Washington Nationals vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 4/10/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Washington Nationals vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: MASN

The Washington Nationals (4-6) are traveling to Oracle Park on Wednesday where they will try to defeat the San Francisco Giants (4-7). The starting pitchers are Patrick Corbin and Jordan Hicks.

The Nationals have accrued 14 doubles as a team and have knocked 9 baseballs out of the park. Washington is slugging .363 and have struck out 82 times, while drawing a walk on 38 occasions. As a squad, the Washington Nationals are compiling 4.0 runs per contest, which ranks them 21st in baseball. They have tallied 38 runs batted in and 76 hits so far this year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .232. They have accounted for 40 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .317.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.02 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.54. Nationals pitchers have allowed 10 home runs and 50 runs (18th in the league). Washington has conceded 93 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) and 50 earned runs. The Nationals have an earned run average of 5.08 for the season (24th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 87 hitters. They have walked 43 batters and their FIP comes in at 4.30 as a team on the year.

Nationals pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 8 times in addition to having 10 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 7 holds on the year (17th in the league). The Nationals relievers have compiled a save rate of 75.0% and has entered the game in 11 save situations. They have 3 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 1 of their 4 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 10 base runners this year and 40.0% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Nationals have sent 36 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

The Nationals have converted 65.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 798 innings on the field, which has them ranked 27th in professional baseball. The Washington Nationals have amassed 266 putouts for the season, in addition to 93 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .992 which ranks 7th in the majors, and have a total of 11 double plays.

Corbin has pitched in 1,728 frames and has 1,598 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. Corbin (97-119 record in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.11 while facing 7,430 batters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.42 (848 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.363. He has allowed 1,826 hits (9.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 529 free passes.

San Francisco has compiled 10 home runs so far this season as well as 41 RBIs. They have put up 17 doubles, while walking 35 times as well as putting up 43 runs. The San Francisco Giants have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .293 as well as a team batting average of .219 over the course of the season. The Giants hold a team slugging % of .350 and they are scoring 3.91 runs per contest (22nd in the league). They have struck out on 89 occasions (15th in the league) and have 79 hits.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.415 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.40 as a squad for the season. They rank 26th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 100. The San Francisco pitching staff have surrendered 62 runs on the season while having an ERA of 5.46 (57 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.00 (84 strikeouts against 33 walks). They have relinquished 13 dingers and they surrender 5.94 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league).

San Francisco has had relief pitchers take the mound in 2 save chances and they have tallied 1 save. They are currently ranked 22nd in MLB with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 33 relievers to the hill so far this year. Their relievers have come in 7 times in high leverage situations in addition to 8 occasions with base runners. San Francisco bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 46.7% of 15 inherited base runners. With 4 save situations, the Giants have recorded 2 holds in addition to 1 blown save.

The San Francisco Giants have gotten 12 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .990 (8th in MLB). The Giants have 111 assists, 4 errors and have accumulated 282 putouts on the campaign. In their 846 innings on the diamond, the Giants hold a defensive efficiency of 67.0% (24th in baseball).

In his career, Hicks has conceded 191 hits while he has accumulated 266 strikeouts in 255 innings pitched. He has allowed a total of 105 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.273 and a FIP of 3.6. His K/BB ratio is 1.99 and he has faced 1,086 opposing hitters thus far in his career. Hicks (12-21 record in his career) has a 3.70 ERA and has conceded 6.7 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Washington

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