Pirates vs. Cubs Odds & Betting Predictions - August 16, 2025

Pirates at Cubs

6:20 pm • Fox Sports 1

Pittsburgh Pirates

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Chicago Cubs

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pitcher		team	era	w-l
S.Imanaga			3.03	8-6
M.Burrows			4.46	1-4

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Pirates 54-74	+1.5	+1.5-110	o8.5-125	+184
Cubs 73-55	u9.5	-1.5-110	u8.5+105	-229

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Saturday 6:20 p.m.

August 16, 2025

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CHC -1.5-106

0.5u

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Over 8.5-115

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Under 9-105

1u

PIT +1.5-105

1u

Under 0.5 (1st Inn)-106

1u

Under 9-105

0.5u

Under 9.5-122

0.5u

Bet to 9 (-115)

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MLB Public Betting

Cubs are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Cubs are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread
Cubs are 30-32 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Cubs' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 30 of Cubs' 66 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	61-67	31-35	30-32	44-46	17-21
Pirates	68-60	39-27	29-33	14-23	52-37

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cubs	59-62-7	30-32-4	29-30-3	39-46-5	20-16-2
Pirates	50-70-8	27-34-5	23-36-3	15-20-2	34-49-6

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	73-55	41-25	32-30	57-33	16-22
Pirates	54-74	36-30	18-44	17-20	36-53

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Aug 15th	PIT	L 2-3	-1.5 L	U 8.5	PIT -194
Aug 14th	@TOR	L 1-2	-1.5 L	U 7.5	TOR -118
Aug 13th	@TOR	W 4-1	+1.5 W	U 8.5	CHC +112
Aug 12th	@TOR	L 1-5	+1.5 L	U 9	TOR +106
Aug 10th	@STL	L 2-3	-1.5 L	U 7.5	STL -135

Johan Oviedo
SP
Oviedo is questionable with elbow
Questionable

Endy Rodriguez
1B
Rodriguez is out with elbow
Out
Jared Jones
SP
Jones is out with elbow
Out
Spencer Horwitz
1B
Horwitz is questionable with wrist
Questionable

Jameson Taillon
SP
Taillon is out with calf
Out
Michael Soroka
SP
Soroka is out with shoulder
Out
Justin Steele
SP
Steele is out for season with elbow
Out for Season

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PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
RM.Burrows, P		68	5	4	1
RK.Nicolas, P		25	2	1	0
LE.Sisk, P		6	0.1	0	2
RY.Ramirez, P		10	0.2	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.Triolo, SS	2-4	0	0	0
2T.Pham, LF	1-3	1	1	1
3B.Reynolds, RF	0-4	0	0	0
4N.Gonzales, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
5A.McCutchen, DH	0-4	0	0	0
6J.Bart, C	0-3	0	0	0
7L.Peguero, 1B	1-3	0	0	0
7S.Horwitz, PH	0-1	0	0	0
8A.Canario, CF	0-3	0	0	0
9I.Kiner-Falefa, 3B	0-3	0	0	0

PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
LS.Imanaga, P		85	7	6	1
RA.Kittredge, P		15	1	2	0
RB.Keller, P		20	1	3	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1M.Busch, 1B	1-4	0	0	0
2K.Tucker, RF	2-4	2	0	0
3S.Suzuki, DH	2-4	1	0	1
4P.Crow-Armstrong, CF	0-1	0	0	0
5C.Kelly, C	1-4	0	0	1
6I.Happ, LF	0-2	0	0	0
7N.Hoerner, 2B	2-4	0	0	1
8D.Swanson, SS	0-4	0	0	0
9M.Shaw, 3B	1-3	0	0	0

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MatchupOverUnder
Pirates 54-74	o3.5-103	u3.5-125
Cubs 73-55	o4.5-143	u4.5+113