Red Sox vs. Cubs Odds & Betting Predictions - July 16, 2023

Red Sox at Cubs

6:20 pm • MARQ

Boston Red Sox

0-0

11 - 5

Chicago Cubs

0-0

pitcher		team	era	w-l
J.Steele			3.06	16-5
K.Crawford			4.04	6-8

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Red Sox 0-0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cubs 0-0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sunday 6:20 p.m.

July 16, 2023

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J.Steele o16.5 Outs-118

0.34u

Under 9.5-120

0.6u

Bet to -122 or 9 (-103)

BOS +135

0.68u

Bet to +128

J.Steele o17.5 Outs-105

$128.57

The Red Sox are 17-12 (.586) after a win as underdogs this season -- 5th best in MLB; League Avg: .443.

Alex Verdugo is batting .320 on fastballs since last season -- eighth best in MLB-- 94th Percentile. Justin Steele has thrown fastballs 65% of the time since last season -- fourth highest among starting pitchers with at least 101 total IP-- 98th Percentile.

Enrique Hernandez has an OPS of just .412 with two strikes this season -- 12th worst in MLB-- eighth Percentile. Justin Steele has allowed an OPS of just .403 (186 PAs) with two strikes this season -- ninth best among qualified SPs-- 88th Percentile.

Kutter Crawford has allowed an OPS of 1.123 (64 PA's) when facing the leadoff batter in the inning this season -- 3rd highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 36 total IP; League Avg: .732 -- second Percentile.

Opponents have a = 95 mph'>Hard-Hit Rate of just 19% (13/70) against Kutter Crawford with two-strikes this season -- best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 36 total IP; League Avg: 37% -- 100th Percentile.

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MLB Public Betting

Cubs are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Cubs are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Cubs are 43-38 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Cubs' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 34 of Cubs' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	79-83	36-45	43-38	33-50	45-32
Red Sox	75-87	32-49	43-38	30-49	44-37

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cubs	75-81-6	34-46-1	41-35-5	40-39-4	34-41-2
Red Sox	79-75-8	37-40-4	42-35-4	37-40-2	41-34-6

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	83-79	44-37	39-42	45-38	37-40
Red Sox	81-81	38-43	43-38	42-37	38-43

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Jul 15th	BOS	W 10-4	+1.5 W	O 9	CHC +100
Jul 15th	BOS	L 3-8	+1.5 L	O 9.5	BOS +115
Jul 9th	@NYY	W 7-4	+1.5 W	O 8.5	CHC +125
Jul 8th	@NYY	L 3-6	+1.5 L	O 8.5	NYY +167
Jul 7th	@NYY	W 3-0	+1.5 W	U 8	CHC +134

Lucas Giolito
P
Giolito is out for season with elbow
Out for Season
Patrick Sandoval
P
Sandoval is out for season with elbow
Out for Season
Garrett Whitlock
P
Whitlock is out with oblique
Out
David Hamilton
IF
Hamilton is out with finger
Out

Ben Brown
P
Brown is out with neck
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RK.Crawford, P	89	6	9	0
LJ.Jacques, P	12	1	0	0
RJ. Faria, P	65	2	3	5

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1R.Refsnyder, CF	2-4	2	0	1
1R.Refsnyder, RF	2-4	2	0	1
2J.Turner, 1B	1-3	1	0	0
2T.Casas, PH	1-1	1	1	2
2T.Casas, 1B	1-1	1	1	2
3R.Devers, 3B	2-4	2	1	1
3K.Hernandez, PH	0-1	0	0	0
3K.Hernandez, 2B	0-1	0	0	0
4A.Duvall, RF	0-3	1	0	0
4J.Duran, PH	0-1	0	0	0
4J.Duran, CF	0-1	0	0	0
5M.Yoshida, LF	3-5	2	1	6
6J. Alfaro, DH	2-5	0	0	0
7C. Arroyo, 2B	0-5	0	0	0
7C. Arroyo, 3B	0-5	0	0	0
8C.Wong, C	1-4	1	0	0
9Y. Chang, SS	2-4	1	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LJ.Steele, P	82	6	6	6
RM.Rucker, P	33	1.1	1	3
RA.Alzolay, P	15	0.2	1	2
RT.Barnhart, P	12	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1M.Tauchman, CF	2-2	2	1
2N.Hoerner, SS	1-3	0	2
3C.Morel, 2B	1-5	0	1
4I.Happ, LF	0-3	0	0
4P.Wisdom, LF	0-0	0	1
5C.Bellinger, 1B	0-3	0	0
5J.Young, 1B	0-1	0	0
6S.Suzuki, RF	0-3	0	0
7Y.Gomes, C	0-4	0	0
8T. Mancini, DH	1-3	2	0
9M.Mastrobuoni, 3B	0-2	1	0