The MLB slate back on Thursday was the lightest one that we’ve seen so far to start the season, but it wasn’t an off day for the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers. The classic NL Central rivalry was the finale of the night, and for the third game of this four-game series, we’ve got our Reds vs. Brewers predictions for you.

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Reds vs. Brewers Predictions For MLB On FS1, 4/5

After having to deal with the introduction of the torpedo bats to start the season, which led to getting swept by the New York Yankees. That even extended to an 11-1 beatdown at home to the Kansas City Royals; however, they did end up winning that series.

Now, the Brew Crew will be facing a former Royal - the now Cincinnati Reds starter Brady Singer. They’ll be countering with Elvin Rodriguez, who has done his fair share of traveling in his young career as well. In other words, we’d suggest not basing your Reds vs. Brewers predictions on a battle of aces.

While that’s some foreshadowing for our best bet, let’s get more into each team before fully breaking that down.

 

 

 

Cincinnati Reds: Making History

While the Brewers were seeing bombs hit left and right to start their season, the Reds recently made history on the complete opposite end of the spectrum. That was by losing three straight games by the exact score of 1-0. The final game of that streak came by the hands of Milwaukee in the series opener.

Of course, that streak came to an end last night, but they were just the second team to have such a unique stretch since 1920 (1960 Philadelphia Phillies being the other). While that’s more of just an interesting piece of history rather than one that is indicative of tonight’s outcome, it’s a long season! 

 

 

 

Milwaukee Brewers: Nestor Cortes Avenges His Revenge Game

Speaking of that 1-0 win for the Brewers to open the season, the storyline coming out of that matchup was Nestor Cortes avenging his first start for his new team. He faced his former team, the Yankees, in Milwaukee’s first series, and it couldn’t have started worse.

In just three pitches, Cortes gave up three home runs to his former teammates! That certainly heightened the torpedo bat talk, which is still on-going, but as we saw on Thursday night, he avenged that revenge game with a one-hitter against the Reds in which he also recorded six strikeouts and just two walks.

 

 

 

How To Watch Reds vs. Brewers Today

Moving things forward to focus back on tonight’s matchup, here is how you can watch Reds vs. Brewers today:

  • Where: American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • When: 7:10 PM ET on 4/5
  • Watch on TV: FS1
  • Where to stream: Fubo, MLB.TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV

 

 

 

Reds vs. Brewers Odds, Spreads, Total & Betting Lines

So that we can get into our best bet, let’s also quickly cover the latest Reds vs. Brewers odds for today:

 

 

 

Reds vs. Brewers Best Bet: Over 8 Runs (Target Player Picks At Chalkboard Fantasy)

That’s right - despite that recent streak of 1-0 games for the Reds, we’re taking the over for tonight’s game! When it comes to division rivalries like this, there is plenty of recent history to pull from that we often like to use for extra value in the prop markets, but we’re keeping things simple.

Speaking of trends, high-scoring games is exactly what we saw from these teams last season; seven of their meetings exceeded the total along with two pushes, which were both set on the high side of nine runs. Of course, this is a new year, and speaking of which, the new starters for both teams also have us expecting plenty of runs.

That may seem surprising given how well Brady Singer looked for the Reds to open his season. He went a full seven innings and recorded eight strikeouts in their 14-3 win over the Texas Rangers (plenty of runs there). However, Royals fans will quickly tell you not to expect that from Singer on a regular basis.

There are reasons he’s not in Kansas City anymore, one of which was his 9-13 record last year. Similarly, Brewers starter Elvin Rodriguez is now on his third team in three years. Admittedly, injuries derailed things after having quite a bit of hype for his rookie season with the Detroit Tigers, but regardless, they have affected him.

In his first start with Milwaukee this year, he faced Singer’s former team, the Royals. He was pulled after just four innings after giving up four earned runs en route to an 11-1 loss (again, plenty of runs there).

With a lack of aces on the mound tonight, we’re locking in the best bet from our Reds vs. Brewers predictions on the over 8 runs, which you can pair with some player picks at Chalkboard Fantasy!

 

 

 

Reds vs. Brewers Injury Report & Starting Pitchers

Every team starts the year with guys on the injured list that we likely wouldn’t see in the lineup anyway. So, in terms of notable absences, the biggest Reds vs. Brewers injury news for Cincinnati would be Tyler Stephenson on the 10-day IL.

As for Reds vs. Brewers injury news in Milwaukee, it would be starter Brandon Woodruff on the 15-day IL. Speaking of starters, here are the Reds vs. Brewers starters for today:

 

 

 

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