Marlins vs Dodgers Picks and Prediction – 5/7/2024

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The Miami Marlins will continue their west coast road trip Monday night with game one of three against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Miami is one of the worst teams in baseball 17 games below .500 following a 16 run blowout loss against the Oakland Athletics. The Miami offense is a bottom feeder in the league with a .223 team average. Miami has scored just 125 runs on 262 hits this season. The Miami bullpen has been equally as bad with a 5.18 team ERA. For other MLB actions see our MLB Picks.

Vidal Brujan now leads the Miami offense with a .294 batting average after the Marlins traded Luis Arraez to the Padres. Otto Lopez has a .278 batting average but has played in just twelve games this season. Brian De La Cruz is the power for Miami leading the team with six home runs and 18 RBIs.

The Los Angeles Dodgers come into Monday running hot on a three-game win streak following a nine run win in their last outing. Offensively Los Angeles is one of the best teams in baseball with a .275 team average. The Dodgers have scored 192 runs on 335 hits this season. The Los Angeles power has carried the team as well 44 total home runs and a.450 team slugging percentage.

Mookie Betts is having an MVP caliber season leading the Dodgers in four out of five of the main offensive categories. Betts has a .360 batting average and has driven in a team leading 27 home runs. Shohei Ohtani has a .345 batting average to go along with eight bombs on the year. Max Muncy also has eight home runs this season despite playing in just 31 games total.