Detroit Tigers vs Miami Marlins Prediction, 9/12/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Miami Marlins

Date: Friday, September 12, 2025

Location: loanDepot park in Miami, FL

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Florida

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-275) Miami (+220)

The Detroit Tigers (84-62) are on their way to loanDepot park on Friday where they will attempt to beat the Miami Marlins (67-79). The moneyline on this contest has the Tigers at -275 and the Marlins open at +220. The total is set at 8. The pitchers expected to start will be Tarik Skubal and Sandy Alcantara.

As a unit, the Detroit Tigers are recording 4.9 runs per game, which ranks them 7th in the league. They have racked up 718 runs and have an on-base percentage of .320. The Tigers have hit 228 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 184 balls out of the park. They have earned 686 RBI's in addition to 1,233 base knocks for the year, while their batting average is at .251. Detroit is slugging .423 and have been called out on strikes 1,287 times, while taking a walk on 459 occasions.

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The Tigers hold a team earned run average of 3.86 this season (10th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,234 hitters. Tigers pitchers have given up 166 home runs and 611 total runs (12th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 429 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.03 as a unit this year. Detroit has given up 1,169 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 556 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.88 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.23.

The Tigers relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 66.1% and stepped onto the hill in 128 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 220 runners for the year with 27.7% of those players ended up scoring. Tigers bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 156 times in addition to having 123 appearances in high leverage situations. The Tigers have dispatched 447 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The bullpen are sitting with 68 holds on the campaign (24th in the league). They have accumulated 37 saves so far this year and have not converted 19 of 56 chances to save the game.

The Tigers have turned 70.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 11,661 innings, which has them sitting at 11th in professional baseball. The Colorado Rockies have earned 3,887 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,257 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .986 which has them sitting 16th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 120 double plays.

Skubal has taken the mound for 751 innings and has totaled 870 strikeouts in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.07 (256 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.020. He has surrendered 599 base knocks (7.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 167 walks. Skubal (54-35 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.02 while facing 2,990 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

Miami is sitting with 139 HRs so far this year to go along with 605 RBIs. They have recorded 244 doubles, while getting a free base 439 times as well as scoring 636 runs. The Miami Marlins are sitting with an OBP of .315 as well as a team batting average of .250 over the course of the season. The Marlins have a team slugging percentage of .393 and they average 4.36 runs per game (15th in MLB). They have struck out on 1,140 occasions (27th in baseball) and have 1,249 hits.

The Marlins have a team WHIP of 1.325 in addition to having a FIP of 4.35 as a squad this year. They have a ranking of 22nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,257. The Miami pitching staff have given up 741 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.78 (688 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.00 (1,148 strikeouts vs 458 walks). They have given up 176 homers and they surrender 5.15 runs per 9 innings (26th in MLB).

Sitting with 134 save situations, the Marlins have earned 77 holds and also 20 blown saves. Miami has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 55 save chances and they have tallied 35 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 151 times in high leverage situations and on 113 occasions with runners on base. Miami relievers have an inherited score percentage of 32.5% out of their 166 inherited base runners. They sit at 13th in the league with a save percentage of 63.6%, and they have sent 456 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year.

Out of their 11,649 innings on the diamond, the Marlins have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.6% (18th in pro baseball). The Miami Marlins have turned 96 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (17th in pro baseball). The Marlins have accrued 1,236 assists, 75 errors and are sitting with 3,883 putouts over the course of the season.

So far in his career, Alcantara has given up 919 hits while he has totaled 912 strikeouts in 1,054 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 429 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.181 and a FIP of 3.6. His K/BB ratio is 2.80 and he has faced 4,345 hitters so far in his MLB career. Alcantara (49-67 career mark) is the owner of a 3.66 ERA while giving up 7.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit (-275)

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