Cincinnati Reds vs Miami Marlins Prediction, 8/8/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Miami Marlins

Date: Thursday, August 8, 2024

Location: loanDepot park in Miami, FL

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

The Miami Marlins (42-72) will go up against the Cincinnati Reds (55-58) at loanDepot park on Thursday. The pitchers expected to start will be Hunter Greene and Kyle Tyler.

As a squad, the Cincinnati Reds are scoring 4.5 runs per contest, which ranks them 14th in baseball. They have a total of 503 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .303. The Reds have tallied 190 doubles as a unit and have knocked 131 baseballs out of the stadium. They have recorded 474 RBI's in addition to 852 hits for the season, while their team batting average is .230. Cincinnati has a slugging rate of .399 and have been called out on strikes 1,014 times, while drawing a walk on 341 occasions.

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The Reds have compiled a team ERA of 3.88 this year (11th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 964 batters. Reds pitchers have given up 122 home runs and also 462 runs in total (7th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 349 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.08 as a team for the season. Cincinnati has surrendered 895 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 430 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.76 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.25.

The Reds have sent 368 relievers to the mound this season. The relief pitchers have inherited 157 runners this season and 28.7% of those runners ended up scoring. They have recorded 24 saves on the year and have blown 8 of 32 chances to get a save. The Reds bullpen have a save rate of 75.0% and has come into the game in 99 save situations. The relievers are sitting with 65 holds for the year (10th in MLB). Reds pitchers have entered the game with runners on 99 times in addition to having 104 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Cincinnati Reds have a tally of 2,990 putouts on the year, as well as 858 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which is 27th in baseball, and have earned 66 double plays. The Reds have transformed 70.1% of balls in play into outs out of 8,970 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 15th in professional baseball.

Greene has taken the ball for 367 innings and has earned 465 strikeouts during his MLB career. Greene (17-24 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.93 and he has gone up against 1,559 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.99 (163 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.209. He has given up 298 base knocks (7.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 146 walks.

Miami has accumulated 100 home runs on the season to go along with 401 RBIs. They have recorded 155 doubles, while walking 266 times as well as putting up 413 runs. The Miami Marlins have tallied a team on-base percentage of .292 in addition to a batting average of .237 so far this year. The Marlins hold a team SLG% of .363 and they score 3.62 runs per contest (29th in baseball). They have been rung up on 971 instances (14th in the league) and have notched a total of 915 base knocks.

The Marlins are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.366 and have a FIP of 4.25 as a staff this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.40 (946 strikeouts against 391 walks). They sit at 27th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 989. They have surrendered 126 home runs and they give up 5.04 runs per 9 innings (28th in baseball). The Miami pitching staff have yielded 566 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.53 (508 earned runs yielded).

Miami has had relievers enter the contest in 41 save opportunities and they have converted 21 saves. They are ranked 29th in the league with a save rate of 51.2%, and they have sent 390 relievers to the mound this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 129 times in high leverage situations and on 113 occasions with base runners. Miami relievers have an inherited score rate of 35.2% out of their 159 inherited base runners. With 96 save situations, the Marlins have 54 holds and also 20 blown saves.

In their 9,093 innings on the field, the Marlins have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.1% (27th in baseball). The Miami Marlins have gotten 85 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (29th in baseball). The Marlins have accrued 1,040 assists, 79 errors and have earned a total of 3,031 putouts during this campaign.

Thus far in his career, Tyler has surrendered 32 base hits while accumulating 22 K's in 27 innings. Tyler (0-2 career win-loss record) has a 5.31 earned run average and has allowed 10.6 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded 16 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.771 and having a FIP of 5.2. His K/BB ratio is 1.38 and he has gone up against 122 opposing batters so far in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cincinnati

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