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Milwaukee Brewers vs Chicago Cubs Matchup Preview - April 1st, 2023

Saturday the Milwaukee Brewers (1-0) will battle the Chicago Cubs (0-1). Oddsmakers peg the Brewers as the slight favorite with an implied win probablity of 53%, leaving the Cubs with a 47% chance to record a win. Based on the current odds the Brewers have an implied team total of 3.37 compared to 3.13 for the Cubs.

Milwaukee Brewers Insights

  • Luke Voit's 14.7% Barrel% is in the 95th percentile since the start of last season.

  • The 8.7% Barrel% of the Milwaukee Brewers grades them out as the #5 team in the majors since the start of last season by this stat.

Chicago Cubs Insights

  • Justin Steele's 2489 rpm fastball spin rate since the start of last season is in the 97th percentile among starters.

  • The Milwaukee Brewers don't have any same-handed relief pitchers in their bullpen, so Eric Hosmer is guaranteed to hold the platoon advantage against every reliever the whole game.

  • Nick Madrigal has a 99th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (42.5%) and will be challenged by the game's 5th-deepest RF fences today.

Betting Trends

  • Andrew McCutchen has hit the Hits Runs and RBIs Under in his last 3 games (+3.00 Units / 100% ROI)