Milwaukee Brewers vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 5/25/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Saturday, May 25, 2024

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (+118) Boston (-138)

The Boston Red Sox (26-24) host the Milwaukee Brewers (28-21) at Fenway Park on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has Milwaukee at +118 and Boston is coming in at -138. The total is 9.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Colin Rea and Nick Pivetta.

As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are earning 5.0 runs per contest, which puts them at 3rd in baseball. They have a total of 244 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .331. The Brewers have accumulated 80 doubles as a unit and have hit 59 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 232 runs batted in in addition to 427 base knocks so far this season, and their team batting average is at .254. Milwaukee owns a slugging percentage of .417 and have been rung up 440 times, while drawing a walk on 178 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.42 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.31. Brewers pitchers have given up 58 home runs and also 206 total runs (10th in the league). Milwaukee has allowed 407 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) and also 191 earned runs. The Brewers have a team ERA of 3.97 over the course of the season (14th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 389 hitters. They have walked 161 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.36 as a squad so far this year.

Brewers pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 44 times in addition to having 55 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have earned 28 holds so far this season (12th in the league). The Brewers relievers have a save rate of 73.9% and has come into the game in 51 save situations. They have recorded 17 saves so far this season and have blown 6 out of their 23 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 65 runners on the season with 27.7% of those players earned a run for their team. The Brewers have dispatched 160 relievers to the mound so far this season.

The Milwaukee Brewers have accounted for 1,300 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 432 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which has them ranked 10th in pro baseball, and they have turned 34 double plays. The Brewers have turned 70.3% of balls in play into outs out of their 3,900 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 13th in professional baseball.

Rea (17-16 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.66 while going up against 1,405 batters in the majors. He has allowed 314 hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 112 walks. His ERA is 4.64 (169 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.300. Rea has thrown 327 innings and has earned 266 punch outs during his career.

Boston has accumulated 55 home runs so far this year to go along with 217 RBIs. They have recorded 91 two-baggers, while walking 155 times and putting up 225 runs. The Boston Red Sox have accumulated an on-base percentage of .313 and a batting average of .243 this year. The Red Sox hold a team slugging percentage of .408 and they average 4.50 runs per game (12th in the league). They have struck out on 486 occasions (3rd in the league) and have earned a total of 417 hits.

The Boston pitching staff have conceded 186 runs this season while having a team ERA of 2.99 (149 earned runs conceded). They have given up 43 homers and they relinquish 3.74 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Red Sox have a team WHIP of 1.134 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.47 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.70 (431 strikeouts against 129 walks). They are currently ranked 7th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 379.

Sitting with 43 save situations, the Red Sox have compiled 22 holds in addition to 9 blown saves. Boston has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 20 save chances and they have earned 11 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 60 times in high leverage situations in addition to 38 occasions with base runners. Boston relievers have an inherited score percentage of 35.4% out of 48 inherited base runners. They are ranked 23rd in baseball holding a save rate of 55.0%, and they have dispatched 158 relievers onto the diamond over the course of the season.

In 4,035 innings played, the Red Sox are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 70.4% (11th in pro baseball). The Boston Red Sox have gotten 35 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (30th in MLB). The Red Sox have accrued 445 assists, 37 errors and have 1,345 putouts for the season.

In his career, Pivetta has allowed 870 base knocks while totaling 997 punch outs in 910 frames. Pivetta (52-61 career win-loss mark) holds a 4.80 earned run average while giving up 8.6 hits per nine innings. He has given up 486 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.332 and having a FIP of 4.4. His K/BB ratio is 2.91 and he has faced 3,890 batters during his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Milwaukee (+118)

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