Atlanta Braves (2-4) vs Philadelphia Phillies (5-1)
Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 7:20 pm
*3 Star Play Over* If you are looking for an over in Major League Baseball, you won't find a better umpire to have behind the home plate than Alfonso Marquez. Marquez is behind the dish for this game.
The over went 25-8 in Marquez's games behind the plate in 2019. The over was 9-5 in his games last year. The over is 1-0 in his games this year. It isn't just that the games are going over though. Marquez has the lowest strikes called percentage of any umpire in the league in the last three seasons.
Ian Anderson and Zach Eflin are both young pitchers with a lot of potential, but they face very good lineups here. I think both the Phillies and Braves are top eight offenses in the majors. The Braves haven't looked like it so far this year, but they will turn things around.
Both Philly and Atlanta have very deep lineups. The guys at the bottom of the order are very capable of hurting you.
The Phillies bullpen is some better this year, but it is definitely still a relative weakness. The Braves bullpen is worse after they lost Greene and Melancon.
The Braves offensive struggles out of the gate have this number set too low. Marquez being behind the plate is a nice bonus.
Take the over.