Miami Marlins vs Washington Nationals Prediction, 4/26/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Marlins vs Washington Nationals

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Location: Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Miami (-120) Washington (+100)

Nationals Park is the location where the Washington Nationals (6-12) will attempt to beat the Miami Marlins (7-8) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this contest has Miami at -120 and Washington is sitting at +100. The over/under comes in at 7.5. The starting pitchers will be Sandy Alcantara and Jon Gray.

As a squad, the Miami Marlins are notching 3.9 runs/g, which ranks them 17th in the league. They have earned 59 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .326. The Marlins have accrued 22 two-baggers as a team and have hit 12 balls out of the park. They have 56 runs batted in as well as 121 hits over the course of the season, and their average at the plate is at .242. Miami owns a slugging percentage of .381 and have been rung up 144 times, while being walked on 58 occasions.

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The Marlins have a team ERA of 3.41 this year (13th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 136 batters. Their K/BB ratio is 2.83 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.17. Marlins pitchers have given up 14 home runs and 58 runs in total (10th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 48 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.65 as a unit for the season.

The Marlins relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 80.0% and has come into the game in 14 save situations. The relievers have inherited 18 base runners for the season with 33.3% of them ended up scoring. Marlins pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 13 times as well as having 16 appearances in high leverage situations. The Marlins have dispatched 57 relievers to the mound so far this season. The relief pitchers have racked up 9 holds on the campaign (17th in baseball). They have accumulated 4 saves for the year and have blown 1 of their 5 save chances.

The Marlins have converted 71.2% of balls in play into outs out of 1,188 innings, which has them ranked 11th in MLB. The Miami Marlins have 396 putouts so far this season, in addition to 126 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .981 which has them ranked 24th in MLB, and they have turned 13 double plays.

Alcantara (21-34 career win-loss record) has earned a FIP of 4.02 while facing 2,108 batters in the majors. He has conceded 433 base hits (7.7 hits per 9 innings) with 182 free passes. His earned run average is 3.43 (193 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.214. Alcantara has taken the mound for 506 frames and has tallied 446 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

The Nationals have a team SLG% of .320 and they average 3.44 runs per game (24th in the league). They have recorded 25 two-baggers, while getting a free base 51 times as well as recording 62 runs. Washington has 11 home runs so far this year to go along with 61 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 141 instances (13th in the league) and have notched a total of 130 base knocks. The Washington Nationals have compiled a team on-base percentage of .290 in addition to a batting average of .221 so far this season.

The Washington pitching staff have given up 100 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 5.41 (95 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 17 homers and they allow 5.70 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Nationals have a team WHIP of 1.544 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.22 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.03 (150 strikeouts vs 74 bases on balls). They rank 30th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 170.

Washington relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 34.1% of 41 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 15 times in high leverage situations in addition to 22 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 13 save situations, the Nationals have accumulated 9 holds and also 1 blown save. They rank 16th in MLB with a save rate of 75.0%, and they have dispatched 78 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the year. Washington has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 4 save opportunities and they have earned 3 saves.

The Washington Nationals have turned 11 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (20th in MLB). The Nationals have racked up 150 assists, 10 errors and have accumulated 474 putouts so far this season. In their 1,422 innings on the diamond, the Nationals hold a defensive efficiency of 65.4% (29th in professional baseball).

In his career, Gray has conceded 836 base hits while he has earned 857 punch outs in 838 innings pitched. Gray (53-50 career record) has a 4.62 ERA and has given up 9.0 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 430 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.335 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.03 and he has gone up against 3,592 hitters in his pro baseball career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Washington (+100)

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