 162 base runners on the season with 34.6% of them crossed home plate. They have compiled 29 saves on the campaign and have not converted 24 out of their 53 save opportunities. The Red Sox relievers have recorded a save rate of 54.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 117 save situations. The relievers have racked up 61 holds this year (15th in the league). Red Sox pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 118 times and also have had 139 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Red Sox have converted 69.1% of baseballs in play into outs in their 9,723 innings, which has them sitting 24th in the majors. The Boston Red Sox are sitting with 3,241 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,044 assists and 88 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which puts them in 30th in professional baseball, and have 84 double plays.

Crawford has thrown 344 innings and is sitting with 343 strikeouts during his MLB career. His ERA is 4.55 (174 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.196. He has given up 310 base hits (8.1 hits per nine innings) and has 102 free passes. Crawford (17-24 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.48 while he has faced 1,437 hitters in the majors.

Baltimore has knocked in 188 home runs so far this season to go along with 598 RBIs. They have put up 209 doubles, while walking 357 times as well as putting up 615 runs. The Baltimore Orioles have earned an on-base percentage of .319 as well as a batting average of .256 this season. The Orioles have a SLG% of .452 and they are recording 5.04 runs per game (3rd in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 1,005 occasions (18th in baseball) and have totaled 1,077 hits.

The Baltimore pitching staff have given up 521 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 3.88 (470 earned runs conceded). They have surrendered 123 dingers and they concede 4.31 runs per 9 innings (14th in MLB). The Orioles hold a team WHIP of 1.228 in addition to having a FIP of 3.87 as a unit so far this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.50 (1,032 strikeouts vs 366 walks). They rank 12th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 971.

Baltimore has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 55 save opportunities and they have earned 36 saves. They are ranked 12th in the league with a save rate of 65.5%, and they have dispatched 406 relievers to the mound so far this year. Their relievers have come in 120 times in high leverage situations in addition to 131 occasions with runners on. Baltimore bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 31.7% out of their 183 inherited runners. With 148 save situations, the Orioles have earned 92 holds in addition to 19 blown saves.

In their 9,804 innings on the diamond, the Orioles are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 70.6% (9th in MLB). The Baltimore Orioles have turned 68 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (11th in MLB). The Orioles have racked up 1,018 assists, 61 errors and have 3,268 putouts on the season.

In his MLB career, Rogers has given up 406 hits and he has 413 punch outs in 405 innings. Rogers (15-34 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 4.35 earned run average while allowing 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 196 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.404 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.53 and he has faced 1,776 hitters so far in his MLB career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Boston

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