Cubs v Orioles MLB Prediction and Pick, Today's MLB Betting Picks, 7-8-2026

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Our Cubs v Orioles Pick: ORIOLES

Baltimore offers value in this matchup despite Chicago’s higher-scoring offense. The Orioles bring a more reliable bullpen, a better save conversion rate, and face a Cubs relief unit that has struggled to protect late leads. Dean Kremer and Colin Rea have produced similar career numbers, making the starting pitching matchup relatively even. While Chicago has been one of MLB’s better offensive teams, Baltimore has enough power and run production to keep pace. With the Cubs’ bullpen ranking near the bottom of the league and the Orioles holding the late-game edge, the pick is Baltimore Orioles.

MATCHUP	Cubs	Orioles
Cubs v Orioles Moneyline	-122	+102
Where	Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD
When	Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Cubs v Orioles MLB Prediction – 7-8-2026 – MLB Betting Picks

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On average, the Chicago Cubs are scoring 5.1 runs per game, which places them in fifth place among all Major League Baseball teams. There have been 455 runs scored by them, and their on-base percentage is.338. Over the course of their season, the Cubs have hit 112 balls out of the park and have a total of 142 doubles to their credit. Throughout the course of the season, they have collected 749 hits, contributed 424 runs to the team’s total, and have a batting average of.244 as a unit. The Cubs have a slugging percentage of.409 and have been called out on strikes 762 times. On 397 occasions, they have drawn a walk because of their slugging percentage.

In terms of their pitching staff, they have a combined WHIP of 1.27, and their strikeout to walk ratio is now running at 2.53. The pitchers for the Cubs have allowed a total of 409 runs and 137 long balls, which places them seventeenth in the league. While allowing 738 hits (8.3 per 9 innings), Chicago has also allowed 388 earned runs to be scored against them. Since the beginning of the season, the Cubs have a 4.36 earned run average, which places them in the 21st spot in the league, and they have struck out 705 batters. By the end of the season, they had walked 279 men from the opposing team, and their batting average per game is 4.75.

It has been reported that the Cubs bullpen has a save percentage of 51.6% and has entered the game in 66 different save situations. They have made 16 saves so far this year, but they have failed to make 15 of the 31 save opportunities they have had. To this point in the season, the relievers have been given 132 runners to inherit, and 31.1% of those runners have ended up successfully crossing the plate. There have been 93 instances in which Cubs relief pitchers have taken the mound with runners on base, and they have also made 85 appearances in high leverage situations. Since the beginning of the season, the Cubs have utilized 293 bullpen pitchers in their lineup. This year, the bullpen has piled up 29 holds, which places them thirty-first in the league.

With 7,212 innings played, the Cubs have a 71.9% success rate in turning baseballs in play into outs, which places them in third place among professional baseball teams. So far, the Chicago Cubs have accumulated 2,404 putouts, 831 assists, and 36 errors. Additionally, they have made 36 errors. Currently, they have a fielding percentage of.989, which places them in fourth place in the professional baseball league. Additionally, they have turned 65 double plays.

To this point in his Major League Baseball career, Rea has pitched for 695 innings and has struck out 561 batters. His earned run average is 4.45, and he has allowed 344 earned runs. His walk-to-hit ratio is 1.290. His batting average is 8.8 hits per nine innings, and he has allowed 681 hits while also allowing 216 free passes. The career win-loss record of Rea is 43-32, and he has achieved a fielding average of 4.39 while facing 2,961 batters in the major leagues.

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The Baltimore Orioles have finished the season with a batting average of.238 and an on-base percentage of.319 for the team as a whole. They have a total of 721 base knocks and have been called up on 832 occasions, which places them fourth in the minor leagues. In addition to accumulating 403 runs batted in, Baltimore has also hit 104 home runs so far this season. The Baltimore Orioles have a team slugging percentage of.395 and are scoring 4.57 runs per game, which places them in the fourteenth spot in the league. They have scored 416 runs, taken a walk 350 times, and collected 140 two-baggers. In addition, they have walked at least 350 times.

As of this point in the season, the pitching staff for Baltimore has allowed 444 runs to be scored against them, while their team earned run average is 4.34 (389 earned runs have been given up). They are ranked 23rd in the league in terms of the number of runs they allow per nine innings, and they have allowed 100 long balls. As a team, the Orioles have a WHIP of 1.372 and a FIP of 4.22 for the year. This is the team’s overall performance. They have a strikeout-to-base ratio of 8.10, which accounts for 723 strikeouts against 321 free passes. When it comes to the overall number of hits allowed, they are ranked 25th in the Major League Baseball.

In the Major League Baseball, they have a save percentage of 66.7%, which places them in 15th place, and they have used 297 relievers so far this season. It has been 82 times that their relief pitchers have taken the field in high leverage situations, and it has also been 85 times that they have worked with base runners. The Baltimore Orioles have 82 save situations, 51 of which have been held, and 10 of which have been blown. A total of thirty opportunities to rescue the game have been presented to relievers in Baltimore, and they have been successful in achieving twenty of those possibilities. When compared to the total number of 117 inherited runners, the Baltimore relievers have an inherited scoring percentage of 26.5%.

The Baltimore Orioles have a fielding percentage of.983, which places them in 21st place in all of baseball, and they have turned 64 double plays. This season, the Orioles have accumulated 2,420 putouts, 774 assists, and 54 mistakes. They have also recorded those numbers. The Orioles have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.0% over the course of their 7,260 innings played, which places them 24th in the professional baseball league.

The total number of base knocks that Kremer has allowed in his career is 657, while he has a total of 598 punch outs in 688 innings pitched. While he has a WHIP of 1.282 and a FIP of 4.2, he has allowed a total of 324 earned runs without allowing any of them to be scored against him. In his career, he has faced 2,901 batters and has a strikeout-to-base ratio of 2.66. He has also faced a total of 2,901 batters. Over the course of his career, Kremer has a record of 42-41, with an earned run average of 4.24. He has also allowed 8.6 hits per nine innings pitched.

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