Oakland Athletics vs Philadelphia Phillies Prediction, 4/10/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Philadelphia Phillies

Date: Sunday, April 10, 2022

Location: Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia

Odds/Point Spread: Oakland (+195) Philadelphia (-240)

Citizens Bank Park is the location where the Philadelphia Phillies (82-80 last year) will take on the Oakland Athletics (86-76 last season) on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has Oakland at +195 while Philadelphia is at -240. The total is 8.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Daulton Jefferies and Zach Eflin.

The Athletics compiled 271 two-baggers as a squad and hit 199 balls out of the park. Oakland owned a slugging percentage of .406 and were rung up 1,349 times, while drawing a walk on 545 occasions. As a unit, the Oakland Athletics put up 4.6 runs per game, which had them sitting at 11th in MLB. They had 698 runs batted in as well as 1,283 base knocks in the previous season, while their team batting average came in at .238. They were sitting with 743 runs and held an OBP of .316.

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The Athletics had a team earned run average of 4.02 over the course of last year (13th in the league), and they struck out 1,332 hitters. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 3.03 and the pitching staff recorded a WHIP of 1.26. Athletics pitchers gave up 191 long balls in addition to 687 runs (12th in baseball). Their pitching staff walked 439 opposing hitters and their FIP was 4.10 as a team for the previous season.

The Athletics had dispatched 504 relief pitchers to the hill in the previous season. The bullpen inherited 180 base runners over the course of last season with 35.6% of those players earned a run for their team. They earned 39 saves during the previous year and blew 28 out of their 67 chances to save the game. The Athletics bullpen compiled a save rate of 58.2% and came into the game in 138 save situations. The relievers notched 71 holds in the prior season (23rd in MLB). Athletics relief pitchers entered the contest with runners on base 123 times and also had 148 contests in high leverage situations.

The Athletics turned 69.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 12,897 innings, ranking them 13th in pro baseball. The Oakland Athletics had a total of 4,299 putouts over the course of last season, as well as 1,320 assists and 72 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .987 which ranked 5th in baseball, and had a total of 116 double plays.

Jefferies has taken the ball for 17 innings and has totaled 9 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Jefferies (1-1 record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 5.64 and he has gone up against 71 batters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 5.82 (11 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.294. He has allowed 16 base knocks (8.5 hits per nine innings) with 6 walks.

The Philadelphia Phillies recorded an OBP of .318 as well as a team batting average of .240 in the previous season. They struck out on 1,402 occasions (15th in baseball) and had a total of 1,288 base hits. Philadelphia knocked in 198 home runs over the course of the prior season in addition to 700 RBIs. The Phillies held a team slugging percentage of .408 and they scored 4.53 runs per game (13th in the league). They had 262 two-baggers, while getting a free base 564 times and scoring 734 runs.

The Philadelphia pitching staff given up 745 runs in the prior season while holding a team ERA of 4.39 (692 earned runs surrendered). They surrendered 200 dingers and they relinquished 4.73 runs per 9 innings (17th in the league). The Phillies finished with a team WHIP of 1.290 with a FIP of 4.15 as a squad for the prior year. They had a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.91 (1,480 strikeouts vs 509 free passes). They ranked 15th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,321.

Philadelphia had relievers take the mound in 70 save opportunities and they came away with 36 saves. They ranked 26th in MLB with a save rate of 51.4%, and they dispatched 525 relievers onto the diamond last season. Their relief pitchers came in 165 times in high leverage situations and on 144 occasions with runners on. Philadelphia relievers had an inherited score percentage of 41.8% of 225 inherited runners. Ending the season with 146 save situations, the Phillies had 70 holds and 34 blown saves.

Philadelphia Phillies turned 142 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .984 (21st in MLB). The Phillies had 1,439 assists, 94 errors and had 4,256 putouts last season. In their 12,768 innings played, the Phillies finished with a efficiency on defense of 68.7% (24th in baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Eflin has surrendered 624 base knocks while tallying 487 punch outs in 583 frames. Eflin (33-40 career record) is the owner of a 4.55 ERA and has given up 9.6 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 295 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.318 and a FIP of 4.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.36 and he has faced 2,492 hitters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Philadelphia (-240)

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