Washington Nationals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 4/14/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Washington Nationals vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh

Odds/Point Spread: Washington (+125) Pittsburgh (-150)

PNC Park is the location where the Pittsburgh Pirates (9-6) will take on the Washington Nationals (7-8) on Tuesday. The odds on this game have Washington at +125 and Pittsburgh is priced at -150. The over/under comes in at 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Miles Mikolas and Mitch Keller.

As a team, the Washington Nationals are putting up 5.9 runs/g, which has them sitting at 2nd in MLB. They have a total of 89 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .343. The Nationals have accumulated 27 doubles as a squad and have hit 17 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 83 RBI's and 144 base knocks on the year, while their batting average is at .272. Washington owns a slugging percentage of .427 and have struck out 117 times, while drawing a walk on 53 occasions.

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Their K/BB ratio is 1.52 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.53. Nationals pitchers have allowed 30 home runs and also 88 total runs (29th in baseball). Washington has surrendered 132 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and 82 earned runs. The Nationals have an earned run average of 5.51 for the year (29th in the league), and their staff has rung up 111 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 73 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 6.19 as a team for the year.

The Nationals have dispatched 53 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. The relief pitchers have inherited 23 runners for the year with 43.5% of them ended up scoring. The relief pitchers have notched 8 holds on the season (20th in baseball). Nationals bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 14 times in addition to having 12 appearances in high leverage situations. They have recorded 3 saves this season and have blown 5 out of their 8 save opportunities. The Nationals bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 37.5% and have come into the game in 19 save situations.

The Nationals have turned 71.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of 1,206 innings on the field, ranking them 8th in professional baseball. The Washington Nationals have accounted for 402 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 142 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .977 which has them ranked 27th in pro baseball, and have a total of 10 double plays.

Mikolas has pitched in 1,264 frames and has 906 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. Mikolas (72-78 career win-loss record) has earned a FIP of 4.26 and he has gone up against 5,285 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.32 (607 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.228. He has surrendered 1,299 hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has 253 free passes.

The Pirates have a team slugging percentage of .374 and they score 4.40 runs per outing (11th in the league). They have hit 21 doubles, while walking 63 times as well as notching 66 runs. Pittsburgh has accounted for 16 home runs on the year to go along with 63 runs batted in. They have struck out on 139 occasions (12th in the league) and have a total of 121 hits. The Pittsburgh Pirates have a team on-base percentage of .328 as well as a batting average of .238 over the course of the season.

The Pirates hold a team WHIP of 1.367 and have a FIP of 3.73 as a squad for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 9.70 (147 strikeouts against 73 walks). They are currently ranked 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 113. They have surrendered 11 long balls and they relinquish 3.84 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Pittsburgh pitching staff have surrendered 58 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 3.24 (49 earned runs given up).

They rank 24th in baseball with a save rate of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 56 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 27 times in high leverage situations and on 14 occasions with base runners. With 22 save situations, the Pirates have 16 holds and 3 blown saves. Pittsburgh has had relief pitchers enter the game in 6 save opportunities and they have tallied 3 saves. Pittsburgh relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 11.1% out of their 18 inherited runners.

In 1,227 innings played, the Pirates have a efficiency on defense of 69.7% (19th in professional baseball). The Pittsburgh Pirates have turned 11 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (18th in professional baseball). The Pirates have recorded 115 assists, 8 errors and have a total of 409 putouts for the year.

Keller (43-65 career win-loss mark) holds a 4.44 ERA and has given up 9.3 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.79 and he has gone up against 3,887 hitters during his pro baseball career. He has given up a total of 442 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.373 and a FIP of 4.4. In his MLB career, Keller has conceded 926 base knocks while totaling 848 strikeouts in 896 frames.

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Washington (+125)

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