Braves Vs Pirates: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – June 9, 2022

The Atlanta Braves (30-27) will try to keep a seven-game win streak intact when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates (24-30) on Thursday at 7:20 PM ET. Atlanta (-278 to win) has Max Fried set to start, while Pittsburgh (+230) counters JT Brubaker.

The betting insights in the following article reflect odds as of June 9, 2022 at 11:26 AM ET.

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Braves vs Pirates Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Braves Probable Starter Max Fried

• Fried (5-2 with a 2.74 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 69 innings pitched) gets the start for the Braves, his 12th of the season.
• His most recent time out was on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies, when the lefty threw 8 2/3 scoreless innings while giving up two hits.
• The 28-year-old has a 2.74 ERA and 8 strikeouts per nine innings across 11 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .221 to his opponents.
• Fried is trying to secure his fifth quality start in a row in this game.
• He will face a Pirates offense that ranks 28th in the league with 189 runs while batting .224 as a squad. It has a collective .357 slugging percentage (28th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 47 home runs (23rd in MLB).
• The 28-year-old’s 2.74 ERA ranks 18th, 1.014 WHIP ranks 19th, and 8 K/9 ranks 31st among qualifying pitchers this season.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 9, 2022 at 11:26 AM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Pirates Stats vs Fried

Pirates Probable Starter JT Brubaker

• The Pirates’ Brubaker (0-5) will make his 12th start of the season.
• The right-hander’s last appearance was on Friday, when he threw 4 2/3 innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks, giving up five earned runs while allowing eight hits.
• The 28-year-old has pitched in 11 games this season with an ERA of 4.70 and 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings, with an opponent batting average of .243.
• In 11 starts this season, he’s earned a quality start in one of them.
• The Braves have scored 259 runs this season, which ranks eighth in MLB. They are batting .244 for the campaign with 76 home runs, second in the league.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 9, 2022 at 11:26 AM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Braves Stats vs Brubaker

Braves Betting Trends

• The Braves have gone 23-16 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 59% of those games).
• Atlanta has never played a game this season with moneyline odds of -278 or shorter.
• The Braves have a 73.5% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Atlanta has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 57 times, and has combined with opponents to go over the total in 31 of those games (31-24-2).
• The Braves have covered 45.6% of their games this season, going 26-31-0 against the spread.

Pirates Betting Trends

• The Pirates have won 17, or 42.5%, of the 40 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Pittsburgh has played as an underdog of +230 or more twice this season and won both games.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Pirates have a 30.3% chance to win.
• So far this season, Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 20 of their 54 games with a total.
• The Pirates are 27-27-0 against the spread this season.

Braves Players to Watch

• Austin Riley has accumulated 59 hits with a .534 slugging percentage, both team-best numbers for the Braves. He’s hitting .265 with 13 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 20 walks.
• Among qualified batters in MLB action, Riley ranks 62nd in batting average, 59th in on-base percentage, and 13th in slugging.
• Matt Olson’s .362 on-base percentage leads his team, and he has 24 doubles, seven home runs and 35 walks while batting .258.
• Among qualified hitters, Olson’s batting average ranks 74th, his on-base percentage ranks 32nd, and he is 36th in the league in slugging.
• Olson has hit safely in six games in a row. In his last 10 outings he is batting .318 with six doubles, two home runs, three walks and 13 RBI.
• Ozzie Albies is batting .248 with 14 doubles, seven home runs and 13 walks.
• Dansby Swanson is hitting .278 with 11 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 21 walks.

Braves Batting Stats (2022)

Pirates Players to Watch

• Ke’Bryan Hayes leads Pittsburgh in OBP (.374), slugging percentage (.387) and total hits (53) this season.
• Among all qualified hitters in the majors, Hayes’ batting average is 29th, his on-base percentage ranks 19th, and he is 107th in slugging.
• Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh with 42 hits. He is batting .216 this season and has 16 extra-base hits.
• Reynolds is currently 143rd in batting average, 118th in on-base percentage and 107th in slugging percentage among all qualified hitters.
• Daniel Vogelbach has 30 hits this season and has a slash line of .236/.324/.433.
• Michael Chavis has been key for Pittsburgh with 37 hits, an OBP of .309 plus a slugging percentage of .453.

Pirates Batting Stats (2022)

Braves vs Pirates Player Props

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