Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 8/23/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Friday, August 23, 2024

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: Cincinnati (+119) Pittsburgh (-142)

The Cincinnati Reds (62-65) are hitting the road to PNC Park on Friday where they will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates (59-67). The moneyline on this matchup has Cincinnati at +119 while Pittsburgh is coming in at -142. The total comes in at 7. The starting pitchers are Andrew Abbott and Bailey Falter.

Cincinnati has a slugging rate of .401 and have been rung up 1,152 times, while being walked on 381 occasions. They have accumulated 537 runs batted in as well as 963 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average is .231. The Reds have hit 209 two-baggers as a team and have hit 152 baseballs out of the stadium. They have tallied 566 runs scored while having a team OBP of .303. As a team, the Cincinnati Reds are putting up 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 14th in baseball.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.78 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.25. Reds pitchers have yielded 145 home runs in addition to 536 runs in total (12th in MLB). Cincinnati has surrendered 1,015 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and also 501 earned runs. The Reds are sitting with a team ERA of 4.03 on the campaign (16th in baseball), and they have rung up 1,079 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 388 hitters and their FIP is 4.16 as a team over the course of the season.

The Reds have sent 415 relievers to the mound on the season. The relievers have inherited 173 runners over the course of the season and 28.3% of them crossed home plate. They have 26 saves for the year and have not converted 9 out of their 35 save opportunities. The Reds relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 74.3% and has entered the game in 106 save situations. The relievers have a total of 68 holds over the course of the season (14th in the league). Reds bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 109 times in addition to having 112 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Reds have transformed 70.0% of balls in play into outs out of 10,077 innings on the field, which has them sitting 16th in pro baseball. The Cincinnati Reds have accumulated 3,359 putouts so far this season, as well as 969 assists and 80 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .982 which is 29th in baseball, and have earned 77 double plays.

Abbott (18-16 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.73 while going up against 1,045 batters in the major leagues. He has conceded 227 hits (8.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 96 free passes. His ERA is 3.79 (104 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.307. Abbott has taken the hill for 247 innings and has 234 K's in his MLB career.

The Pirates have a team slugging percentage of .371 and they are earning 4.11 runs per game (24th in the league). They have recorded 182 two-baggers, while walking 377 times as well as putting up 518 runs. Pittsburgh has compiled 124 home runs on the season to go along with 499 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,179 occasions (4th in baseball) and have recorded 1,002 base hits. The Pittsburgh Pirates have earned a team on-base percentage of .300 in addition to a team batting average of .234 for the season.

The Pirates are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.278 with a FIP of 4.02 as a unit on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.40 (1,047 strikeouts vs 380 walks). They have a ranking of 21st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,056. They have yielded 132 homers and they concede 4.38 runs per 9 innings (16th in baseball). The Pittsburgh pitching staff have allowed 547 runs on the year while having an ERA of 3.93 (490 earned runs surrendered).

Pittsburgh has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 54 save opportunities and they have come away with 30 saves. They are currently ranked 27th in the league holding a save rate of 55.6%, and they have dispatched 383 relief pitchers onto the field so far this season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 139 times in high leverage situations and on 99 occasions with runners on. Pittsburgh relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 32.2% out of their 143 inherited runners. Sitting with 115 save situations, the Pirates have earned 60 holds in addition to 24 blown saves.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten 106 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (17th in pro baseball). The Pirates have recorded 1,077 assists, 67 errors and are sitting with 3,371 putouts this year. Out of their 10,113 innings on the diamond, the Pirates are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 69.3% (22nd in professional baseball).

So far in his career, Falter has conceded 316 base hits while totaling 243 strikeouts in 305 innings pitched. Falter (16-21 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 4.52 ERA while giving up 9.3 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 153 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.281 and a FIP of 4.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.28 and he has faced 1,274 batters during his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cincinnati (+119)

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