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The Visiting Cubs with Top Predicted Hitter Kris Bryant Expected Winner Over the Pirates
Fri, Aug 16, 2019 | Emma Botos
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Arturo Pardavila III from Hoboken, NJ, USA License
August 16, 2019 -- On the road, the Cubs take the Pirates for a 58.90% likelihood to win based on the Snoozle MLB model.
Likely starting pitcher for the Cubs, Kyle Hendricks, will be paired with the hosting Pirates's pitcher Joe Musgrove. Kyle Hendricks is estimated to have 2.324 earned runs, 22.107 outs, and 5.475 strike outs. Joe Musgrove is estimated from the model to throw for 6.626 innings, allowing 2.486 earned runs, with 6.919 Ks.
The Cubs's Kris Bryant and the Pirates's Josh Bell will slug it out from the plate. The Cubs's Kris Bryant from the plate is forecast to score 0.673 runs, 0.614 RBIs and have a 0.376 OBP. Based on the Snoozle model, Josh Bell is predicted to have 0.658 RBIs and score 0.540 runs over an estimated 4.000 at-bats.
For this game Cubs are the best value on the money line bets with on the -130 away odds and a predicted 58.90% likelihood to win. For this game, the under is the best value; the model predicted a 60.30% over estimate and -110 line odds for 9.0 runs.
Posted at Fri, August 16, 2019 13:04:11 UTC