Brewers vs Marlins Series Preview: Milwaukee’s Quest for NL Central Title

The Milwaukee Brewers Looks To Continue Its Dominance Against Miami

If it feels like the Milwaukee Brewers and Miami Marlins just played, there is a good reason for that, as this is the second series between the National League playoff contenders in September. Perhaps that will play a role in the Brewers vs Marlins series preview.

When the teams met earlier this month, Milwaukee won three of the four games and outscored Miami 19-5.

With former Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes pitching in Friday’s series opener, the visiting Brewers are favored at -140 to win versus Miami yet again.

When looking at the current MLB standings, Milwaukee leads the National League Central Division by eight games over the Chicago Cubs with nine games remaining, so there is a chance that the Brewers could wrap up the division crown during this series. Miami is tied with the Chicago Cubs for the final wild card spot in the National League.

Milwaukee is 41-36 on the road this season, with Miami 44-34 at home this MLB season.

Milwaukee (+2100) is 11th in the odds to win the World Series with Miami (+7000) coming in 14th in the championship odds.

Probable Starting Pitchers

• Friday: Corbin Burnes (Brewers); To Be Announced (Marlins)
• Saturday: Brandon Woodruff (Brewers); Jesus Luzardo (Marlins)
• Sunday: Freddy Peralta (Brewers); Edward Cabrera (Marlins)

Power Outage Ending?

Going into Thursday’s series finale with St. Louis, the Milwaukee Brewers ranked near the bottom of the majors in home runs hit in the month of September before Blake Perkins and Victor Caratini both went deep in the 6-0 win. That could play a factor in the Brewers vs Marlins series preview.

Milwaukee won’t need that power to wrap up the National League Central Division title, but it will be hard to take down either the Atlanta Braves or Los Angeles Dodgers without some more power.

The total has gone under in seven of the seven games for Milwaukee.

Pitching Questions in South Florida

It is not a good sign that a team fighting for a playoff spot waits to announce the starting pitcher for the series opener and moves up another starter up a day in the rotation. Keep that in mind when looking at the Brewers vs Marlins series preview.

Much of these issues can be traced to the absence of 2022 National League Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara and also the desire to manage the innings of youngster Eury Perez.

There isn’t much margin for error when it comes to the wild-card race, so getting quality starting pitching will be crucial in this series.

The total has gone over in four of Miami’s last six games.

Who’s Hot

• Luis Arraez, Miami Marlins IF: Arraez is hitting .394 with five home runs and eight extra-base hits over his last 16 games.
• Sal Frelick, Milwaukee Brewers OF: Frelick has hits in 10 of his last 11 games. He is hitting .357 with three doubles and four RBIs during that stretch.
• A.J. Puk, Miami Marlins P: Puk hasn’t allowed a run in his last three outings with six strikeouts in 3.2 innings.
• Brandon Woodruff, Milwaukee Brewers P: Woodruff is 2-0 with an ERA of 0.41 and 19 strikeouts in 22 innings in his last three starts.

Who’s Not

• Joel Payamps, Milwaukee Brewers P: Payamps has allowed 11 hits and six runs in 6.2 innings in his last seven games.
• Tanner Scott, Miami Marlins P: Scott has allowed five hits and three runs over two innings in his last two appearances.
• Jacob Stallings, Miami Marlins C: Stallings is 4-for-24 with nine strikeouts in his last nine games.
• Rowdy Tellez, Milwaukee Brewers 1B: Tellez is 4-for-19 with eight strikeouts and no extra-base hits in his last eight games.

Brewers vs Marlins Injury Update

Outfielder Christian Yelich is questionable for Milwaukee with a back injury. The Brewers are already without outfielder Jesse Winker.

For Miami, infielders Luis Arraez and Jake Burger are considered day-to-day, with Alcantara and fellow pitcher Huascar Brazoban on the injured list.

Brewers vs Marlins Betting Preview

The Brewers are bringing out the big arms for this series with former Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes getting things going in the series opener, which will impact the MLB predictions.

Milwaukee has won five of its last seven road games as well as eight of the previous 10 road contests against Miami.

The total has gone over in seven of Miami’s last nine games at home. Milwaukee is 42-36 against the run line on the road this season with Miami covering in just 33 of 78 home games.

The total has gone under in five of Milwaukee’s last six games against National League East teams.

Milwaukee is 47-31 this season when listed as the favorite, with Miami 37-44 as the underdog.

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