Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 7/12/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Atlanta (+102) St. Louis (-122)

The St. Louis Cardinals (50-44) will go up against the Atlanta Braves (40-52) at Busch Stadium on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has the Braves at +102 and the Cardinals are priced at -122. The total is set at 8. The expected starting pitchers will be Nathan Wiles and Erick Fedde.

Atlanta is slugging .385 and have struck out 791 times, while drawing a walk on 314 occasions. They have compiled 358 RBI's in addition to 753 hits for the season, and their team batting average comes in at .241. The Braves have hit 129 doubles as a unit and have hit 100 balls out of the park. They have a total of 371 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .314. As a team, the Atlanta Braves are compiling 4.0 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 23rd in baseball.

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The Braves are sitting with a team ERA of 3.82 on the season (13th in the league), and the staff has struck out 854 hitters. Braves pitchers have surrendered 106 long balls and also 370 total runs (10th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 296 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.91 as a squad for the season. Atlanta has yielded 712 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 346 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.89 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.24.

The Braves bullpen have recorded a save rate of 48.0% and have entered the game in 57 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 127 runners for the season and 35.4% of those players ended up scoring. Braves relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 95 times and also have had 89 appearances in high leverage situations. The Braves have dispatched 289 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The relievers have a total of 32 holds this season (30th in MLB). They have accumulated 12 saves for the year and have missed out on 13 out of their 25 save opportunities.

The Athletics have accounted for 2,444 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 798 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .990 which ranks 2nd in the majors, and they have turned 64 double plays. The Braves have transformed 70.4% of balls in play into outs out of their 7,332 innings, which ranks them 14th in the majors.

Wiles has taken the mound for 1 innings and has accumulated 1 strikeouts in his MLB career. His ERA is 27.00 (3 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 4.000. He has surrendered 4 base hits (36.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 0 walks. Wiles (0-0 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 26.60 and he has gone up against 7 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

The Cardinals hold a team slugging % of .394 and they have an average of 4.55 runs per contest (12th in MLB). They have notched 162 doubles, while walking 293 times as well as scoring 428 runs. St. Louis has knocked in 94 HRs for the season as well as 408 RBIs. They have been rung up on 731 instances (24th in the league) and have earned a total of 801 base hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have an OBP of .321 and a team batting average of .252 on the year.

The St. Louis pitching staff have conceded 410 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.07 (377 earned runs given up). They have relinquished 87 homers and they allow 4.43 runs per 9 innings (19th in baseball). The Cardinals have a team WHIP of 1.267 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.84 as a pitching staff this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 7.30 (677 strikeouts against 259 walks). They have a ranking of 23rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 797.

Sitting with 94 save situations, the Cardinals have accrued 55 holds and also 13 blown saves. St. Louis has called on relievers to enter the contest in 36 save chances and they have come away with 23 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 98 times in high leverage situations and also on 91 occasions with runners on. St. Louis bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.8% out of 123 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 13th in baseball with a save percentage of 63.9%, and they have dispatched 279 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the year.

Out of their 7,503 innings played, the Cardinals have a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (15th in professional baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 68 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .990 (3rd in the majors). The Cardinals have racked up 918 assists, 34 errors and have a tally of 2,501 putouts on the campaign.

In his career, Fedde has allowed 748 hits and he has 563 punch outs in 725 frames. He has surrendered a total of 388 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.429 and having a FIP of 4.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.95 and he has faced 3,148 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career. Fedde (33-51 record in his career) has earned a 4.82 ERA and has given up 9.3 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Atlanta (+102)

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