Miami Marlins vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 9/9/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Marlins vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Monday, September 9, 2024

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Pirates (66-74) are welcoming the Miami Marlins (52-88) at PNC Park on Monday. The men taking the mound are Valente Bellozo and Paul Skenes.

As a team, the Miami Marlins are scoring 3.8 runs per game, which has them at 29th in baseball. They are sitting with 528 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .296. The Marlins have compiled 204 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 128 baseballs out of the stadium. They have recorded 509 RBI's as well as 1,140 hits on the season, while their batting average is sitting at .240. Miami has a slugging % of .371 and have struck out 1,198 times, while being walked on 337 occasions.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.35 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.38. Marlins pitchers have allowed 165 home runs and also 719 runs in total (28th in MLB). Miami has conceded 1,225 base knocks (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 650 earned runs. The Marlins have an ERA of 4.71 on the campaign (28th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,157 batters. They have walked 493 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.43 as a team on the campaign.

Marlins pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 154 times in addition to having 169 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 68 holds over the course of the season (18th in the league). The Marlins relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 51.9% and has come into the game in 122 save situations. They have accumulated 27 saves for the year and have blown 25 of 52 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 216 base runners on the year and 38.4% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Marlins have sent 482 relief pitchers to the hill on the year.

The Marlins have transformed 68.2% of baseballs in play into outs in their 11,181 innings, ranking them 28th in baseball. The Miami Marlins are sitting with 3,727 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,262 assists and 94 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which ranks 28th in MLB, and they have turned 104 double plays.

Bellozo (2-2 career mark) has earned a FIP of 3.76 and he has gone up against 202 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 44 hits (8.4 hits per nine innings) with 17 walks. His earned run average is 3.81 (20 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.292. Bellozo has taken the ball for 47 frames and has tallied 33 K's during his pro baseball career.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are sitting with an OBP of .302 as well as a batting average of .235 on the season. They have been called out on strikes on 1,298 occasions (4th in the league) and are sitting with 1,116 hits. Pittsburgh has recorded 137 home runs for the year to go along with 569 runs batted in. The Pirates have a SLG% of .371 and they are recording 4.22 runs per game (20th in baseball). They have tallied 202 two-baggers, while taking a walk 420 times and scoring 591 runs.

The Pirates have a WHIP of 1.315 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.10 as a unit for the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.40 (1,163 strikeouts against 436 bases on balls). They rank 25th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,203. They have given up 149 homers and they surrender 4.63 runs per 9 innings (21st in the league). The Pittsburgh pitching staff have conceded 641 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.15 (575 earned runs surrendered).

Pittsburgh has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 60 save opportunities and they have earned 34 saves. They are currently ranked 27th in the league with a save percentage of 56.7%, and they have sent 433 relievers to the hill on the year. Their relievers have taken the field 150 times in high leverage situations and also on 113 occasions with runners on. Pittsburgh relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.5% out of 170 inherited runners. With 129 save situations, the Pirates have earned 68 holds in addition to 26 blown saves.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have turned 122 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (15th in professional baseball). The Pirates have accrued 1,199 assists, 74 errors and have a total of 3,740 putouts on the campaign. In their 11,220 innings played, the Pirates have a defensive efficiency of 68.6% (24th in the majors).

So far in his pro baseball career, Skenes has conceded 82 hits while he has totaled 142 K's in 114 innings pitched. Skenes (9-2 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 2.13 earned run average while conceding 6.5 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded 27 ER's while earning a WHIP of 0.982 and a FIP of 2.1. His K/BB ratio is 4.73 and he has gone up against 444 opposing batters so far in his MLB career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Miami

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