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)