{"id":326768,"date":"2025-09-19T16:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/326768\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:39:11","slug":"mlb-picks-cubs-vs-reds-prediction-props-best-bets-for-friday-september-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/326768\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB picks: Cubs vs. Reds prediction, props, best bets for Friday, September 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cincinnati Reds<\/a> are just two games out of the final National League wild card spot, and they can move closer to catching the New York Mets<\/a> when they take on the Chicago Cubs<\/a> on Friday. The Reds benefitted from a masterful effort from ace Hunter Greene<\/a> on Thursday, as the fireballer tossed a one-hit shutout against Chicago. First pitch for Friday’s game at Great American Ballpark is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. ET, and the game will be shown nationally on MLB Network.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking to get into MLB betting<\/a> and want the latest Cubs vs. Reds odds, projections and player props, be sure to check out the SportsLine Inside the Lines team model<\/a>, which simulates every MLB<\/a> game 10,000 times.<\/p>\n

Nick Lodolo<\/a> (8-8. 3.30 ERA) gets the ball for Cincinnati. The big left-hander is a more than capable No. 2 behind Greene and is having his best season in the big leagues. That being said, Lodolo hasn’t logged a win since July 23 and has lost two of his last three outings. The Cubs counter with Shota Imanaga<\/a> (9-7, 3.29). The veteran Chicago southpaw has pitched at least six innings in seven of his last eight starts.<\/p>\n

Both pitchers have their strikeout totals set at 4.5 at\u00a0BetMGM<\/a>. Lodolo’s Over is -135 and his Under is +105. Imanaga’s Over is -140 and Under is also +105. The SportsLine model doesn’t have a strong lean on the strikeout props, but it does rate Imanaga Under 2.5 earned runs allowed 4 stars out of a possible 5, as it projects him to allow 2.1 earned runs.<\/p>\n

At FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a>, Seiya Suzuki<\/a> is the favorite to hit a home run at +300. He’s followed by Tyler Stephenson<\/a> (+350), Austin Hays<\/a> (+350), Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/a> (+350), Ian Happ<\/a> (+360), Sal Stewart<\/a> (+400), Noelvi Marte<\/a> (+420) and Elly De La Cruz<\/a> (+430).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out the model’s plays for Cubs vs. Reds on Friday:\u00a0<\/p>\n

CHICAGO CUBS at CINCINNATI REDS\u00a0| 9\/19 | 6:40 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Money line
Pick: Reds -106
Cincinnati wins in 50% of simulations<\/p>\n

Run line
Pick: Reds +1.5 (-174)
Cincinnati covers in 66% of simulations<\/p>\n

Over\/Under
Pick: Over 8.5 (-113)
The Over hits in 51.2% of simulations<\/p>\n

Projected score: Cubs 4.6, Reds 4.4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Reds are just two games out of the final National League wild card spot, and they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[124,5,684,24,50,48225,34878,48228,48229,1177,2102,36,4,222,7234,164,29804,61,1331,48231,542,35,48226,48227,6513,105,770,48230,1868],"class_list":{"0":"post-326768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-austin-hays","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-betting","11":"tag-chicago-cubs","12":"tag-cincinnati-reds","13":"tag-cubs-picks","14":"tag-cubs-props","15":"tag-cubs-reds-best-bets","16":"tag-cubs-reds-picks","17":"tag-elly-de-la-cruz","18":"tag-hunter-greene","19":"tag-ian-happ","20":"tag-mlb","21":"tag-mlb-bets","22":"tag-mlb-odds","23":"tag-mlb-picks","24":"tag-mlb-predictions","25":"tag-new-york-mets","26":"tag-nick-lodolo","27":"tag-nick-lodolo-props","28":"tag-noelvi-marte","29":"tag-pete-crow-armstrong","30":"tag-reds-picks","31":"tag-reds-props","32":"tag-sal-stewart","33":"tag-seiya-suzuki","34":"tag-shota-imanaga","35":"tag-shota-imanaga-props","36":"tag-tyler-stephenson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115231953196860328","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}