Atlanta Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 4/2/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: Atlanta (+102) Los Angeles (-122)

The Atlanta Braves (0-5) are on their way to Dodger Stadium on Wednesday where they will meet the Los Angeles Dodgers (6-0). The moneyline on this matchup has the Braves at +102 and the Dodgers are sitting at -122. The over/under comes in at 9. The expected starting pitchers are Bryce Elder and Blake Snell.

The Braves have hit 2 two-baggers as a team and have hit 4 balls out of the park. Atlanta has a slugging rate of .235 and have been called out on strikes 50 times, while drawing a walk on 20 occasions. As a team, the Atlanta Braves are notching 1.6 runs/g, which is 29th in baseball. They have 8 runs batted in as well as 22 base knocks on the season, and their batting average is at .144. They have accumulated 8 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .243.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.94 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.50. Braves pitchers have given up 5 home runs and 23 runs in total (19th in the league). Atlanta has yielded 42 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) and 23 earned runs. The Braves are sitting with a team ERA of 5.18 so far this season (23rd in MLB), and their staff has rung up 35 hitters. They have walked 18 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.17 as a squad so far this year.

The Braves bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 0.0% and has entered the game in 2 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 4 runners on the season and 75.0% of those players earned a run for their team. Braves bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 2 times and also have had 6 appearances in high leverage situations. The Braves have dispatched 15 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season. The relief pitchers have recorded 1 hold this year (21st in the league). They have tallied 0 saves for the season and have blown 1 of their 1 save chances.

The Braves have converted 68.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 360 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 20th in MLB. The Athletics are sitting with 120 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 43 assists and 0 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at 1.000 which is 5th in MLB, and they have turned 3 double plays.

Elder has taken the hill for 278 innings and has totaled 221 K's during his career. His ERA is 4.17 (129 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.334. He has surrendered 268 hits (8.7 hits per 9 innings) with 103 free passes. Elder (16-13 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 4.11 while facing 1,185 batters in the major leagues.

Los Angeles has compiled 14 HRs so far this season to go along with 34 runs batted in. They have recorded 10 doubles, while walking 27 times and putting up 36 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers have earned an on-base percentage of .329 as well as a batting average of .234 on the season. The Dodgers hold a slugging percentage of .505 and they score 6.00 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have struck out on 50 instances (4th in baseball) and have a total of 45 base knocks.

The Dodgers hold a team WHIP of 1.218 and are the owners of a FIP of 2.69 as a team so far this year. They are sitting at 19th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 40. The Los Angeles pitching staff have surrendered 17 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 2.62 (16 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 11.90 (73 strikeouts against 27 free passes). They have given up 4 long balls and they concede 2.78 runs per 9 innings (6th in MLB).

With 13 save situations, the Dodgers have 8 holds and also 1 blown save. Los Angeles has had relief pitchers take the mound in 4 save opportunities and they have tallied 3 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 8 times in high leverage situations and also on 2 occasions with runners on base. Los Angeles relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 0.0% out of their 2 inherited runners. They sit at 11th in the league holding a save percentage of 75.0%, and they have dispatched 28 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 2 double plays and have a fielding percentage of 1.000 (2nd in professional baseball). The Dodgers have 41 assists, 0 errors and have accounted for 165 putouts for the year. In their 495 innings on the field, the Dodgers have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.2% (14th in baseball).

Thus far in his career, Snell has conceded 840 base knocks and he has 1,368 strikeouts in 1,096 innings pitched. Snell (76-58 win-loss record in his career) holds a 3.19 ERA while allowing 6.9 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 389 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.218 and a FIP of 3.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.76 and he has gone up against 4,537 opposing hitters thus far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-122)

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