Detroit Tigers vs Houston Astros Prediction, 6/14/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Houston Astros

Date: Friday, June 14, 2024

Location: Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Minute Maid Park is the location where the Houston Astros (31-38) will play the Detroit Tigers (32-35) on Friday. The expected starting pitchers will be Tarik Skubal and Hunter Brown.

Detroit is slugging .374 and have struck out 589 times, while taking a walk on 195 occasions. They have tallied 269 RBI's and 520 hits so far this season, and their batting average is at .230. The Tigers have accrued 102 two-baggers as a team and have hit 61 baseballs out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 283 runs while holding a team OBP of .297. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are putting up 4.2 runs per game, which is 19th in MLB.

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The Tigers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.85 so far this season (10th in the league), and the staff has rung up 567 hitters. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 62 home runs and also 292 runs in total (14th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 186 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.64 as a squad on the year. Detroit has allowed 548 base knocks (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 256 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.05 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.23.

The Tigers have sent 202 relievers to the hill this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 102 runners on the campaign and 29.4% of them crossed home plate. They have tallied 15 saves over the course of the season and have blown 14 of 29 chances to get a save. The Tigers relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 51.7% and has come into the game in 56 save situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 27 holds on the season (28th in the league). Tigers bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 71 times in addition to having 74 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Detroit Tigers are sitting with 1,793 putouts this year, as well as 572 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .982 which puts them in 27th in pro baseball, and have earned 53 double plays. The Tigers have converted 69.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of 5,379 innings, ranking them 22nd in baseball.

Skubal has taken the mound for 458 innings and has totaled 516 K's in his career. Skubal (31-28 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 3.49 while going up against 1,864 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.54 (180 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.106. He has given up 387 hits (7.6 hits per nine innings) and has 119 free passes.

Houston has hit 85 home runs on the campaign to go along with 294 runs batted in. They have tallied 104 doubles, while walking 195 times as well as scoring 306 runs. The Houston Astros hold an OBP of .320 and a batting average of .259 so far this season. The Astros hold a team SLG% of .417 and they score 4.43 runs per game (12th in baseball). They have struck out on 471 occasions (30th in baseball) and are sitting with 615 hits.

The Astros have a team WHIP of 1.321 in addition to having a FIP of 4.32 as a squad for the season. They are sitting at 16th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 549. The Houston pitching staff have surrendered 301 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.18 (284 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.60 (582 strikeouts vs 258 bases on balls). They have allowed 77 dingers and they yield 4.43 runs per 9 innings (16th in MLB).

Sitting with 61 save situations, the Astros have 36 holds and also 12 blown saves. Houston has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 25 save opportunities and they have converted 13 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 65 times in high leverage situations in addition to 39 occasions with runners on. Houston relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 28.6% out of 56 inherited runners. They rank 27th in the league with a save percentage of 52.0%, and they have dispatched 217 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

The Houston Astros have turned 58 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (9th in the majors). The Astros have accrued 600 assists, 33 errors and have a total of 1,834 putouts so far this year. In 5,502 innings on the diamond, the Astros have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 70.4% (9th in baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Brown has given up 236 base knocks while he has tallied 267 punch outs in 237 innings. Brown (15-18 career win-loss mark) has a 4.86 earned run average while allowing 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 128 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.379 and having a FIP of 4.8. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.93 and he has gone up against 1,017 batters during his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit

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