Chicago Cubs vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 7/9/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

The Chicago Cubs (42-49) are traveling to Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Tuesday where they will play the Baltimore Orioles (57-33). The pitchers who are expected to start are Jameson Taillon and Dean Kremer.

The Cubs have hit 130 doubles as a team and have hit 87 baseballs out of the stadium. Chicago has a slugging % of .369 and have been called out on strikes 814 times, while being walked on 314 occasions. As a team, the Chicago Cubs are compiling 4.1 runs per game, which is 21st in baseball. They have amassed 350 RBI's in addition to 687 hits on the year, and their average at the plate sits at .229. They have 374 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .310.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.79 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.26. Cubs pitchers have given up 99 long balls in addition to 398 runs in total (17th in baseball). Chicago has allowed 727 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 349 earned runs. The Cubs are sitting with a team ERA of 3.91 on the year (12th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 795 batters. They have walked 285 batters and their FIP comes in at 3.97 as a unit on the year.

Cubs bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 91 times and also have had 112 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 36 holds so far this season (27th in the league). The Cubs relievers have earned a save percentage of 55.3% and stepped onto the hill in 75 save situations. They have accumulated 21 saves so far this season and have not converted 17 of their 38 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 136 runners on the season with 33.1% of them crossed home plate. The Cubs have sent 274 relievers to the hill for the year.

The Cubs have turned 70.0% of balls in play into outs out of their 7,227 innings on the field, which has them sitting 13th in the majors. The Chicago Cubs have 2,409 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 725 assists and 51 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .984 which has them ranked 20th in MLB, and have accumulated 48 double plays.

Taillon has taken the hill for 1,022 innings and has totaled 915 K's so far in his pro baseball career. Taillon (64-49 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 3.87 while he has gone up against 4,272 hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.93 (446 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.221. He has surrendered 997 hits (8.8 hits per 9 innings) with 251 walks.

The Baltimore Orioles have compiled a team on-base percentage of .316 as well as a team batting average of .256 this season. They have struck out on 724 occasions (20th in baseball) and are sitting with 797 hits. Baltimore has compiled 146 home runs so far this season as well as 450 RBIs. The Orioles hold a team SLG% of .460 and they earn 5.16 runs per contest (1st in MLB). They have 161 two-baggers, while walking 250 times as well as putting up 464 runs.

The Orioles have a WHIP of 1.172 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.77 as a team on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.60 (773 strikeouts vs 262 walks). They are currently ranked 7th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 685. They have surrendered 89 home runs and they relinquish 3.99 runs per 9 innings (7th in MLB). The Baltimore pitching staff have conceded 358 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.58 (321 earned runs given up).

Baltimore has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 45 save chances and they have come away with 31 saves. They are currently ranked 8th in the league with a save rate of 68.9%, and they have dispatched 303 relievers to the mound so far this year. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 102 times in high leverage situations and on 101 occasions with runners on base. Baltimore relievers have an inherited score percentage of 28.9% out of 142 inherited runners. Sitting with 122 save situations, the Orioles have accrued 77 holds and 14 blown saves.

The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 48 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .987 (6th in MLB). The Orioles have 749 assists, 41 errors and have accounted for 2,425 putouts so far this season. In 7,275 innings on the field, the Orioles have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 71.7% (4th in baseball).

Kremer (26-24 career win-loss mark) has a 4.30 earned run average while surrendering 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.53 and he has gone up against 1,801 opposing batters during his MLB career. He has conceded a total of 203 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.315 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. In his career, Kremer has conceded 412 base knocks while he has totaled 370 strikeouts in 424 frames.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Chicago

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