Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 4/11/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Monday, April 11, 2022

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Pittsburgh (+195) St. Louis (-240)

The St. Louis Cardinals (90-72 last year) will try to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates (61-101 last season) at Busch Stadium on Monday. The line on this matchup has Pittsburgh at +195 while St. Louis is sitting at -240. The over/under is set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Zach Thompson and Dakota Hudson.

As a unit, the Pittsburgh Pirates compiled 3.8 runs per outing, which had them sitting at 30th in baseball. They accumulated 609 runs scored and held an OBP of .309. The Pirates earned 240 doubles as a team and smacked 124 balls out of the park. They amassed 570 RBI's and 1,261 base knocks for the previous season, and their team batting average sat at .236. Pittsburgh had a slugging percentage of .364 and struck out 1,328 times, while taking a walk on 529 occasions.

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Pirates pitchers surrendered 213 home runs and also 833 runs in total (26th in the league). They walked 606 opposing players and their FIP came in at 4.74 as a team for the previous season. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.17 and their pitching staff finished with a WHIP of 1.44. The Pirates held a team earned run average of 5.08 last year (28th in MLB), and their staff rung up 1,312 hitters.

The Pirates sent 583 relief pitchers to the hill for the previous season. The bullpen inherited 201 runners for the previous season with 34.3% of them earned a run for their team. They earned 25 saves in the previous season and missed out on 25 of their 50 save chances. The Pirates relief pitchers had a save percentage of 50.0% and entered the game in 131 save situations. The bullpen earned 78 holds for the previous season (16th in the league). Pirates pitchers stepped onto the hill with runners on 119 times in addition to having 135 games in high leverage situations.

The Pittsburgh Pirates notched a total of 4,189 putouts over the course of last year, as well as 1,378 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding percentage held at .988 which put them in 2nd in baseball, and accumulated 139 double plays. The Pirates converted 68.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 12,567 innings on the diamond, which had them sitting at 23rd in professional baseball.

Thompson has thrown 75 innings and has earned 66 punch outs so far in his career. Thompson (3-7 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.69 and he has gone up against 315 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.24 (27 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.213. He has surrendered 63 hits (7.6 hits per 9 innings) with 28 walks.

St. Louis had a total of 198 HRs over the course of last season in addition to 678 runs batted in. They hit 261 two-baggers, while walking 478 times and notching 706 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals recorded a team on-base percentage of .313 and a team batting average of .244 last year. The Cardinals held a team slugging percentage of .412 and they were recording 4.36 runs per contest (20th in the league). They were rung up on 1,341 occasions (24th in MLB) and were sitting with 1,303 hits.

The St. Louis pitching staff given up 672 runs over the course of last year while holding an ERA of 3.98 (626 earned runs relinquished). They conceded 152 long balls and they conceded 4.27 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Cardinals finished with a team WHIP of 1.300 and had a FIP of 4.30 as a squad for the prior year. Their K/BB ratio was 2.01 (1,225 strikeouts against 608 free passes). They finished at 6th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,234.

St. Louis had relievers enter the contest in 71 save chances and they earned 50 saves. They ranked 1st in baseball holding a save percentage of 70.4%, and they sent 557 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond last year. Their bullpen pitchers came in 166 times in high leverage situations in addition to 167 occasions with runners on. St. Louis relief pitchers had an inherited score percentage of 37.4% out of their 273 inherited runners. With 182 save situations, the Cardinals had 108 holds in addition to 21 blown saves.

In their 12,753 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals earned a defensive efficiency of 71.4% (2nd in baseball). St. Louis Cardinals turned 137 double plays and had a fielding rate of .986 (13th in the majors). The Cardinals recorded 1,513 assists, 84 errors and accumulated 4,251 putouts for the prior year.

During his MLB career, Hudson has given up 210 hits and he has 192 K's in 249 frames. He has allowed 87 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.322 and a FIP of 4.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.60 and he has gone up against 1,060 hitters thus far in his career. Hudson (24-10 career record) has earned a 3.14 ERA while giving up 7.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Pittsburgh (+195)

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