Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 4/23/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (+100) Pittsburgh (-120)

The Pittsburgh Pirates (11-11) will try to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers (14-6) at PNC Park on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has Milwaukee at +100 while Pittsburgh is at -120. The betting total comes in at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Wade Miley and Bailey Falter.

The Brewers have accrued 32 doubles as a squad and have knocked 27 balls out of the stadium. Milwaukee is slugging .441 and have been rung up 180 times, while taking a walk on 73 occasions. As a unit, the Milwaukee Brewers are notching 5.7 runs per game, which is 4th in the league. They have recorded 106 RBI's and 194 hits this season, and their batting average is at .275. They are sitting with 114 runs while having a team OBP of .348.

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The Brewers hold a team ERA of 3.52 this year (9th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 163 batters. Brewers pitchers have allowed 20 home runs and 79 runs in total (3rd in the league). They have walked 63 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.04 as a unit for the year. Milwaukee has surrendered 157 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and also 70 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.59 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.23.

The Brewers have sent 68 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 33 runners on the year and 30.3% of them crossed home plate. They have earned 8 saves on the year and have blown 4 of their 12 save opportunities. The Brewers relievers have earned a save rate of 66.7% and has come into the game in 25 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 13 holds so far this year (13th in the league). Brewers bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 21 times in addition to having 24 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Milwaukee Brewers are sitting with 537 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 172 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which has them ranked 12th in MLB, and have 11 double plays. The Brewers have turned 71.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 1,611 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 6th in professional baseball.

Miley has taken the mound for 1,745 innings and has accounted for 1,361 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. Miley (108-99 career mark) has a FIP of 4.15 and he has faced 7,464 batters in the majors. His ERA is 4.06 (788 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.359. He has given up 1,767 hits (9.1 hits per nine innings) with 605 free passes.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have earned a team OBP of .323 as well as a batting average of .239 on the year. They have been rung up on 215 occasions (6th in the league) and have recorded 184 base hits. Pittsburgh has 17 home runs for the season as well as 91 runs batted in. The Pirates hold a slugging percentage of .352 and they average 4.36 runs per contest (16th in MLB). They have recorded 32 two-baggers, while walking 94 times and putting up 96 runs.

The Pirates have a team WHIP of 1.227 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.87 as a unit on the year. Their K/BB ratio is 8.50 (188 strikeouts against 68 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 16th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 175. They have yielded 21 homers and they concede 4.50 runs per 9 innings (15th in the league). The Pittsburgh pitching staff have yielded 99 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 4.09 (90 earned runs surrendered).

Pittsburgh has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 13 save opportunities and they have come away with 6 saves. They are ranked 24th in the league with a save percentage of 46.2%, and they have sent 74 relief pitchers onto the diamond so far this year. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 31 times in high leverage situations in addition to 27 occasions with runners on. Pittsburgh relievers hold an inherited score rate of 28.6% of 42 inherited base runners. Sitting with 25 save situations, the Pirates have earned 12 holds and 7 blown saves.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten 20 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .979 (25th in professional baseball). The Pirates have 188 assists, 17 errors and have 595 putouts for the season. In their 1,785 innings on the diamond, the Pirates are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.9% (16th in the majors).

In his pro baseball career, Falter has conceded 227 hits while he has accumulated 178 strikeouts in 218 innings. Falter (11-15 career record) is the owner of a 4.70 ERA while giving up 9.4 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 114 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.260 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.8. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.71 and he has faced 914 opposing hitters thus far in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Pittsburgh (-120)

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