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

Pirates at Cubs

6:20 pm • SportsNet PT
3 - 4
Starting Pitchers
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Javier Assad logoJ.AssadChicago Cubs logo5.630-1
Carmen Mlodzinski logoC.MlodzinskiPittsburgh Pirates logo3.992-7

Pirates at Cubs Odds

Spread, Total, Moneyline

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Pirates
52-73
+1.5
+1.5-136
o7-121
+160
Cubs
70-53
u8.5
-1.5+114
u7-101
-198
location pinSunday 6:20 p.m.
August 17, 2025
Wrigley FieldChicago
Pirates vs. Cubs Expert Picks
Capper Central
Capper Central
Last 30d: 76-80-2 (-20.9u)
CHC -130 (Live)
1u
Cubs to not bat bottom 9 bet
Allan Lem
Allan Lem
Last 30d: 59-55-1 (+0.3u)
Under 8-110
0.5u
Early reports have 8-9mph winds blowing in at Wrigley, which is the main reason I’ll bite on the Under here.

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Pirates vs. Cubs Public Betting Percentages

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Pirates

Public

19%

Bets%

81%

Money%

Matchup History

Against the Spread (ATS) History

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Cubs
58-6528-3330-3243-4415-21
Pirates
66-5937-2629-3313-2351-36

Over/Under History

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Cubs
57-59-728-29-429-30-338-44-519-15-2
Pirates
49-69-726-33-423-36-315-20-133-48-6

Straight-Up (ML) History

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Cubs
70-5338-2332-3056-3114-22
Pirates
52-7334-2918-4416-2035-52

Last 5 Matchups

dateopponentscorespreadover/undermoneyline
Aug 16thPITW 3-1-1.5 WU 8.5CHC -229
Aug 15thPITL 2-3-1.5 LU 8.5PIT -194
Aug 14th@TORL 1-2-1.5 LU 7.5TOR -118
Aug 13th@TORW 4-1+1.5 WU 8.5CHC +112
Aug 12th@TORL 1-5+1.5 LU 9TOR +106

Pirates vs. Cubs Injury Updates

Pirates Injuries

  • 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

Cubs Injuries

  • 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

Pirates vs. Cubs Box Score
Pirates Player Stats
Projected
PITCHERPCIPKER
Carmen Mlodzinski logoRC.Mlodzinski, P44430
Colin Holderman logoRC.Holderman, P220.201
Andrew Heaney logoLA.Heaney, P200.201
Chase Shugart logoRC.Shugart, P361.220
Isaac Mattson logoRI.Mattson, P19101
HITTERSH-ABRHRRBI
Ronny Simon logo1R.Simon, RF1-5000
Spencer Horwitz logo2S.Horwitz, 1B1-5001
Bryan Reynolds logo3B.Reynolds, DH2-5000
Tommy Pham logo4T.Pham, LF0-5000
Nick Gonzales logo5N.Gonzales, 2B2-4100
Jack Suwinski logo6J.Suwinski, CF1-3100
Jared Triolo logo7J.Triolo, SS0-2000
Joey Bart logo8J.Bart, C1-4002
Isiah Kiner-Falefa logo9I.Kiner-Falefa, 3B1-3100
Cubs Player Stats
Projected
PITCHERPCIPKER
Javier Assad logoRJ.Assad, P65431
Taylor Rogers logoLT.Rogers, P16110
Ben Brown logoRB.Brown, P542.242
Caleb Thielbar logoLC.Thielbar, P40.110
Andrew Kittredge logoRA.Kittredge, P10100
HITTERSH-ABRHRRBI
Michael Busch logo1M.Busch, 1B0-4000
Kyle Tucker logo2K.Tucker, RF0-3000
Seiya Suzuki logo3S.Suzuki, DH0-3100
Pete Crow-Armstrong logo4P.Crow-Armstrong, CF2-4100
Carson Kelly logo5C.Kelly, C1-4101
Ian Happ logo6I.Happ, LF2-3101
Nico Hoerner logo7N.Hoerner, 2B0-2000
Dansby Swanson logo8D.Swanson, SS1-3002
Matt Shaw logo9M.Shaw, 3B0-2000
Owen Caissie logo9O.Caissie, PH0-1000
Willi Castro logo9W.Castro, 3B0-1000

Pirates vs. Cubs Odds Comparison

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Pirates at Cubs Team Totals

MatchupOverUnder
Pirates
52-73
o2.5-141
u2.5+110
Cubs
70-53
o3.5-150
u3.5+118