{"id":361785,"date":"2025-08-07T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=361785"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:59:07","slug":"marlins-vs-braves-predictions-august-7-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/marlins-vs-braves-predictions-august-7-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins vs. Braves SGP predictions Aug. 7: Eury Perez should lead Miami to victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the final game of MLB&#8217;s four-game Thursday slate, the Atlanta Braves host Eury Perez and the Miami Marlins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Atlanta got the better of Perez earlier this season, but the young right-hander has been on a tear over the past five weeks. The Marlins are slight road favourites against the shorthanded Braves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Marlins vs. Braves predictions, including a prop bet on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/jakob_marsee\/batting-stats\">Jakob Marsee<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marlins vs. Braves predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Marlins ML | Perez over 5.5 Ks | Marsee over 0.5 hits (+320)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marlins moneyline (-121):<\/strong> Prior to the season, I never would&#8217;ve believed that the Braves would be 9.0 games behind the Marlins with 50-ish games to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But some underperformances and an avalanche of injuries have made it so, and I have zero interest in backing Atlanta tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For one thing, the Braves are missing their two most important bats: Ronald Acuna Jr. and Austin Riley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the pitching matchup swings heavily in the Marlins&#8217; favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perez has a 1.06 ERA in his past six starts, and Miami is 4-2 in that span. In the two losses, the Marlins scored just three combined runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlanta will trot out Carlos Carrasco, who was solid in his Atlanta debut last week (6.0 innings, three runs, five Ks). But the 38-year-old Carrasco has a 6.10 ERA in 50 outings since the start of 2023, so one decent game doesn&#8217;t move me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miami has won six of its past eight games, while Atlanta has lost four of five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:117112\">Embed: #117112<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-10146156-2d6b-49a8-b097-37743fd550b5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/baseball\/mlb?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLB SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Perez over 5.5 strikeouts<\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>(-130): <\/strong>Perez wasn&#8217;t at his best against the Braves back on June 21, allowing three runs over 4.2 innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he did rack up six Ks in that abbreviated outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 22-year-old fireballer really started putting it all together a couple of weeks later, and his recent dominance makes this a compelling play as a standalone or in an SGP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since the start of July, Perez has a 30.0% K rate and a .132 opponent BA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has 5+ Ks in all six outings in that span and is 4-2 vs. this prop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlanta has the ninth-highest strikeout rate in MLB (22.8%). This is a very attainable number for Perez to hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Marsee over 0.5 hits<\/strong><\/strong> (-159)<\/strong>:<\/strong> It&#8217;s not every day that unsung prospects climb to the majors and rake immediately. But that&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening with Marsee right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2022 sixth-round draftee out of Central Michigan University is 7-for-16 (.438) with five extra-base hits in his first six MLB games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six of Marsee&#8217;s 10 balls in play have had an exit velocity of 97.1 mph or above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His hot streak could end at any time, but the left-hitting Marsee should get something great to hit against Carrasco on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dating back to 2023, Carrasco has allowed a .279 BA and an .832 OPS to LHBs. And Carrasco&#8217;s .281 xBA this season ranks in the 14th percentile, per Baseball Savant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Marlins vs. Braves predictions made at 2:25 p.m. ET on 08\/07\/2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the final game of MLB&#8217;s four-game Thursday slate, the Atlanta Braves host Eury Perez and the Miami Marlins. The pregame narrative: Atlanta got the better of Perez earlier this season, but the young right-hander has been on a tear over the past five weeks. The Marlins are slight road favourites against the shorthanded Braves. 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