Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 6/30/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Sunday, June 30, 2024

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Marquee

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (-110) Milwaukee (-106)

The Milwaukee Brewers (49-33) will play the Chicago Cubs (38-45) at American Family Field on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has Chicago at -110 and Milwaukee is sitting at -106. The betting total is set at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Kyle Hendricks and Freddy Peralta.

The Cubs have tallied 116 doubles as a team and have knocked 79 balls out of the stadium. Chicago owns a slugging percentage of .369 and have struck out 742 times, while drawing a walk on 291 occasions. As a team, the Chicago Cubs are scoring 4.1 runs per game, which puts them at 20th in MLB. They have recorded 318 runs batted in and 631 base knocks over the course of the season, while their team batting average comes in at .229. They have a total of 341 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .311.

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The Cubs are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.95 so far this year (14th in the league), and their staff has rung up 735 batters. Cubs pitchers have yielded 91 home runs and also 367 runs in total (20th in the league). They have walked 265 opposing players and their FIP is 3.96 as a unit on the season. Chicago has relinquished 665 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and 321 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.77 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.27.

The Cubs have sent 252 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 128 runners this year with 35.2% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They have compiled 19 saves so far this season and have not converted 17 of their 36 save opportunities. The Cubs relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 52.8% and stepped onto the hill in 71 save situations. The relievers have tallied 34 holds on the campaign (26th in the league). Cubs bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 88 times in addition to having 107 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Chicago Cubs have earned a total of 2,196 putouts on the year, in addition to 651 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .984 which puts them in 20th in baseball, and they have turned 42 double plays. The Cubs have turned 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 6,588 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 17th in MLB.

Hendricks (94-74 record in his career) has a FIP of 3.56 and he has gone up against 6,204 opposing batters in the majors. He has allowed 1,423 base knocks (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has had 338 free passes. His ERA is 3.61 (605 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.169. Hendricks has taken the mound for 1,506 innings and has totaled 1,215 punch outs so far in his MLB career.

Milwaukee is sitting with 84 long balls on the season as well as 373 runs batted in. They have recorded 125 doubles, while getting a free base 300 times and scoring 395 runs. The Milwaukee Brewers have tallied an on-base percentage of .331 and a batting average of .254 so far this year. The Brewers hold a team slugging % of .399 and they average 4.82 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have been rung up on 716 occasions (9th in MLB) and have totaled 709 hits.

The Brewers have a team WHIP of 1.242 with a FIP of 4.19 as a team for the season. They rank 15th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 654. The Milwaukee pitching staff have surrendered 324 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 3.73 (301 earned runs given up). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.10 (652 strikeouts against 248 walks). They have relinquished 92 HR's and they concede 4.02 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball).

Milwaukee bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 28.7% out of 115 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 97 times in high leverage situations and also on 79 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 83 save situations, the Brewers have accumulated 45 holds in addition to 8 blown saves. They are ranked 2nd in baseball with a save percentage of 78.9%, and they have dispatched 267 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. Milwaukee has called on relievers to enter the game in 38 save opportunities and they have converted 30 saves.

In their 6,534 innings played, the Brewers hold a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (6th in baseball). The Milwaukee Brewers have turned 62 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (9th in baseball). The Brewers have racked up 712 assists, 40 errors and are sitting with 2,178 putouts for the year.

Peralta (47-31 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a 3.86 earned run average while allowing 6.7 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.35 and he has gone up against 2,768 hitters in his career. He has given up a total of 286 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.132 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.8. In his pro baseball career, Peralta has surrendered 498 base knocks while accumulating 861 strikeouts in 667 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Milwaukee (-106)

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