New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 8/17/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Comerica Park is the site where the Detroit Tigers (58-63) will try to beat the New York Yankees (72-50) on Saturday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Carlos Rodon and Keider Montero.

As a team, the New York Yankees are compiling 5.2 runs per game, which is 2nd in MLB. They have earned a total of 630 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .337. The Yankees have accounted for 188 doubles as a unit and have knocked 186 balls out of the park. They have 609 RBI's and 1,046 hits on the year, while their team batting average is .254. New York has a slugging percentage of .442 and have been called out on strikes 978 times, while taking a walk on 505 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.68 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.26. Yankees pitchers have conceded 142 home runs and also 512 runs in total (11th in the league). New York has yielded 970 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and 464 earned runs. The Yankees have a team earned run average of 3.83 for the season (8th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,076 batters. They have walked 401 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.21 as a unit so far this year.

Yankees pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 140 times and also have had 107 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 57 holds so far this year (22nd in the league). The Yankees relievers have a save rate of 67.3% and has stepped onto the mound in 108 save situations. They have recorded 33 saves for the year and have blown 16 of 49 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 215 base runners this year with 34.4% of those players crossed the plate. The Yankees have dispatched 386 relievers to the hill over the course of the season.

The Yankees have converted 70.4% of balls in play into outs in their 9,822 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 10th in MLB. The New York Yankees have accumulated 3,274 putouts this season, as well as 979 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which puts them in 20th in pro baseball, and they have turned 84 double plays.

Rodon has taken the ball for 1,042 innings and is sitting with 1,154 K's thus far in his career. Rodon (72-61 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.82 and he has faced 4,408 opposing hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.88 (449 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.250. He has given up 913 base hits (7.9 hits per 9 innings) with 390 walks.

The Tigers have a team SLG% of .386 and they tally 4.21 runs per game (20th in MLB). They have recorded 179 doubles, while getting a free base 341 times as well as racking up 509 runs. Detroit has recorded 125 home runs on the season to go along with 488 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 1,046 instances (13th in MLB) and have tallied 942 base knocks. The Detroit Tigers have tallied an on-base percentage of .296 and a batting average of .232 on the year.

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.207 and have a FIP of 3.80 as a unit so far this season. They sit at 16th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 978. The Detroit pitching staff have allowed 515 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.91 (467 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.60 (1,029 strikeouts against 318 bases on balls). They have relinquished 125 home runs and they allow 4.32 runs per 9 innings (13th in baseball).

Detroit relievers have an inherited score rate of 26.9% out of 186 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 119 times in high leverage situations and also on 133 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 100 save situations, the Tigers have amassed 53 holds and also 20 blown saves. They rank 24th in the league with a save rate of 56.5%, and they have sent 370 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. Detroit has called on relievers to enter the game in 46 save opportunities and they have earned 26 saves.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 97 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (17th in professional baseball). The Tigers have 1,028 assists, 64 errors and have a tally of 3,222 putouts this season. In 9,666 innings on the diamond, the Tigers have earned a efficiency on defense of 69.8% (16th in the majors).

So far in his pro baseball career, Montero has given up 57 base knocks and he has 44 strikeouts in 54 innings. He has given up a total of 35 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.365 and a FIP of 5.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.59 and he has faced 230 batters so far in his MLB career. Montero (3-5 record in his career) is the owner of a 5.81 earned run average while allowing 9.5 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Detroit

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