Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 7/22/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Monday, July 22, 2024

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: Bally Sports South

Truist Park is the location where the Atlanta Braves (54-43) will take on the Cincinnati Reds (47-52) on Monday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Hunter Greene and Chris Sale.

Cincinnati has a slugging rate of .394 and have been called out on strikes 892 times, while being walked on 307 occasions. They have accumulated 415 RBI's and 746 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average is sitting at .230. The Reds have accumulated 161 doubles as a squad and have hit 109 balls out of the park. They have a total of 441 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .306. As a team, the Cincinnati Reds are knocking in 4.5 runs per game, which is 14th in baseball.

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The Reds have an earned run average of 3.89 this season (13th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 834 hitters. Reds pitchers have allowed 107 home runs and also 407 runs in total (10th in the league). They have walked 309 batters and their FIP sits at 4.10 as a squad so far this year. Cincinnati has surrendered 787 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 377 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.70 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.26.

The Reds relief pitchers have a save percentage of 75.0% and has entered the game in 92 save situations. The relievers have inherited 139 base runners for the season with 27.3% of those players crossed the plate. Reds pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 87 times in addition to having 98 appearances in high leverage situations. The Reds have dispatched 323 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The relief pitchers have racked up 62 holds this season (6th in the league). They have recorded 21 saves so far this year and have blown 7 of 28 save opportunities.

The Reds have turned 70.1% of balls in play into outs in their 7,854 innings on the field, ranking them 11th in baseball. The Cincinnati Reds have earned a total of 2,618 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 748 assists and 61 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .982 which puts them in 27th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 62 double plays.

Greene has taken the hill for 347 innings and has earned 442 punch outs in his MLB career. Greene (15-24 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 4.16 and he has faced 1,485 opposing batters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.22 (163 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.250. He has surrendered 293 base hits (7.6 hits per nine innings) and has 141 free passes.

The Braves have a team SLG% of .407 and they average 4.28 runs per outing (17th in the league). They have tallied 179 two-baggers, while taking a walk 270 times and recording 415 runs. Atlanta has compiled 114 long balls so far this season and 394 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 864 occasions (9th in the league) and have tallied 789 base hits. The Atlanta Braves have tallied an OBP of .304 and a team batting average of .241 for the year.

The Braves are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.193 with a FIP of 3.53 as a pitching staff for the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.00 (862 strikeouts against 273 bases on balls). They come in at 5th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 754. They have yielded 84 homers and they allow 3.69 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Atlanta pitching staff have conceded 353 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 3.44 (329 earned runs relinquished).

Atlanta relievers have an inherited score rate of 31.3% of 83 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 88 times in high leverage situations and on 63 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 76 save situations, the Braves have accrued 39 holds in addition to 11 blown saves. They sit at 6th in MLB with a save percentage of 70.3%, and they have sent 281 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. Atlanta has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 37 save chances and they have come away with 26 saves.

The Atlanta Braves have gotten 83 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .989 (1st in professional baseball). The Braves have racked up 890 assists, 40 errors and have accumulated 2,583 putouts for the season. In 7,749 innings played, the Braves are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 69.7% (16th in pro baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Sale has surrendered 1,530 hits while totaling 2,329 K's in 1,890 innings pitched. Sale (133-83 record in his career) has a 3.08 ERA while conceding 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has allowed a total of 647 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.043 and a FIP of 3.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 5.29 and he has faced 7,609 hitters so far in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cincinnati

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