Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 8/9/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Friday, August 9, 2024

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh

Dodger Stadium is the site where the Los Angeles Dodgers (66-49) will meet the Pittsburgh Pirates (56-57) on Friday. The starting pitchers will be Mitch Keller and Jack Flaherty.

The Pirates have recorded 162 doubles as a squad and have smacked 111 baseballs out of the stadium. Pittsburgh has a slugging rate of .370 and have been called out on strikes 1,047 times, while drawing a walk on 351 occasions. As a squad, the Pittsburgh Pirates are earning 4.2 runs per game, which has them at 20th in MLB. They have accrued 459 runs batted in in addition to 893 base knocks for the year, while their average at the plate is at .233. They have racked up 476 runs scored and hold an OBP of .302.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.70 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.29. Pirates pitchers have allowed 116 home runs and also 488 runs in total (13th in MLB). Pittsburgh has yielded 957 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) and 435 earned runs. The Pirates have compiled a team ERA of 3.87 so far this year (10th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 940 batters. They have walked 348 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.00 as a unit on the campaign.

Pirates relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 91 times and also have had 128 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 54 holds this year (24th in the league). The Pirates bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 54.9% and stepped onto the hill in 106 save situations. They have compiled 28 saves over the course of the season and have blown 23 of their 51 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 131 base runners over the course of the season with 33.6% of those runners crossed home plate. The Pirates have dispatched 347 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season.

The Pirates have transformed 69.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,111 innings on the field, ranking them 23rd in baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates have a tally of 3,037 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 996 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .985 which is 19th in pro baseball, and they have turned 97 double plays.

Keller has pitched in 655 frames and has accumulated 639 K's during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.41 (321 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.399. He has surrendered 683 base hits (9.4 hits per nine innings) with 234 walks. Keller (35-43 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.34 while facing 2,855 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

Los Angeles has a total of 152 home runs for the season to go along with 545 RBIs. They have recorded 210 doubles, while taking a walk 440 times and scoring 563 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers hold a team on-base percentage of .332 and a batting average of .252 so far this season. The Dodgers hold a team SLG% of .431 and they are scoring 4.90 runs per contest (5th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 973 occasions (15th in the league) and have earned a total of 983 base knocks.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have yielded 474 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 3.79 (433 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 137 home runs and they surrender 4.15 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Dodgers have a team WHIP of 1.218 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.14 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.60 (983 strikeouts against 354 walks). They are sitting at 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 897.

Sitting with 130 save situations, the Dodgers have recorded 70 holds and also 23 blown saves. Los Angeles has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 58 save chances and they have earned 35 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 132 times in high leverage situations in addition to 86 occasions with runners on. Los Angeles relievers hold an inherited score rate of 33.3% out of their 117 inherited runners. They sit at 21st in baseball with a save rate of 60.3%, and they have dispatched 386 relievers onto the diamond this season.

Out of their 9,249 innings played, the Dodgers have earned a defensive efficiency of 71.3% (2nd in pro baseball). The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 81 double plays and have a fielding rate of .986 (10th in professional baseball). The Dodgers have accrued 982 assists, 56 errors and have notched a total of 3,083 putouts for the season.

In his pro baseball career, Flaherty has conceded 642 base knocks while he has totaled 888 K's in 779 innings pitched. He has given up 313 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.175 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.24 and he has gone up against 3,230 opposing hitters thus far in his career. Flaherty (50-39 record in his career) holds a 3.61 ERA while conceding 7.4 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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