Pittsburgh Pirates
Strikeouts Prop Odds:
Strikeouts 2.5 over: -140
Strikeouts 2.5 under: 105
Trends Favoring The Over Strikeouts Prop
The #1 venue in the game for boosting strikeouts, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is American Family Field.
Given that groundball batters are less effective against groundball pitchers, Braxton Ashcraft (44.2% GB% according to the leading projection system, THE BAT) is well-situated in today's game with 3 GB hitters in the opposing team's projected batting order.
Trends Favoring The Under Strikeouts Shots Prop
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) expects Braxton Ashcraft to be on a bit of a short leash today, projecting a maximum of 4 IP.
The Milwaukee Brewers (20.2 K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) are projected to have the 2nd-least strikeout-heavy set of batters on the slate.
American Family Field sits at the 8th-highest altitude in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to more offense.
According to the weather report, the temperature and humidity for this matchup will be the 3rd-most suitable for hitting of all games on the slate today.
Braxton Ashcraft will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today's matchup.
Braxton Ashcraft is projected to have 3.1 Strikeouts in today's game.