Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 4/25/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
Date: Friday, April 25, 2025
Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA
TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA
Odds/Point Spread: Pittsburgh (+110) Los Angeles (-132)
The Pittsburgh Pirates (10-15) are en route to Dodger Stadium on Friday where they will meet the Los Angeles Dodgers (16-9). The moneyline on this game has Pittsburgh at +110 and Los Angeles is at -132. The over/under has been set at 8. The starting pitchers are Paul Skenes and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.


Pittsburgh has a slugging rate of .335 and have been rung up 225 times, while drawing a walk on 91 occasions. They have accrued 89 runs batted in and 185 base knocks this season, and their batting average comes in at .222. The Pirates have tallied 30 doubles as a squad and have hit 18 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 90 runs while having a team OBP of .304. As a unit, the Pittsburgh Pirates are earning 3.6 runs per game, which has them at 24th in baseball.
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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.60 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.18. Pirates pitchers have conceded 16 home runs in addition to 106 runs in total (15th in MLB). Pittsburgh has given up 190 base knocks (7.5 per 9 innings) and 97 earned runs. The Pirates are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.84 for the season (11th in the league), and they have rung up 200 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 77 hitters and their FIP is 3.37 as a team on the season.
The Pirates have dispatched 83 relievers to the hill so far this season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 33 runners over the course of the season with 30.3% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have accumulated 5 saves for the year and have missed out on 4 of their 9 chances to save the game. The Pirates bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 55.6% and have entered the game in 26 save situations. The relievers have notched 17 holds over the course of the season (12th in baseball). Pirates relief pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 23 times in addition to having 31 appearances in high leverage situations.
The Pirates have transformed 70.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 2,046 innings, which has them ranked 12th in pro baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates have notched a total of 682 putouts this year, in addition to 230 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which has them sitting 25th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 21 double plays.
Skenes (13-5 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 2.11 while he has gone up against 632 batters during his time in the majors. He has surrendered 115 base knocks (6.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 36 walks. His ERA is 2.14 (39 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 0.920. Skenes has taken the hill for 164 frames and is sitting with 200 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.
Los Angeles has accounted for 41 home runs on the season to go along with 113 runs batted in. They have put up 32 two-baggers, while walking 87 times as well as notching 116 runs. The Los Angeles Dodgers have accumulated an on-base percentage of .311 as well as a team batting average of .231 this season. The Dodgers hold a team SLG% of .426 and they score 4.64 runs per game (9th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 210 occasions (13th in baseball) and have 188 base hits.
The Dodgers have a WHIP of 1.305 and have a FIP of 3.72 as a staff this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 9.90 (242 strikeouts against 99 walks). They sit at 11th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 188. They have allowed 25 HR's and they concede 4.42 runs per 9 innings (16th in the league). The Los Angeles pitching staff have relinquished 108 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 3.97 (97 earned runs relinquished).
Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 17 save chances and they have tallied 11 saves. They are ranked 15th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.7%, and they have dispatched 100 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 31 times in high leverage situations and also on 14 occasions with runners on base. Los Angeles relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 22.2% out of 18 inherited runners. With 48 save situations, the Dodgers have tallied 29 holds in addition to 6 blown saves.
In their 1,980 innings on the field, the Dodgers hold a defensive efficiency of 69.7% (19th in professional baseball). The Los Angeles Dodgers have turned 16 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (6th in baseball). The Dodgers have racked up 199 assists, 10 errors and have accumulated 660 putouts for the season.
Yamamoto (10-3 career record) has earned a 2.50 ERA and has allowed 7.3 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.93 and he has gone up against 476 opposing batters in his pro baseball career. He has conceded 33 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.050 and being the owner of a FIP of 2.5. So far in his career, Yamamoto has conceded 96 hits while totaling 143 strikeouts in 119 frames.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Pittsburgh (+110)
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