Atlanta Braves at Pittsburgh Pirates 8/22/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Monday night MLB action, the Atlanta Braves will invade PNC Park to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Braves (75-48) have won eight of their previous ten games and trail NL East Division leading New York by four full games. On Sunday, Atlanta 1B Matt Olson homered and scored twice during a 5-4 home loss versus Houston.

Thirty-two year old righty Jake Odorizzi (4-5 4.15 ERA) will make his fourth start for the Braves. Odorizzi, who was acquired in a deadline deal from Houston, has given up nine runs through 13 plus innings with Atlanta and you can see how everyone else is doing with our baseball picks.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have dropped eight of their last ten games and have fallen into the NL Central Division basement. On Sunday, Pittsburgh OF Tucupita Marcano drove in a pair of runs and scored another during a 9-5 home loss versus Cincinnati. SP Zach Thompson (3-10) gave up three runs in five innings and took the loss for the Pirates (47-74).

Rookie right-hander Roansy Contreras (3-3 4.02 ERA) will take the ball for the Pirates on Monday. Through 59 career major league innings, Contreras has struck out 57 batters and limited opposing batters to nine home runs.