Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 5/25/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Saturday, May 25, 2024

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-154) Cincinnati (+130)

The Los Angeles Dodgers (33-19) are on their way to Great American Ball Park on Saturday where they will take on the Cincinnati Reds (20-30). The moneyline on this game has the Dodgers at -154 and the Reds are coming in at +130. The total has been set at 10. The pitchers who are expected to start are Walker Buehler and Hunter Greene.

Los Angeles is slugging .430 and have struck out 437 times, while taking a walk on 206 occasions. They have tallied 253 runs batted in as well as 450 base knocks so far this year, while their batting average is .255. The Dodgers have accumulated 93 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 66 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 262 runs scored and hold an OBP of .336. As a squad, the Los Angeles Dodgers are recording 5.0 runs per game, which has them at 2nd in the league.

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The Dodgers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.29 for the season (6th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 436 hitters. Dodgers pitchers have allowed 54 home runs and 185 runs in total (7th in the league). They have walked 146 batters and their FIP is 3.83 as a squad so far this year. Los Angeles has relinquished 373 base hits (7.2 per 9 innings) as well as 171 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.99 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.11.

Dodgers relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 33 times in addition to having 50 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 31 holds for the season (9th in baseball). The Dodgers relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 71.4% and has stepped onto the mound in 52 save situations. They have earned 15 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 6 of their 21 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 41 base runners this season and 29.3% of those players ended up scoring. The Dodgers have dispatched 160 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season.

The Dodgers have transformed 73.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 4,215 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 1st in the majors. The Los Angeles Dodgers have accounted for 1,405 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 468 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding rate is at .988 which puts them in 5th in pro baseball, and have earned 33 double plays.

Buehler has taken the hill for 651 frames and has racked up 703 K's so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 3.04 (220 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.039. He has conceded 513 base knocks (7.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 164 walks. Buehler (47-17 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.30 while facing 2,615 opposing hitters during his time in the majors.

Cincinnati has 45 home runs this season and 192 RBIs. They have recorded 74 doubles, while taking a walk 163 times as well as scoring 204 runs. The Cincinnati Reds have accounted for an on-base percentage of .294 as well as a batting average of .215 so far this year. The Reds hold a team slugging % of .355 and they earn 4.08 runs per outing (19th in the league). They have been rung up on 468 occasions (6th in baseball) and have a total of 350 base hits.

The Reds have a WHIP of 1.259 in addition to having a FIP of 4.02 as a unit so far this year. They sit at 12th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 397. The Cincinnati pitching staff have conceded 215 runs this year while holding an ERA of 3.97 (194 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.60 (422 strikeouts against 157 walks). They have given up 52 long balls and they allow 4.40 runs per 9 innings (14th in MLB).

Sitting with 36 save situations, the Reds have recorded 24 holds in addition to 3 blown saves. Cincinnati has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 11 save opportunities and they have earned 8 saves. Their relievers have come in 53 times in high leverage situations and on 43 occasions with runners on. Cincinnati relievers have an inherited score rate of 25.7% out of their 70 inherited base runners. They rank 6th in baseball with a save rate of 72.7%, and they have dispatched 157 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season.

The Cincinnati Reds have gotten 31 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (12th in professional baseball). The Reds have racked up 359 assists, 26 errors and have 1,322 putouts for the season. In their 3,966 innings on the field, the Reds are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (15th in baseball).

Greene (11-22 career mark) has a 4.34 earned run average while surrendering 7.9 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.18 and he has faced 1,273 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 143 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.279 and a FIP of 4.1. During his MLB career, Greene has conceded 259 hits while he has accumulated 382 punch outs in 296 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-154)

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