St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets Prediction, 5/19/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets

Date: Thursday, May 19, 2022

Location: Citi Field in Queens, NY

TV: Sportsnet New York

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

The New York Mets (24-14) will go up against the St. Louis Cardinals (20-16) at Citi Field on Thursday. The moneyline on this game has St. Louis at +115 and New York is sitting at -135. The total comes in at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Dakota Hudson and Chris Bassitt.

As a unit, the St. Louis Cardinals are recording 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 11th in baseball. They have accumulated 162 runs and hold an OBP of .319. The Cardinals have accrued 64 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 33 balls out of the stadium. They have compiled 157 runs batted in as well as 296 hits on the season, and their batting average comes in at .246. St. Louis has a slugging rate of .389 and have struck out 264 times, while being walked on 117 occasions.

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The Cardinals have a team ERA of 3.45 on the campaign (8th in the league), and the staff has struck out 267 batters. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.41 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.23. Cardinals pitchers have conceded 33 home runs and 126 runs in total (4th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 111 batters and their FIP sits at 3.97 as a squad over the course of the season.

The Cardinals relief pitchers have a save percentage of 80.0% and has entered the game in 28 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 58 runners for the season with 29.3% of those runners crossed home plate. Cardinals bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 37 times as well as having 22 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 116 relievers to the mound this year. The relief pitchers have notched 18 holds on the year (21st in the league). They have recorded 8 saves this season and have blown 2 of their 10 chances to save the game.

The Cardinals have converted 71.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of 2,844 innings, ranking them 9th in pro baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have a tally of 948 putouts so far this season, in addition to 388 assists and 16 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which ranks 7th in the majors, and have a total of 36 double plays.

Hudson has pitched in 285 innings and has earned 212 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.13 (99 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.323. He has given up 240 base hits (7.6 hits per 9 innings) with 137 walks. Hudson (27-12 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.70 while going up against 1,208 hitters during his time in the majors.

New York has 31 home runs on the campaign and 155 runs batted in. They have put up 59 two-baggers, while walking 128 times and earning 166 runs. The New York Mets have recorded a team OBP of .326 in addition to a batting average of .248 this season. The Mets hold a team slugging % of .379 and they have an average of 4.37 runs per outing (12th in MLB). They have been rung up on 293 occasions (20th in the league) and have earned 315 base hits.

The Mets have a WHIP of 1.115 in addition to having a FIP of 3.30 as a unit this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 3.48 (365 strikeouts against 105 free passes). They come in at 13th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 272. They have surrendered 34 long balls and they concede 3.46 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The New York pitching staff have given up 130 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.33 (125 earned runs surrendered).

New York relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 41.0% out of 39 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 33 times in high leverage situations in addition to 32 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 44 save situations, the Mets have accumulated 26 holds in addition to 5 blown saves. They rank 16th in the league with a save rate of 70.6%, and they have dispatched 115 bullpen pitchers onto the field on the campaign. New York has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 17 save chances and they have tallied 12 saves.

In their 3,042 innings on the diamond, the Mets are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 71.4% (10th in the majors). The New York Mets have gotten 26 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .991 (1st in professional baseball). The Mets have accrued 306 assists, 12 errors and are sitting with 1,014 putouts on the campaign.

During his career, Bassitt has surrendered 526 hits while totaling 550 punch outs in 598 frames. Bassitt (35-27 career record) holds a 3.39 ERA while allowing 7.9 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded 225 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.199 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.8. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.88 and he has gone up against 2,516 opposing hitters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis (+115)

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