Arizona Diamondbacks vs Washington Nationals Prediction, 4/18/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arizona Diamondbacks vs Washington Nationals

Date: Monday, April 18, 2022

Location: Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Arizona (+120) Washington (-140)

The Washington Nationals (4-7) will take on the Arizona Diamondbacks (3-6) at Nationals Park on Monday. The moneyline on this contest has the Diamondbacks at +120 while the Nationals are priced at -140. The betting total is set at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Madison Bumgarner and Jon Gray.

Arizona has a slugging % of .270 and have been rung up 81 times, while drawing a walk on 42 occasions. They have compiled 20 RBI's in addition to 37 base knocks on the year, while their batting average is at .152. The Diamondbacks have hit 8 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 7 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 21 runs and have an OBP of .288. As a squad, the Arizona Diamondbacks are scoring 2.6 runs per game, which has them at 29th in baseball.

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The Diamondbacks have an ERA of 3.63 on the season (12th in the league), and the staff has rung up 52 hitters. They have walked 36 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.87 as a unit so far this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.44 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.39. Diamondbacks pitchers have conceded 9 home runs in addition to 36 runs in total (16th in the league).

The Diamondbacks bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 50.0% and has come into the game in 5 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 11 runners on the year with 0.0% of those runners crossed home plate. Diamondbacks relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 8 times and also have had 14 appearances in high leverage situations. The Diamondbacks have dispatched 35 relief pitchers to the mound this season. The bullpen have a total of 3 holds for the season (18th in the league). They have compiled 1 save so far this year and have missed out on 1 of their 2 save opportunities.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have 216 putouts this season, in addition to 67 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .973 which puts them in 30th in professional baseball, and have a total of 9 double plays. The Diamondbacks have converted 71.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 648 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 13th in pro baseball.

Bumgarner (127-106 career record) holds a FIP of 3.51 while he has faced 8,347 hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 1,809 hits (8.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 486 free passes. His earned run average is 3.31 (750 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.124. Bumgarner has pitched in 2,042 innings and has tallied 1,952 punch outs in his pro baseball career.

Washington has hit 7 home runs on the campaign and 40 runs batted in. They have recorded 12 doubles, while walking 31 times as well as putting up 41 runs. The Washington Nationals have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .298 in addition to a team batting average of .230 so far this season. The Nationals hold a team slugging % of .328 and they have an average of 4.10 runs per game (18th in the league). They have been rung up on 83 occasions (9th in baseball) and have earned 77 base hits.

The Nationals have a team WHIP of 1.644 and have a FIP of 4.22 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They come in at 30th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 96. The Washington pitching staff have relinquished 55 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 5.48 (53 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio is 1.89 (89 strikeouts against 47 free passes). They have surrendered 9 homers and they relinquish 5.69 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league).

Sitting with 5 save situations, the Nationals have accrued 3 holds in addition to 0 blown saves. Washington has called on relief pitchers to enter the contest in 2 save chances and they have tallied 2 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 8 times in high leverage situations and on 12 occasions with base runners. Washington relievers have an inherited score percentage of 13.0% out of 23 inherited runners. They are ranked 7th in MLB holding a save rate of 100.0%, and they have dispatched 40 bullpen pitchers to the hill this year.

In 783 innings played, the Nationals have a efficiency on defense of 63.8% (30th in the majors). The Washington Nationals have gotten 6 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .989 (10th in baseball). The Nationals have racked up 86 assists, 4 errors and have accumulated 261 putouts so far this year.

Gray (53-49 win-loss record in his career) has a 4.60 ERA and has given up 9.0 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.02 and he has faced 3,572 batters during his pro baseball career. He has allowed 426 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.338 and having a FIP of 3.9. So far in his career, Gray has given up 833 base knocks while accumulating 853 K's in 833 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Arizona (+120)

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