Boston Red Sox vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 6/1/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Sunday, June 1, 2025

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: FanDuel Sports Network South

Odds/Point Spread: Boston (+150) Atlanta (-182)

Truist Park is the site where the Atlanta Braves (26-29) will try to defeat the Boston Red Sox (27-31) on Sunday. The odds on this game have the Red Sox at +150 while the Braves are priced at -182. The over/under is set at 9. The expected starting pitchers are Garrett Crochet and Spencer Strider.

The Red Sox have tallied 106 doubles as a team and have smacked 71 balls out of the stadium. Boston has a slugging percentage of .419 and have struck out 522 times, while drawing a walk on 197 occasions. As a team, the Boston Red Sox are notching 4.7 runs per game, which has them at 8th in MLB. They have amassed 263 runs batted in and 509 hits this year, and their average at the plate comes in at .252. They have 275 runs and have an on-base percentage of .325.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.52 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.34. Red Sox pitchers have conceded 54 long balls and also 263 runs in total (23rd in MLB). Boston has surrendered 508 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 231 earned runs. The Red Sox are sitting with a team ERA of 3.99 so far this year (18th in the league), and the staff has rung up 481 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 191 opposing players and their FIP is 3.83 as a unit for the season.

Red Sox relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 57 times as well as having 75 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have 21 holds on the campaign (29th in MLB). The Red Sox bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 46.2% and have come into the game in 48 save situations. They have tallied 12 saves so far this year and have not converted 14 of 26 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 76 base runners this season and 35.5% of those runners crossed the plate. The Red Sox have dispatched 188 relievers to the hill so far this year.

The Red Sox have transformed 67.4% of balls in play into outs out of their 4,692 innings, ranking them 29th in MLB. The Baltimore Orioles have earned 1,564 putouts on the year, in addition to 528 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .978 which has them sitting 29th in MLB, and they have turned 53 double plays.

Crochet has taken the hill for 294 innings and has tallied 383 K's in his pro baseball career. Crochet (13-23 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 2.92 and he has faced 1,210 opposing hitters in the majors. His ERA is 2.97 (97 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.133. He has conceded 236 base knocks (7.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 97 free passes.

The Braves hold a slugging % of .391 and they are scoring 4.16 runs per contest (18th in the league). They have 78 two-baggers, while taking a walk 191 times and racking up 229 runs. Atlanta has hit 59 home runs over the course of the season as well as 220 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 465 occasions (12th in baseball) and have accounted for 463 base hits. The Atlanta Braves have compiled a team on-base percentage of .321 in addition to a team batting average of .248 this year.

The Braves have a team WHIP of 1.247 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.09 as a pitching staff this season. They come in at 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 422. The Atlanta pitching staff have given up 215 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 3.71 (200 earned runs conceded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.70 (467 strikeouts vs 183 free passes). They have yielded 62 home runs and they give up 3.99 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

With 46 save situations, the Braves have tallied 26 holds and 10 blown saves. Atlanta has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 20 save chances and they have recorded 10 saves. Their relievers have come in 66 times in high leverage situations and on 57 occasions with runners on. Atlanta relievers have an inherited score percentage of 31.1% out of their 74 inherited runners. They rank 26th in the league with a save rate of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 173 relief pitchers onto the field so far this year.

The Atlanta Braves have turned 39 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .989 (6th in pro baseball). The Braves have 495 assists, 22 errors and have earned 1,455 putouts this season. In 4,365 innings on the field, the Braves have earned a defensive efficiency of 71.2% (9th in pro baseball).

During his career, Strider has surrendered 256 base hits while earning 510 strikeouts in 343 frames. He has given up 134 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.081 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.43 and he has gone up against 1,402 batters during his MLB career. Strider (32-13 mark in his career) holds a 3.51 ERA while conceding 6.7 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Boston (+150)

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