Cubs vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 17, 2024

The Oakland Athletics (65-86) hope to avoid their fourth straight defeat when they visit the Chicago Cubs (77-73) Tuesday at 7:40 p.m. ET on NBCS-CA. The Cubs are listed as -163 favorites, while the Athletics are +137 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid. Jordan Wicks will get the ball for Chicago while Oakland will counter with Mitch Spence.

Here is our betting primer for this contest, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Cubs vs. Athletics Betting Lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-163)
• Underdog: Athletics (+137)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cubs vs. Athletics Betting Insights

• The Cubs have come away with 38 wins in the 71 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• This season Chicago has come away with a win 17 times in 19 chances when named as a favorite of at least -163 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Cubs have a 62% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Athletics have put together a 52-79 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 39.7% of those games).
• When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +137 or longer, Oakland has a 22-45 record (winning just 32.8% of its games).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Athletics a 42.2% chance to win.

Cubs vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

• Ian Happ leads Chicago in home runs with 23 and runs batted in with 83.
• Of all MLB hitters, Happ ranks 83rd in batting average, 31st in on-base percentage, and 47th in slugging.
• Nico Hoerner is batting .264 with an OBP of .329 and a slugging percentage of .355 this season.
• Brent Rooker leads the Athletics with 38 home runs and 109 runs batted in, while putting up a team-best batting average of .302.
• In all of the majors, Rooker is fifth in home runs and second in RBI.
• JJ Bleday is hitting .246 with 43 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs and 64 walks.

Cubs vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

• The Cubs strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 13th in MLB.
• Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.81 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
• The Cubs have a combined WHIP of 1.249 as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in MLB.
• The 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 28th in the majors.
• Oakland’s 4.36 team ERA ranks 24th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Athletics have the 24th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.332).