Milwaukee Brewers vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 4/11/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Monday, April 11, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-150) Baltimore (+130)

The Baltimore Orioles (52-110 last year) are welcoming the Milwaukee Brewers (95-67 last season) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Monday. The line on this matchup has the Brewers at -150 and the Orioles open at +130. The betting total is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Eric Lauer and Bruce Zimmermann.

As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers notched 4.6 runs per outing, which ranked them 12th in baseball. They had 738 runs while having a team OBP of .317. The Brewers tallied 255 two-baggers as a squad and smacked 194 baseballs out of the park. They had 700 RBI's and 1,251 hits over the course of the prior season, and their team batting average finished at .233. Milwaukee had a slugging percentage of .396 and were rung up 1,465 times, while taking a walk on 586 occasions.

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Brewers pitchers yielded 168 home runs in addition to 623 runs in total (3rd in baseball). They walked 537 opposing hitters and their FIP finished at 3.72 as a squad during the previous year. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.01 and the pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.18. The Brewers held a team earned run average of 3.50 last season (3rd in baseball), and they rung up 1,618 hitters.

The Brewers had dispatched 533 relief pitchers to the mound last season. The relievers inherited 152 base runners over the course of last season and 35.5% of them ended up crossing the plate. They tallied 44 saves over the course of the prior season and did not convert 29 of their 73 save opportunities. The Brewers relief pitchers earned a save rate of 60.3% and stepped onto the hill in 155 save situations. The relievers earned 80 holds in the prior season (14th in the league). Brewers bullpen pitchers entered the game with runners on 105 times in addition to having 188 games in high leverage situations.

The Milwaukee Brewers had 4,308 putouts over the course of the prior season, as well as 1,331 assists and 94 errors. Their fielding percentage held steady at .984 which was 22nd in the majors, and they twisted 102 double plays. The Brewers transformed 70.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 12,924 innings on the field, which had them sitting at 4th in baseball.

Lauer has thrown 391 frames and has accumulated 367 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.28 (186 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.388. He has given up 396 base hits (9.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 147 free passes. Lauer (21-24 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 4.31 and he has gone up against 1,705 hitters in the majors.

Baltimore compiled 195 HRs in the previous season to go along with 632 runs batted in. They had 266 doubles, while walking 451 times and scoring 659 runs. The Baltimore Orioles earned an OBP of .304 and a team batting average of .239 last season. The Orioles had a team slugging percentage of .402 and they scored 4.07 runs per game (26th in the league). They were called out on strikes on 1,454 occasions (10th in MLB) and totaled 1,296 hits.

The Baltimore pitching staff surrendered 956 runs during the previous year while having an ERA of 5.84 (910 earned runs conceded). They allowed 258 dingers and they yielded 6.14 runs per 9 innings (30th in baseball). The Orioles had a team WHIP of 1.484 in addition to having a FIP of 5.15 as a staff last year. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 2.19 (1,234 strikeouts against 563 walks). They were ranked 30th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,518.

Baltimore bullpen pitchers held an inherited score percentage of 39.7% out of their 335 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers came in 156 times in high leverage situations in addition to 212 occasions with runners on base. Ending the season with 119 save situations, the Orioles compiled 63 holds and also 28 blown saves. They were ranked 29th in MLB with a save rate of 48.1%, and they dispatched 569 bullpen pitchers to the hill last season. Baltimore had relievers step onto the mound in 54 save chances and they walked away with 26 saves.

Out of their 12,618 innings on the diamond, the Orioles finished with a defensive efficiency of 68.3% (28th in professional baseball). The Baltimore Orioles turned 101 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .987 (6th in baseball). The Orioles racked up 1,359 assists, 74 errors and are sitting with 4,206 putouts over the course of last season.

In his career, Zimmermann has surrendered 81 base hits while he has accumulated 63 strikeouts in 71 innings. Zimmermann (4-5 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 5.30 ERA while giving up 10.2 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 42 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.472 and a FIP of 5.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.63 and he has gone up against 316 opposing hitters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Milwaukee (-150)

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