Boston Red Sox vs Chicago Cubs Picks & Odds

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Wrigley Field, Chicago

Boston Red Sox logo
FINAL
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Boston Red Sox
1

Chicago Cubs
4

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Red Sox vs. Cubs: Team Total Props | July 18, 2025

Red Sox vs. Cubs: Team Total Props | July 18, 2025 - Colby Marchio

Consensus Picks

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BN Prediction Engine

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Projected Winner

Chicago Cubsto win
Confidence
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Confidence is the model's estimated chance that its projected winner wins the game.
56.9%(Slight edge)
Rating edge
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Rating edge describes the gap between the teams based on the model's rating inputs, including pitching, bullpen, offense and defense.
Strong edge
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Boston Red Sox

43.1%

BN Fair Odds

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+132

Starting Pitcher

Lucas Giolito

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Chicago Cubs

56.9%

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BN Fair Odds

-132

Starting Pitcher

Colin Rea

Team Ratings

BOS (Away)vsCHC (Home)

Average50

Pitcher

Below Avg30
Strong73

Bullpen

Above Avg55
Average42

Defense

Strong84
Above Avg57

Offense

Strong75
Weak (0–25)
Below Avg (25–40)
Average (40–55)
Above Avg (55–70)
Strong (70+)

Projection is based on current pitcher, bullpen, defense and offense ratings. Ratings are percentile-based from 0–100.

Betting Records

BOS

BOS

CHC

CHC

93 - 78(7th)

45 - 45

Wins

Away/Home

(6th)88 - 73

54 - 36

86 - 85 - 0(13th)

51 - 39 - 0

ATS

Away/Home

(16th)79 - 81 - 1

46 - 44 - 0

81 - 78 - 12(16th)

48 - 39 - 3

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(7th)80 - 61 - 20

51 - 30 - 9

Batting Stats

BOS

BOS

CHC

CHC
4.95
Runs / Game
4.90
0.890
Stolen Bases / Game
0.990
1.160
Home Runs / Game
1.380
0.254
Batting Average
0.249
0.745
On Base %
0.750
0.421
Slugging %
0.430
1.170
OBPS
1.180

Fielding Stats

BOS

BOS

CHC

CHC
0.72
Errors / Game
0.37
0.981
Fielding %
0.989

Pitching Stats

BOS

BOS

CHC

CHC
0.242
Batting Average Against
0.239
0.374
Slugging % Against
0.401
0.979
On Base % Against
0.977
0.249
Strike Out %
0.235
0.644
Strike %
0.657
0.356
Ball %
0.343

Last 5 Games

BOSBOS

Result

ATS

Total

@ NYY

L0 - 4

L+1.5

7

@ NYY

L3 - 4

W+1.5

P7

@ NYY

W3 - 1

W+1.5

3

vs DET

W3 - 4

L-1.5

P7

vs DET

L2 - 1

L-1.5

8

CHCCHC

Result

ATS

Total

vs MIL

W0 - 6

W-1.5

P6

@ MIL

L3 - 7

L+1.5

7

@ MIL

L3 - 9

L+1.5

8

vs SD

W1 - 3

W-1.5

7

vs SD

L3 - 0

L-1.5

7

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