Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds Matchup Preview - June 8th, 2023

Mookie Betts and the Dodgers go head-to-head against Jake Fraley and the Reds today. Over the last 7 days, Mookie Betts has provided the bulk of the offense for Dodgers. He's batted .300 with 5 runs, 4 RBIs, 3 home runs, and 1 stolen bases. Meanwhile, it's been Jake Fraley who has been hot for the Reds. Over the last week, he's batting .368 with 7 runs, 3 RBIs, 2 home runs, and 4 stolen bases.

Los Angeles Dodgers Insights

• The Cincinnati Reds have 9 hitters in the projected lineup that will hold the platoon advantage against Clayton Kershaw in this matchup.

• Extreme groundball bats like Chris Taylor generally hit better against extreme flyball pitchers like Graham Ashcraft.

• James Outman pulls many of his flyballs (37.9% — 97th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league's 8th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup.

Cincinnati Reds Insights

• The Cincinnati Reds outfield defense grades out as the 5th-best on the slate.

• Kevin Newman has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (68% of the time), but he is projected to bat 1st in the batting order in this game.

• Today’s version of the Reds projected batting order is missing some of their usual firepower, as their .306 The Sharp Model X wOBA is considerably below their .319 overall projected rate.

Betting Trends

• The Cincinnati Reds have hit the 1st Five Innings (F5) Team Total Over in 23 of their last 33 games at home (+13.35 Units / 36% ROI)

• The Los Angeles Dodgers have hit the Game Total Over in 21 of their last 29 away games (+12.50 Units / 40% ROI)