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what's going on everyone Chris from pick dogs.com here with your free pick in the Pittsburgh Pirates versus Cincinnati Reds Major League Baseball matchup going down Sunday August 25th 2024 just a reminder if you haven't already make sure you're subscribe to our Channel and smash that thumbs up and if you're looking for my Best Bets the games that I love including my daily $19 best bet head on over to pick dogs.com and click the premium picks tab at the top of the page but let's get to this one between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds the Pittsburgh Pirates sending out Luis Ortiz for the start in this one while the Cincinnati Reds no starter confirmed I have seen Carson Spears listed as the starter in a couple of places we'll try to update that for you on Sunday's Morning Show see if that ends up proving to be the case but in said for right now we do see the Pittsburgh Pirates listing Luis Ortiz here and Ortiz has had a rough month of August I mean he had the one good start on the road against the San Diego Padres you know a couple weeks ago but in the three starts surrounding it it's gotten roughed up for four runs four runs and six runs he's made it into or out of the sixth inning in all three of those rough outings but home runs are an issue for Ortiz you know he's given up a combined seven runs excuse me seven home runs in those three rough outings eight home runs in the month of August combined and while Ortiz was pitching very well for much of the Season you know not having an erra for a month outside of three his erra in the month of August right now sitting at 6.45 so if you're looking to back the Cincinnati Reds that could be sort of your silver lining is to to maybe maybe find a reason to fade Pittsburgh here but the problem for me is that I don't love necessarily love Carson Spears I like him out of Cincinnati you know a lot of pitches for the Reds lineup I I like away from Great American just with how hitter friendly it is but I just don't like the way the Cincinnati Reds lineup is producing right now I think it's it's starting to look like a Cincinnati Reds team that I think is starting to get a little bit resigned to the fact that they're probably not going to be making the playoffs this season you look at the wild card standings right now and this is a Cincinnati Reds lineup That is 7 and a half games back of the final wild card spot and right now the Diamond Backs and Padres show no signs of slowing down the Braves are showing a sense of urgency winning some games as of late so I think it's just you know the the reds are just you know falling out falling out of favor and while the Pirates are right there next to him the Pirates are at least playing better baseball right now they've been a lot more competitive entering Saturday's action the Pirates have won five of their last eight games including both games so far in this series we'll have to see how Saturday's matchup shakes out but I think this could be a good spot for ourti to have a bit of a bounceback neither team is really hitting right-handed pitching all that well right now the Pittsburgh Pirates are hitting 225 while the Cincinnati Reds are hitting just 213 and if Ortiz can provide a decent enough start in this one the Pittsburgh Pirates in the last two weeks have the best Bullpen ER in baseball at 1.61 so I'm going to lean towards the Pittsburgh Pirates in this one on the money line and that's going to be my free pick but just a reminder if you haven't already make sure you're subscribe to our Channel and smash that thumbs up and if you're looking for my best Best Bets you can find those at pck dogs premium while you're at pck dogs check out our betting tools they're 100% free they're the best betting tools in the business and tools that you want to make sure that you have in your back pocket when you're making your Best Bets for the day's action thanks for watching see you guys soon