Philadelphia Phillies vs Atlanta Braves Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 8/31/24, 4:00 PM  by Edgar Jibran | Modified on 9/5/24 at 1:17 AM in MLB Picks

The third chapter of the MLB series between Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves will be disputed next Saturday’s night. After the huge victory that the Braves took from the Phillies in the second game of the series (2-7), the expectation is to have no retreat from the Phillies that must win the two remaining games to place themselves on a better spot on their way to the playoffs.

In this regard, Philadelphia Phillies is going to bring almost everything they have for the third game of the series, as the most probable pitcher will be Zack Wheeler, who is the strikeouts leader of this squad with 176 achieved in 160.2 played innings. Also, they must count on Kyle Schwarber and Alec Bohm, players that clearly are the batting leaders with 28 home runs and 147 hits respectively achieved.

On Atlanta Braves’ case, this team is still battling to gain their right of accessing to the playoffs as Divisional champions. Nevertheless, if they don’t achieve to cut the gap against the Phillies during this series, they still have chances as they’re located in the Wild Card spots. With that in mind, is evident that the head coach doesn’t want to depend on other results, so putting Fried as the opener pitcher looks like a great decision as he has been able to get 126 strikeouts in 133.2 played innings.