New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies Prediction, 4/13/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Location: Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia

Odds/Point Spread: New York (+105) Philadelphia (-125)

The New York Mets (3-2) are traveling to Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday where they will try to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies (3-1). The moneyline on this contest has New York at +105 and Philadelphia is priced at -125. The betting total comes in at 9.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Max Scherzer and Aaron Nola.

The Mets have accrued 8 doubles as a squad and have smacked 3 balls out of the park. New York has a slugging % of .387 and have been called out on strikes 42 times, while being walked on 22 occasions. As a unit, the New York Mets are putting up 4.6 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 13th in the league. They have 22 runs batted in as well as 48 hits over the course of the season, and their batting average is sitting at .277. They have tallied 23 runs and hold an OBP of .375.

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The Mets have a team earned run average of 2.30 on the season (2nd in the league), and their staff has rung up 46 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 9 opposing players and their FIP is 2.87 as a team for the year. Their K/BB ratio is 5.11 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 0.86. Mets pitchers have conceded 4 home runs and also 13 total runs (6th in MLB).

The Mets bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 0.0% and stepped onto the hill in 5 save situations. The relievers have inherited 2 runners on the year and 100.0% of them crossed home plate. Mets relief pitchers have come into the game with players on base 2 times in addition to having 1 appearance in high leverage situations. The Mets have sent 16 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The relievers have recorded 3 holds on the year (9th in MLB). They have recorded 0 saves so far this year and have blown 2 of their 2 save chances.

The New York Mets have 129 putouts so far this season, in addition to 49 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which has them sitting 20th in pro baseball, and they have turned 4 double plays. The Mets have transformed 75.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 387 innings, which has them sitting at 5th in MLB.

Scherzer (191-97 career mark) holds a FIP of 3.13 while he has faced 10,288 batters in the major leagues. He has conceded 2,075 base knocks (7.3 hits per nine innings) and has had 678 free passes. His ERA is 3.16 (893 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.083. Scherzer has taken the mound for 2,542 frames and has totaled 3,026 K's during his MLB career.

The Phillies hold a team slugging percentage of .463 and they have an average of 4.75 runs per game (12th in the league). They have notched 9 doubles, while getting a free base 16 times as well as recording 19 runs. Philadelphia has recorded 6 HRs on the year as well as 19 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 31 occasions (21st in baseball) and have 29 base knocks. The Philadelphia Phillies have an on-base percentage of .331 as well as a team batting average of .240 so far this year.

The Phillies hold a team WHIP of 0.944 in addition to having a FIP of 2.88 as a unit so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 5.29 (37 strikeouts vs 7 walks). They come in at 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 27. They have allowed 3 dingers and they allow 3.75 runs per 9 innings (12th in MLB). The Philadelphia pitching staff have allowed 15 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.25 (13 earned runs relinquished).

Philadelphia relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.3% of 6 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 2 times in high leverage situations and also on 4 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 5 save situations, the Phillies have accumulated 3 holds in addition to 0 blown saves. They are currently ranked 9th in MLB with a save rate of 100.0%, and they have sent 12 relievers to the hill so far this year. Philadelphia has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 2 save chances and they have come away with 2 saves.

The Philadelphia Phillies have gotten 5 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .961 (30th in professional baseball). The Phillies have accrued 38 assists, 6 errors and have amassed 108 putouts this season. Out of their 324 innings played, the Phillies are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (17th in MLB).

Nola (68-49 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a 3.69 ERA and has given up 7.8 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.88 and he has faced 4,238 hitters during his pro baseball career. He has allowed 422 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.155 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.4. So far in his MLB career, Nola has surrendered 892 base hits while tallying 1,152 K's in 1,029 innings pitched.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New York (+105)

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