Atlanta Braves vs Miami Marlins Prediction, 5/20/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs Miami Marlins

Date: Friday, May 20, 2022

Location: LoanDepot Park in Miami, FL

TV: Bally Sports Florida

Odds/Point Spread: Atlanta (-145) Miami (+125)

The Miami Marlins (17-20) welcome the Atlanta Braves (17-21) at LoanDepot Park on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has the Braves at -145 and the Marlins are sitting at +125. The over/under is set at 7.5. The starting pitchers will be Charlie Morton and Trevor Rogers.

The Braves have tallied 63 two-baggers as a team and have hit 47 balls out of the park. Atlanta has a slugging % of .387 and have struck out 370 times, while drawing a walk on 121 occasions. As a squad, the Atlanta Braves are notching 4.1 runs per contest, which has them at 18th in MLB. They have 144 RBI's in addition to 280 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average comes in at .223. They have earned 155 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .297.

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The Braves are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.93 so far this year (21st in the league), and their staff has rung up 349 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 138 batters and their FIP is 3.45 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.53 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.27. Braves pitchers have allowed 28 long balls and 168 runs in total (25th in baseball).

The Braves relief pitchers have a save percentage of 61.1% and has entered the game in 38 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 63 base runners so far this year with 38.1% of them ended up scoring. Braves relief pitchers have entered the game with players on base 40 times as well as having 42 appearances in high leverage situations. The Braves have sent 124 relievers to the hill so far this year. The relief pitchers have a total of 20 holds for the year (17th in MLB). They have tallied 11 saves this year and have missed out on 7 of their 18 save opportunities.

The Braves have transformed 69.7% of balls in play into outs out of 3,033 innings on the field, which has them sitting 22nd in MLB. The Atlanta Braves have earned 1,011 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 319 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .985 which puts them in 15th in pro baseball, and they have turned 25 double plays.

Morton has taken the ball for 1,659 innings and is sitting with 1,524 K's during his career. His ERA is 4.02 (741 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.304. He has given up 1,570 hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 594 free passes. Morton (109-98 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.73 while going up against 7,111 batters in the majors.

Miami is sitting with 39 home runs this year and 149 RBIs. They have put up 56 doubles, while taking a walk 113 times as well as scoring 158 runs. The Miami Marlins have accounted for an OBP of .313 as well as a team batting average of .243 this season. The Marlins have a slugging percentage of .394 and they average 4.27 runs per game (14th in the league). They have struck out on 329 occasions (7th in baseball) and have tallied 302 base hits.

The Marlins hold a team WHIP of 1.202 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.78 as a pitching staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.58 (325 strikeouts vs 126 walks). They have a ranking of 4th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 266. They have relinquished 35 long balls and they yield 3.84 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Miami pitching staff have relinquished 139 runs for the year while having an ERA of 3.34 (121 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 37 save situations, the Marlins have earned 23 holds and also 4 blown saves. Miami has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 13 save opportunities and they have come away with 9 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 35 times in high leverage situations and also on 33 occasions with base runners. Miami relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.3% out of their 51 inherited base runners. They are ranked 16th in baseball with a save rate of 69.2%, and they have sent 133 bullpen pitchers to the hill this year.

In 2,940 innings on the field, the Marlins have a defensive efficiency of 71.4% (9th in professional baseball). The Miami Marlins have gotten 32 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (18th in pro baseball). The Marlins have 332 assists, 21 errors and are sitting with 980 putouts this season.

So far in his pro baseball career, Rogers has given up 171 base hits while he has totaled 225 K's in 193 innings. Rogers (10-14 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.44 earned run average while surrendering 8.0 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 74 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.257 and having a FIP of 3.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.13 and he has faced 821 hitters during his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Atlanta (-145)

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