Pirates vs. Cubs Odds & Betting Predictions - August 17, 2025

Pirates at Cubs

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Pittsburgh Pirates

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Chicago Cubs

pitcher		team	era	w-l
J.Assad			9.00	0-1
C.Mlodzinski			4.20	2-7

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Pirates 52-72	+1.5	+1.5-134	o7.5+100	+157
Cubs 69-53	u8.5	-1.5+111	u7.5-121	-189

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Sunday 6:20 p.m.

August 17, 2025

Wrigley FieldChicago

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78°Fahrenheit

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Under 8-110

0.55u

Early reports have 8-9mph winds blowing in at Wrigley, which is the main reason I’ll bite on the Under here.

61% PRO System Popping for Pirates-Cubs
PJ Walsh•
Aug 17, 2025 UTC

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MLB Public Betting

Cubs are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
Cubs are 2-3 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 0 of Cubs' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 28 of Cubs' 60 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	58-64	28-32	30-32	43-43	15-21
Pirates	65-59	37-26	28-33	13-23	50-36

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cubs	57-59-6	28-29-3	29-30-3	38-44-4	19-15-2
Pirates	49-69-6	26-33-4	23-36-2	15-20-1	33-48-5

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	69-53	37-23	32-30	55-31	14-22
Pirates	52-72	34-29	18-43	16-20	35-51

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Aug 16th	PIT	W 3-1	-1.5 W	U 8.5	CHC -229
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

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		W-L	ERA	WHIP	K/9
RC.Mlodzinski, P		2-7	4.20	1.387	7.44

HITTERS	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
1R.Simon, LF	.250	.333	.250	0
2S.Horwitz, 1B	.256	.326	.374	5
3B.Reynolds, RF	.242	.300	.397	13
4N.Gonzales, 2B	.274	.320	.392	5
5A.McCutchen, DH	.241	.327	.373	11
6J.Suwinski, CF	.125	.282	.240	3
7J.Triolo, SS	.193	.280	.289	3
8H.Davis, C	.170	.248	.280	5
9I.Kiner-Falefa, 3B	.267	.304	.333	1

PITCHER		W-L	ERA	WHIP	K/9
RJ.Assad, P		0-1	9.00	2.250	4.50

HITTERS	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
1M.Busch, 1B	.263	.345	.505	24
2K.Tucker, RF	.265	.377	.454	18
3S.Suzuki, DH	.251	.320	.502	27
4P.Crow-Armstrong, CF	.259	.299	.522	27
5C.Kelly, C	.269	.364	.466	13
6O.Caissie, LF	.000	.000	.000	0
7N.Hoerner, 2B	.294	.340	.379	4
8D.Swanson, SS	.248	.295	.407	18
9M.Shaw, 3B	.229	.294	.400	10

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MatchupOverUnder
Pirates 52-72	N/A	N/A
Cubs 69-53	N/A	N/A