St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 4/15/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Friday, April 15, 2022

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (+115) Milwaukee (-135)

The St. Louis Cardinals (3-1) are on their way to American Family Field on Friday where they will go up against the Milwaukee Brewers (3-3). The moneyline on this game has the Cardinals at +115 while the Brewers open at -135. The total is set at 8.5. The men taking the mound will be Miles Mikolas and Freddy Peralta.

The Cardinals have hit 9 doubles as a team and have knocked 8 baseballs out of the park. St. Louis is slugging .527 and have been called out on strikes 26 times, while being walked on 15 occasions. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are putting up 6.3 runs/g, which has them at 2nd in the league. They have accrued 25 RBI's in addition to 35 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average sits at .271. They have accounted for 25 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .347.

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The Cardinals are sitting with a team ERA of 4.00 so far this year (16th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 32 hitters. Their K/BB ratio is 2.91 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.36. Cardinals pitchers have conceded 4 long balls and 16 runs in total (6th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 11 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.56 as a squad on the year.

The Cardinals have sent 15 relief pitchers to the mound on the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 6 base runners this season with 16.7% of those runners crossed home plate. They have accumulated 1 save this year and have missed out on 0 out of their 1 save chances. The Cardinals relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 100.0% and has come into the game in 6 save situations. The bullpen have a total of 5 holds on the season (10th in the league). Cardinals relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 4 times and also have had 1 appearance in high leverage situations.

The Cardinals have converted 66.3% of balls in play into outs out of their 324 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 25th in MLB. The St. Louis Cardinals have earned 108 putouts this year, as well as 44 assists and 2 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .987 which has them ranked 11th in MLB, and have 6 double plays.

Mikolas has taken the ball for 524 innings and has accounted for 384 strikeouts in his MLB career. Mikolas (33-27 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.00 while he has gone up against 2,183 batters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.86 (225 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.205. He has conceded 524 base knocks (9.0 hits per nine innings) with 108 free passes.

The Milwaukee Brewers have recorded an on-base percentage of .303 and a team batting average of .212 for the season. They have been called out on strikes on 46 occasions (22nd in baseball) and have earned 41 base knocks. Milwaukee has 3 home runs on the season as well as 17 runs batted in. The Brewers have a SLG% of .337 and they earn 3.00 runs per contest (26th in MLB). They have put up 13 doubles, while getting a free base 23 times as well as notching 18 runs.

The Brewers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.412 and have a FIP of 3.66 as a pitching staff for the year. Their K/BB ratio is 1.84 (59 strikeouts against 32 walks). They have a ranking of 12th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 40. They have given up 3 long balls and they relinquish 4.59 runs per 9 innings (19th in MLB). The Milwaukee pitching staff have allowed 26 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.24 (24 earned runs yielded).

Milwaukee relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 38.5% out of 13 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 12 times in high leverage situations and on 7 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 10 save situations, the Brewers have amassed 5 holds and 2 blown saves. They are currently ranked 16th in MLB with a save percentage of 60.0%, and they have sent 22 bullpen pitchers onto the field this year. Milwaukee has had relievers enter the game in 5 save chances and they have tallied 3 saves.

The Milwaukee Brewers have gotten 3 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .976 (28th in the majors). The Brewers have recorded 38 assists, 4 errors and have accounted for 126 putouts during this campaign. In their 378 innings played, the Brewers have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 67.9% (24th in professional baseball).

Peralta (26-13 career mark) has a 3.91 earned run average and has surrendered 6.5 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.08 and he has faced 1,426 opposing hitters thus far in his career. He has allowed 148 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.155 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. In his MLB career, Peralta has allowed 245 hits while he has tallied 459 punch outs in 341 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (+115)

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