St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets Prediction, 5/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets

Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Location: Citi Field in Queens, NY

TV: Sportsnet New York

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (+100) New York (-120)

Citi Field is where the New York Mets (23-13) will take on the St. Louis Cardinals (19-15) on Tuesday. The odds on this game have the Cardinals at +100 and the Mets are sitting at -120. The over/under is set at 7.5. The starting pitchers will be Steven Matz and Taijuan Walker.

St. Louis is slugging .392 and have been called out on strikes 244 times, while drawing a walk on 110 occasions. They have accounted for 152 RBI's and 279 hits this year, and their batting average is .246. The Cardinals have tallied 61 doubles as a squad and have knocked 32 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 157 runs scored while having a team OBP of .319. As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are earning 4.6 runs per game, which ranks them 9th in the league.

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The Cardinals have a team earned run average of 3.52 over the course of the season (9th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 249 hitters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.39 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.23. Cardinals pitchers have given up 31 home runs and 120 total runs (4th in the league). They have walked 104 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.01 as a squad over the course of the season.

The Cardinals have dispatched 110 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 54 runners so far this season with 31.5% of those players crossed the plate. They have accumulated 7 saves on the season and have missed out on 1 out of their 8 save chances. The Cardinals relievers have earned a save rate of 87.5% and has stepped onto the mound in 24 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 16 holds so far this season (23rd in the league). Cardinals relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 35 times and also have had 18 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Cardinals have transformed 71.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 2,691 innings, which has them sitting at 11th in baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have accounted for 897 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 371 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which has them sitting 6th in the majors, and have accumulated 36 double plays.

Matz has taken the mound for 762 innings and has 733 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.33 (367 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.331. He has surrendered 784 hits (9.3 hits per 9 innings) and has had 231 free passes. Matz (48-51 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.33 and he has faced 3,274 opposing hitters in the majors.

The New York Mets have tallied a team OBP of .329 as well as a team batting average of .251 for the year. They have been rung up on 275 instances (21st in baseball) and have recorded 302 base hits. New York has hit 29 HRs this season to go along with 149 RBIs. The Mets have a SLG% of .382 and they are scoring 4.44 runs per contest (11th in the league). They have put up 56 doubles, while walking 121 times as well as racking up 160 runs.

The Mets hold a team WHIP of 1.103 with a FIP of 3.35 as a unit over the course of the season. They come in at 11th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 255. The New York pitching staff have allowed 125 runs this year while holding an ERA of 3.40 (121 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 3.52 (345 strikeouts against 98 walks). They have given up 33 homers and they allow 3.52 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

New York relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 42.9% out of 35 inherited runners. Their relievers have come in 31 times in high leverage situations in addition to 30 occasions with base runners. With 41 save situations, the Mets have recorded 24 holds in addition to 5 blown saves. They sit at 20th in the league with a save percentage of 68.8%, and they have dispatched 108 relievers onto the diamond on the season. New York has had relief pitchers take the mound in 16 save opportunities and they have walked away with 11 saves.

The New York Mets have turned 26 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .991 (1st in MLB). The Mets have 293 assists, 12 errors and have 960 putouts so far this season. In their 2,880 innings on the field, the Mets are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 71.6% (8th in MLB).

In his MLB career, Walker has given up 688 base hits while he has accumulated 682 K's in 758 frames. He has given up a total of 333 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.228 and a FIP of 4.3. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.80 and he has gone up against 3,192 hitters in his career. Walker (43-45 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.95 earned run average while allowing 8.2 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis (+100)

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