Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 5/19/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Monday, May 19, 2025

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-145) St. Louis (+125)

The Detroit Tigers (29-15) are on their way to Busch Stadium on Monday where they will go up against the St. Louis Cardinals (24-20). The line on this matchup has the Tigers at -145 while the Cardinals are sitting at +125. The total is set at 9. The starting pitchers will be Keider Montero and Erick Fedde.

Detroit owns a slugging percentage of .424 and have struck out 388 times, while drawing a walk on 152 occasions. They have 232 runs batted in as well as 393 hits this season, while their average at the plate sits at .261. The Tigers have tallied 63 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 56 balls out of the park. They have a total of 244 runs scored while having a team OBP of .334. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are putting up 5.6 runs per game, which is 4th in baseball.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.99 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.16. Tigers pitchers have conceded 49 home runs and 158 total runs (7th in the league). Detroit has given up 326 hits (7.5 per 9 innings) and also 141 earned runs. The Tigers have a team earned run average of 3.24 for the season (4th in the league), and the staff has rung up 386 hitters. They have walked 129 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.90 as a unit so far this season.

Tigers relief pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 41 times in addition to having 27 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 12 holds for the year (29th in the league). The Tigers bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 68.8% and stepped onto the hill in 30 save situations. They have earned 11 saves on the season and have blown 5 out of their 16 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 57 base runners over the course of the season and 28.1% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Tigers have sent 126 relief pitchers to the hill on the year.

The Tigers have turned 72.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 3,522 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 6th in baseball. The Colorado Rockies have accumulated 1,174 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 380 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .989 which has them sitting 7th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 31 double plays.

Montero (7-7 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.68 while going up against 521 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 127 hits (9.3 hits per nine innings) with 42 free passes. His earned run average is 4.75 (65 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.373. Montero has taken the hill for 123 innings and has earned 95 strikeouts thus far in his career.

The Cardinals hold a team slugging % of .406 and they earn 4.82 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have hit 85 doubles, while getting a free base 159 times and racking up 212 runs. St. Louis has accumulated 43 home runs so far this year as well as 200 RBIs. They have been rung up on 340 occasions (23rd in baseball) and have notched a total of 394 hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have recorded an OBP of .338 as well as a batting average of .262 this year.

The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 181 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.85 (167 earned runs relinquished). They have yielded 34 long balls and they concede 4.17 runs per 9 innings (13th in MLB). The Cardinals have a WHIP of 1.238 and have a FIP of 3.73 as a unit on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 7.20 (314 strikeouts vs 133 free passes). They are sitting at 16th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 350.

St. Louis has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 18 save chances and they have earned 11 saves. They are ranked 19th in the league holding a save rate of 61.1%, and they have sent 134 relief pitchers onto the diamond for the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 58 times in high leverage situations and also on 44 occasions with base runners. St. Louis relievers hold an inherited score rate of 36.2% of 58 inherited runners. With 51 save situations, the Cardinals have 32 holds in addition to 7 blown saves.

In their 3,516 innings played, the Cardinals have a efficiency on defense of 71.4% (8th in baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 31 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .990 (3rd in MLB). The Cardinals have accrued 439 assists, 16 errors and have earned 1,172 putouts during this campaign.

So far in his career, Fedde has surrendered 698 hits while he has tallied 538 punch outs in 683 frames. Fedde (33-45 career mark) has a 4.72 earned run average while surrendering 9.2 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 358 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.414 and having a FIP of 4.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.01 and he has faced 2,954 opposing hitters during his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit (-145)

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