St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets Prediction, 5/16/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets

Date: Monday, May 16, 2022

Location: Citi Field in Queens, NY

TV: Sportsnet New York

The St. Louis Cardinals (18-15) are traveling to Citi Field on Monday where they will try to defeat the New York Mets (23-13). The pitchers who are expected to start are Miles Mikolas and Tylor Megill.

St. Louis has a slugging percentage of .380 and have been rung up 241 times, while drawing a walk on 104 occasions. They have tallied 137 RBI's in addition to 262 hits on the campaign, and their batting average sits at .240. The Cardinals have hit 58 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 29 balls out of the park. They have tallied 142 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .312. As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are putting up 4.3 runs per game, which puts them at 11th in baseball.

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The Cardinals are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.44 so far this season (8th in the league), and they have rung up 243 batters. Their K/BB ratio is 2.43 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.23. Cardinals pitchers have given up 28 long balls and also 114 total runs (4th in MLB). They have walked 100 batters and their FIP comes in at 3.92 as a team over the course of the season.

Cardinals bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 35 times as well as having 18 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have earned 16 holds on the season (21st in the league). The Cardinals relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 87.5% and has come into the game in 24 save situations. They have tallied 7 saves so far this year and have not converted 1 out of their 8 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 54 runners this year with 31.5% of those players ended up scoring. The Cardinals have dispatched 107 relievers to the hill for the year.

The St. Louis Cardinals have amassed 870 putouts thus far, in addition to 362 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which ranks 8th in MLB, and have 35 double plays. The Cardinals have converted 70.9% of balls in play into outs out of their 2,610 innings on the field, which ranks them 13th in MLB.

Mikolas has thrown 563 innings and has accumulated 414 punch outs so far in his career. His ERA is 3.68 (230 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.179. He has surrendered 550 hits (8.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 114 walks. Mikolas (36-28 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 3.92 while he has gone up against 2,330 batters in the major leagues.

New York has hit 28 home runs so far this year to go along with 142 runs batted in. They have put up 54 two-baggers, while taking a walk 117 times and putting up 153 runs. The New York Mets hold a team on-base percentage of .329 as well as a team batting average of .251 over the course of the season. The Mets have a team slugging % of .376 and they earn 4.37 runs per contest (10th in MLB). They have struck out on 263 occasions (22nd in the league) and have 293 base hits.

The Mets have a WHIP of 1.080 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.32 as a squad for the year. They are sitting at 3rd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 239. The New York pitching staff have given up 117 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 3.27 (113 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.48 (338 strikeouts vs 97 free passes). They have yielded 31 homers and they give up 3.39 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball).

New York relievers have an inherited score rate of 42.4% out of 33 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 29 times in high leverage situations and also on 28 occasions with base runners. With 41 save situations, the Mets have compiled 24 holds and also 5 blown saves. They rank 20th in baseball with a save percentage of 68.8%, and they have dispatched 104 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. New York has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 16 save chances and they have tallied 11 saves.

The New York Mets have turned 24 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .990 (1st in professional baseball). The Mets have recorded 284 assists, 12 errors and have a total of 933 putouts for the year. Out of their 2,799 innings on the field, the Mets have earned a efficiency on defense of 72.2% (6th in the majors).

Thus far in his career, Megill has allowed 118 hits while he has tallied 136 strikeouts in 124 innings. He has surrendered 62 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.239 and a FIP of 4.3. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.78 and he has gone up against 523 hitters so far in his career. Megill (8-8 record in his career) has earned a 4.49 ERA and has surrendered 8.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take New York

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