Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 4/8/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Cincinnati (+120) San Francisco (-144)

The Cincinnati Reds (3-7) are en route to Oracle Park on Tuesday where they will try to beat the San Francisco Giants (8-1). The moneyline on this matchup has Cincinnati at +120 and San Francisco is coming in at -144. The total has been set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Nick Lodolo and Landen Roupp.

The Reds have earned 10 doubles as a unit and have hit 12 balls out of the stadium. Cincinnati has a slugging percentage of .352 and have been called out on strikes 81 times, while drawing a walk on 22 occasions. As a unit, the Cincinnati Reds are knocking in 3.9 runs per game, which has them at 16th in MLB. They have recorded 39 runs batted in as well as 68 hits so far this season, while their team batting average is at .210. They have notched a total of 39 runs and have an on-base percentage of .269.

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The Reds have a team ERA of 3.41 so far this year (9th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 75 hitters. Reds pitchers have yielded 10 long balls and also 38 runs in total (12th in baseball). They have walked 26 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.82 as a team this season. Cincinnati has given up 63 base hits (6.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 33 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.88 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.02.

Reds pitchers have entered the game with players on base 6 times and also have had 7 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 7 holds this season (11th in baseball). The Reds bullpen have a save percentage of 50.0% and has come into the game in 9 save situations. They have accumulated 1 save so far this season and have missed out on 1 of 2 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 10 runners on the campaign with 50.0% of them ended up scoring. The Reds have sent 33 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Chicago White Sox have a total of 261 putouts on the campaign, as well as 77 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which puts them in 27th in professional baseball, and they have turned 4 double plays. The Reds have turned 75.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 783 innings, which ranks them 3rd in MLB.

Lodolo has taken the hill for 265 innings and has racked up 305 strikeouts during his MLB career. His ERA is 4.38 (129 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.267. He has given up 250 hits (8.5 hits per nine innings) and has had 86 free passes. Lodolo (16-15 career mark) has a FIP of 4.31 while facing 1,148 hitters in the majors.

The Giants hold a team slugging percentage of .421 and they earn 5.44 runs per contest (6th in the league). They have hit 19 doubles, while taking a walk 31 times and scoring 49 runs. San Francisco has compiled 12 HRs so far this season as well as 49 RBIs. They have been rung up on 90 occasions (7th in the league) and have a total of 74 base knocks. The San Francisco Giants have accounted for an on-base percentage of .309 in addition to a team batting average of .238 on the season.

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.244 in addition to having a FIP of 4.19 as a unit over the course of the season. They come in at 14th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 71. The San Francisco pitching staff have conceded 30 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 2.85 (26 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 7.90 (72 strikeouts vs 31 bases on balls). They have relinquished 10 HR's and they allow 3.29 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league).

San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 8 save chances and they have converted 5 saves. They rank 16th in MLB holding a save percentage of 62.5%, and they have sent 34 relief pitchers onto the field so far this season. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 14 times in high leverage situations in addition to 6 occasions with runners on. San Francisco bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 30.0% out of their 10 inherited base runners. Sitting with 19 save situations, the Giants have earned 11 holds and also 3 blown saves.

In their 738 innings played, the Giants hold a efficiency on defense of 72.3% (12th in MLB). The San Francisco Giants have turned 9 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .994 (4th in the majors). The Giants have accrued 91 assists, 2 errors and have accumulated 246 putouts this season.

During his pro baseball career, Roupp has surrendered 47 base knocks and he has 55 K's in 54 innings. He has surrendered a total of 23 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.423 and a FIP of 3.8. His K/BB ratio is 1.83 and he has faced 237 opposing hitters in his MLB career. Roupp (1-2 career mark) is the owner of a 3.83 ERA while allowing 7.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cincinnati (+120)

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