Chicago Cubs vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 9/9/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: FanDuel Sports Network South

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (-132) Atlanta (+110)

The Atlanta Braves (64-79) will try to defeat the Chicago Cubs (81-62) at Truist Park on Tuesday. The odds on this game have the Cubs at -132 while the Braves are coming in at +110. The over/under is set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound will be Cade Horton and Spencer Strider.

Chicago has a slugging % of .428 and have struck out 1,107 times, while being walked on 490 occasions. They have 687 RBI's as well as 1,207 hits for the season, and their batting average is sitting at .249. The Cubs have earned 236 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 195 balls out of the park. They have a total of 703 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .320. As a team, the Chicago Cubs are earning 4.9 runs per game, which ranks them 7th in the league.

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The Cubs have a team ERA of 3.89 this year (10th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,101 hitters. Cubs pitchers have given up 177 home runs and 586 total runs (6th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 368 hitters and their FIP is 4.20 as a unit so far this season. Chicago has yielded 1,154 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and also 548 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.99 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.20.

The Cubs have dispatched 465 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. The relievers have inherited 128 base runners on the year with 32.8% of those players ended up scoring. They have tallied 37 saves for the season and have blown 17 out of their 54 chances to get a save. The Cubs relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 68.5% and have stepped onto the mound in 152 save situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 95 holds for the year (3rd in the league). Cubs bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 92 times and also have had 141 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Boston Red Sox have a total of 3,807 putouts this season, in addition to 1,201 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .989 which has them ranked 5th in pro baseball, and have a total of 112 double plays. The Cubs have transformed 71.5% of balls in play into outs in their 11,421 innings, which ranks them 3rd in pro baseball.

Horton has taken the ball for 103 innings and is sitting with 87 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 2.79 (32 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.143. He has surrendered 86 hits (7.5 hits per 9 innings) with 32 free passes. Horton (9-4 record in his career) has a FIP of 2.75 and he has gone up against 422 hitters in the major leagues.

The Braves hold a slugging % of .393 and they earn 4.38 runs per game (15th in MLB). They have recorded 215 two-baggers, while getting a free base 506 times as well as earning 626 runs. Atlanta has tallied 160 long balls on the season as well as 605 RBIs. They have been rung up on 1,236 instances (10th in baseball) and have 1,184 hits. The Atlanta Braves are sitting with a team OBP of .319 and a batting average of .243 over the course of the season.

The Braves hold a team WHIP of 1.314 with a FIP of 4.31 as a squad so far this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.70 (1,227 strikeouts against 477 bases on balls). They are sitting at 17th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,187. They have relinquished 178 homers and they concede 4.71 runs per 9 innings (21st in baseball). The Atlanta pitching staff have yielded 662 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.47 (629 earned runs surrendered).

Atlanta bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 38.5% out of their 195 inherited base runners. Their relievers have come in 154 times in high leverage situations and also on 147 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 106 save situations, the Braves have accumulated 58 holds and 20 blown saves. They rank 24th in the league with a save rate of 58.3%, and they have dispatched 460 bullpen pitchers onto the field for the season. Atlanta has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 48 save chances and they have come away with 28 saves.

The Atlanta Braves have turned 96 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .990 (2nd in pro baseball). The Braves have recorded 1,217 assists, 49 errors and are sitting with 3,798 putouts during this campaign. In 11,394 innings on the diamond, the Braves have a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (14th in pro baseball).

Strider (37-22 career win-loss mark) has a 3.83 earned run average while giving up 7.2 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 4.01 and he has gone up against 1,780 opposing batters so far in his MLB career. He has allowed 183 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.148 and having a FIP of 3.8. In his pro baseball career, Strider has given up 344 hits while totaling 601 K's in 430 innings pitched.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Atlanta (+110) and under 9 runs

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