Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago Cubs Prediction, 7/24/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago Cubs

Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Location: Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Wrigley Field is the site where the Chicago Cubs (49-53) will try to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers (57-43) on Wednesday. The men taking the mound are Joe Ross and Justin Steele.

The Brewers have compiled 159 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 104 baseballs out of the park. Milwaukee has a slugging % of .401 and have been rung up 874 times, while taking a walk on 372 occasions. As a squad, the Milwaukee Brewers are scoring 4.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 7th in baseball. They have amassed 460 runs batted in and 866 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average is .254. They have racked up 483 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .332.

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The Brewers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.79 on the year (11th in the league), and their staff has rung up 798 hitters. Brewers pitchers have surrendered 121 home runs in addition to 401 runs in total (7th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 310 hitters and their FIP is 4.32 as a squad on the season. Milwaukee has relinquished 802 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 374 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.57 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.25.

Brewers pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 95 times in addition to having 121 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 49 holds on the campaign (17th in the league). The Brewers relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 71.7% and has come into the game in 95 save situations. They have recorded 33 saves this year and have missed out on 13 of 46 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 139 base runners for the season and 28.8% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Brewers have dispatched 323 relievers to the mound this season.

The Brewers have converted 71.0% of balls hit into play into outs in their 7,986 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 6th in pro baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers have a tally of 2,662 putouts on the year, in addition to 872 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .985 which has them sitting 15th in baseball, and they have turned 76 double plays.

Ross has taken the mound for 485 frames and has earned 438 K's so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.29 (231 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.336. He has given up 491 hits (9.1 hits per nine innings) and has 157 walks. Ross (28-32 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.22 while he has gone up against 2,092 opposing hitters in the majors.

Chicago has hit 101 home runs so far this season to go along with 397 runs batted in. They have put up 152 doubles, while walking 345 times and notching 422 runs. The Chicago Cubs have an on-base percentage of .312 as well as a batting average of .233 over the course of the season. The Cubs have a slugging percentage of .377 and they have an average of 4.14 runs per game (23rd in baseball). They have struck out on 900 occasions (7th in baseball) and have totaled 792 base hits.

The Cubs have a WHIP of 1.244 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.90 as a squad for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.80 (884 strikeouts vs 312 walks). They are currently ranked 16th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 809. They have yielded 108 home runs and they surrender 4.30 runs per 9 innings (13th in MLB). The Chicago pitching staff have allowed 430 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.74 (374 earned runs allowed).

Sitting with 86 save situations, the Cubs have amassed 44 holds in addition to 18 blown saves. Chicago has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 41 save chances and they have tallied 23 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 117 times in high leverage situations and on 99 occasions with runners on base. Chicago relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 30.8% out of their 146 inherited base runners. They are ranked 25th in baseball with a save rate of 56.1%, and they have dispatched 309 bullpen pitchers onto the field for the year.

In their 8,109 innings on the field, the Cubs have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (12th in MLB). The Chicago Cubs have turned 57 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .985 (16th in pro baseball). The Cubs have recorded 814 assists, 53 errors and have a total of 2,703 putouts this season.

Thus far in his career, Steele has allowed 401 base hits while he has totaled 448 punch outs in 440 innings pitched. Steele (26-20 career record) has a 3.25 earned run average while giving up 8.2 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 159 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.213 and having a FIP of 3.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.37 and he has faced 1,846 hitters in his career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Chicago

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