Los Angeles Dodgers vs Miami Marlins Prediction, 9/19/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Miami Marlins

Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024

Location: loanDepot park in Miami, FL

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

The Miami Marlins (56-95) will play the Los Angeles Dodgers (89-62) at loanDepot park on Thursday. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Jack Flaherty and Edward Cabrera.

The Dodgers have accumulated 271 doubles as a team and have smacked 211 baseballs out of the park. Los Angeles has a slugging percentage of .440 and have been called out on strikes 1,263 times, while being walked on 551 occasions. As a squad, the Los Angeles Dodgers are scoring 5.0 runs per game, which puts them at 2nd in the league. They have accounted for 738 runs batted in as well as 1,303 hits over the course of the season, while their average at the plate sits at .254. They have accounted for 760 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .330.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.72 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.23. Dodgers pitchers have conceded 186 home runs in addition to 647 runs (14th in MLB). Los Angeles has yielded 1,194 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and 588 earned runs. The Dodgers have a team ERA of 3.93 on the season (14th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,274 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 468 batters and their FIP is 4.24 as a squad over the course of the season.

Dodgers pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 113 times as well as having 173 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have recorded 98 holds so far this year (3rd in baseball). The Dodgers bullpen have compiled a save rate of 62.2% and has come into the game in 175 save situations. They have tallied 46 saves this year and have missed out on 28 of their 74 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 154 base runners for the season with 33.1% of them crossed home plate. The Dodgers have dispatched 522 relief pitchers to the mound for the year.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a total of 4,040 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,282 assists and 81 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which has them ranked 17th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 111 double plays. The Dodgers have turned 71.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,120 innings on the field, ranking them 2nd in MLB.

Flaherty has taken the mound for 818 innings and is sitting with 932 strikeouts in his MLB career. Flaherty (54-41 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.56 while he has faced 3,393 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.62 (329 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.182. He has surrendered 680 hits (7.5 hits per nine innings) with 287 walks.

The Marlins have a team slugging percentage of .373 and they average 3.83 runs per contest (28th in MLB). They have hit 223 two-baggers, while getting a free base 366 times and putting up 578 runs. Miami is sitting with 137 HRs this season to go along with 556 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,293 occasions (14th in the league) and are sitting with 1,236 hits. The Miami Marlins have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .297 and a team batting average of .241 so far this season.

The Miami pitching staff have given up 777 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 4.73 (701 earned runs yielded). They have given up 178 home runs and they concede 5.24 runs per 9 innings (28th in baseball). The Marlins have a WHIP of 1.375 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.39 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.30 (1,236 strikeouts vs 514 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 26th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,322.

With 127 save situations, the Marlins have compiled 72 holds in addition to 25 blown saves. Miami has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 53 save chances and they have tallied 28 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 172 times in high leverage situations and on 158 occasions with runners on. Miami relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 37.7% out of their 220 inherited base runners. They rank 29th in baseball with a save rate of 52.8%, and they have sent 516 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond so far this season.

In their 12,018 innings played, the Marlins are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 68.1% (28th in the majors). The Miami Marlins have gotten 110 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (29th in the majors). The Marlins have accrued 1,347 assists, 106 errors and are sitting with 4,006 putouts on the campaign.

Cabrera (17-21 career record) holds a 4.19 earned run average while conceding 6.9 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.98 and he has gone up against 1,224 batters so far in his MLB career. He has allowed 133 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.338 and having a FIP of 4.1. In his career, Cabrera has conceded 220 base hits while accumulating 320 punch outs in 286 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Miami

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