Cincinnati Reds vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 8/23/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: DBACKS.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Cincinnati (-145) Arizona (+125)

The Arizona Diamondbacks (62-66) will go up against the Cincinnati Reds (67-61) at Chase Field on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has the Reds at -145 and the Diamondbacks are at +125. The total is set at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers are Andrew Abbott and Nabil Crismatt.

As a team, the Cincinnati Reds are notching 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 11th in the league. They have accumulated 574 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .318. The Reds have recorded 199 doubles as a squad and have hit 126 baseballs out of the park. They have compiled 541 RBI's and 1,049 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average is at .247. Cincinnati has a slugging percentage of .392 and have struck out 1,090 times, while being walked on 411 occasions.

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The Reds are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.80 on the season (9th in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,041 hitters. Reds pitchers have conceded 138 home runs and also 522 runs in total (11th in baseball). They have walked 395 batters and their FIP sits at 4.05 as a team for the season. Cincinnati has conceded 986 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 471 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.64 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.24.

Reds relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 113 times in addition to having 124 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 82 holds over the course of the season (6th in baseball). The Reds relievers have accumulated a save rate of 63.8% and have come into the game in 131 save situations. They have accumulated 30 saves on the year and have missed out on 17 of 47 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 173 base runners so far this year with 31.8% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Reds have dispatched 429 relievers to the hill this season.

The Reds have transformed 71.1% of balls in play into outs out of 10,050 innings, ranking them 5th in pro baseball. The Chicago White Sox are sitting with 3,350 putouts this season, in addition to 977 assists and 68 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .985 which is 21st in MLB, and have accumulated 80 double plays.

Abbott (26-19 career record) has a FIP of 3.22 and he has gone up against 1,568 opposing hitters in the majors. He has given up 332 base hits (7.9 hits per nine innings) and has had 131 walks. His earned run average is 3.27 (137 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.228. Abbott has taken the hill for 377 innings and has accounted for 346 strikeouts so far in his MLB career.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have tallied a team on-base percentage of .326 in addition to a team batting average of .250 so far this season. They have been rung up on 999 instances (21st in MLB) and have notched a total of 1,068 hits. Arizona has tallied 176 home runs on the campaign as well as 604 RBIs. The Diamondbacks hold a slugging % of .439 and they earn 4.91 runs per game (6th in MLB). They have recorded 220 two-baggers, while taking a walk 435 times and scoring 619 runs.

The Arizona pitching staff have relinquished 616 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.57 (568 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 156 long balls and they concede 4.95 runs per 9 innings (25th in the league). The Diamondbacks hold a team WHIP of 1.336 in addition to having a FIP of 4.31 as a unit so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 8.10 (1,012 strikeouts vs 392 walks). They come in at 26th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,103.

Arizona has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 57 save opportunities and they have walked away with 33 saves. They are ranked 23rd in the league with a save percentage of 57.9%, and they have dispatched 381 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the year. Their relief pitchers have come in 115 times in high leverage situations in addition to 103 occasions with base runners. Arizona relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 32.6% of 132 inherited base runners. Sitting with 123 save situations, the Diamondbacks have recorded 62 holds in addition to 24 blown saves.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have turned 96 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (17th in professional baseball). The Diamondbacks have accrued 1,117 assists, 63 errors and have a tally of 3,357 putouts for the season. In 10,071 innings played, the Diamondbacks are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.1% (23rd in professional baseball).

In his MLB career, Crismatt has conceded 179 hits while he has accumulated 167 K's in 182 innings pitched. He has surrendered 74 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.286 and having a FIP of 3.6. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.04 and he has faced 772 opposing batters in his career. Crismatt (9-6 career mark) holds a 3.66 ERA and has given up 8.9 hits per 9 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Arizona (+125) and under 8.5 runs

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