Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 9/22/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Sunday, September 22, 2024

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Pirates (72-81) are hitting the road to Great American Ball Park on Sunday where they will try to defeat the Cincinnati Reds (74-80). The pitchers taking the mound will be Paul Skenes and Hunter Greene.

As a team, the Pittsburgh Pirates are recording 4.2 runs per game, which ranks them 22nd in baseball. They have tallied 636 runs and have an OBP of .302. The Pirates have compiled 227 doubles as a unit and have hit 147 balls out of the stadium. They have 614 runs batted in in addition to 1,223 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average is .236. Pittsburgh has a slugging % of .371 and have been called out on strikes 1,415 times, while drawing a walk on 456 occasions.

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The Pirates have a team earned run average of 4.14 this season (18th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,276 batters. Pirates pitchers have conceded 159 home runs and also 699 runs (22nd in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 480 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.05 as a unit this year. Pittsburgh has allowed 1,307 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and 626 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.66 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.31.

The Pirates have sent 479 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season. The relievers have inherited 190 runners so far this season with 33.2% of those runners ended up scoring. They have tallied 39 saves on the season and have not converted 29 of their 68 chances to save the game. The Pirates bullpen have a save percentage of 57.4% and has come into the game in 150 save situations. The relievers have a total of 81 holds so far this year (12th in baseball). Pirates pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 125 times as well as having 163 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Pirates have turned 68.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 12,246 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 24th in MLB. The Pittsburgh Pirates have a tally of 4,082 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,309 assists and 86 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .984 which puts them in 20th in professional baseball, and they have turned 135 double plays.

Skenes (10-3 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 2.04 while going up against 490 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. He has conceded 92 base hits (6.6 hits per 9 innings) with 32 walks. His earned run average is 2.07 (29 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 0.984. Skenes has taken the mound for 126 innings and has racked up 158 punch outs in his pro baseball career.

The Cincinnati Reds hold an OBP of .307 as well as a batting average of .233 on the year. They have struck out on 1,403 instances (7th in MLB) and are sitting with 1,184 base hits. Cincinnati has accounted for 170 long balls so far this season as well as 644 runs batted in. The Reds hold a slugging percentage of .394 and they are scoring 4.40 runs per outing (15th in baseball). They have 250 two-baggers, while taking a walk 473 times as well as racking up 678 runs.

The Cincinnati pitching staff have allowed 673 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.16 (628 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 188 long balls and they surrender 4.46 runs per 9 innings (17th in the league). The Reds hold a team WHIP of 1.255 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.26 as a staff over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.70 (1,312 strikeouts vs 461 free passes). They have a ranking of 18th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,244.

Cincinnati bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 30.5% of 220 inherited runners. Their relievers have come in 149 times in high leverage situations and on 141 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 131 save situations, the Reds have accrued 78 holds and also 15 blown saves. They rank 4th in MLB holding a save percentage of 70.0%, and they have sent 507 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the campaign. Cincinnati has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 50 save chances and they have walked away with 35 saves.

In 12,231 innings on the diamond, the Reds hold a efficiency on defense of 70.1% (14th in pro baseball). The Cincinnati Reds have turned 97 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (27th in professional baseball). The Reds have 1,156 assists, 94 errors and are sitting with 4,077 putouts so far this year.

In his pro baseball career, Greene has allowed 308 base hits while totaling 478 K's in 380 innings pitched. Greene (18-24 career record) has earned a 3.95 ERA while conceding 7.3 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 167 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.202 and having a FIP of 3.9. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.21 and he has gone up against 1,612 batters thus far in his career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Pittsburgh

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