Miami Marlins vs Washington Nationals Prediction, 9/3/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Marlins vs Washington Nationals

Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Location: Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

TV: MASN

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

Nationals Park is the location where the Washington Nationals (54-83) will try to beat the Miami Marlins (65-73) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has Miami at -275 while Washington is coming in at +220. The betting total comes in at 8. The pitchers expected to start will be Eury Perez and Mitchell Parker.

Miami is slugging .394 and have struck out 1,086 times, while taking a walk on 414 occasions. They have 569 RBI's as well as 1,180 hits this season, while their team batting average is at .250. The Marlins have tallied 231 doubles as a unit and have hit 131 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 599 runs and hold an OBP of .314. As a unit, the Miami Marlins are notching 4.3 runs/g, which is 18th in the league.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.50 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.31. Marlins pitchers have relinquished 160 long balls and 684 runs in total (25th in the league). Miami has conceded 1,165 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 634 earned runs. The Marlins are sitting with a team ERA of 4.66 on the season (25th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,086 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 435 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.28 as a team on the year.

Marlins pitchers have entered the game with players on base 108 times as well as having 147 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 73 holds so far this season (19th in the league). The Marlins bullpen have a save rate of 63.0% and have stepped onto the mound in 128 save situations. They have compiled 34 saves on the year and have missed out on 20 of their 54 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 157 runners on the campaign with 32.5% of them crossed the plate. The Marlins have dispatched 429 relievers to the mound for the season.

The Marlins have transformed 70.0% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 11,019 innings on the diamond, ranking them 15th in baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers have amassed 3,673 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,183 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which ranks 15th in professional baseball, and have earned 92 double plays.

Perez has pitched in 162 innings and has 178 strikeouts during his MLB career. His earned run average is 3.55 (64 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.091. He has allowed 119 base hits (6.6 hits per 9 innings) and has had 58 free passes. Perez (11-10 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.50 while he has gone up against 661 hitters in the majors.

The Nationals have a team slugging percentage of .383 and they have an average of 4.18 runs per game (25th in baseball). They have recorded 223 two-baggers, while taking a walk 394 times as well as putting up 573 runs. Washington is sitting with 126 long balls on the season to go along with 550 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,106 occasions (23rd in the league) and have notched a total of 1,110 hits. The Washington Nationals have a team on-base percentage of .308 and a team batting average of .243 on the season.

The Washington pitching staff have given up 751 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 5.34 (712 earned runs conceded). They have surrendered 179 dingers and they allow 5.63 runs per 9 innings (29th in baseball). The Nationals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.432 in addition to having a FIP of 4.67 as a team on the campaign. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 7.90 (1,052 strikeouts against 465 walks). They come in at 29th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,255.

Sitting with 101 save situations, the Nationals have recorded 58 holds and 15 blown saves. Washington has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 42 save opportunities and they have earned 27 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 101 times in high leverage situations and on 133 occasions with runners on base. Washington relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 39.4% out of 226 inherited base runners. They rank 9th in MLB with a save rate of 64.3%, and they have sent 485 bullpen pitchers to the hill this season.

In their 10,812 innings played, the Nationals hold a defensive efficiency of 68.1% (29th in pro baseball). The Washington Nationals have gotten 105 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (19th in professional baseball). The Nationals have accrued 1,167 assists, 74 errors and have accounted for 3,604 putouts over the course of the season.

In his pro baseball career, Parker has conceded 308 hits while accumulating 227 strikeouts in 292 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 165 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.384 and a FIP of 5.0. His K/BB ratio is 2.36 and he has gone up against 1,273 opposing batters so far in his career. Parker (14-25 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 5.09 earned run average and has conceded 9.5 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Washington (+220)

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