New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 4/15/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: New York (+120) Los Angeles (-144)

The Los Angeles Dodgers (11-4) will take on the New York Mets (7-9) at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has the Mets at +120 and the Dodgers are at -144. The over/under is 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Clay Holmes and Shohei Ohtani.

New York is slugging .353 and have been called out on strikes 129 times, while drawing a walk on 55 occasions. They have accumulated 59 runs batted in and 131 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate sits at .236. The Mets have accrued 20 doubles as a squad and have hit 13 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned 62 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .305. As a squad, the New York Mets are notching 3.9 runs per game, which is 23rd in the league.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.67 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.24. Mets pitchers have yielded 11 home runs in addition to 65 total runs (14th in the league). New York has relinquished 129 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and 59 earned runs. The Mets have a team ERA of 3.60 so far this season (8th in baseball), and they have rung up 144 batters. They have walked 54 opposing players and their FIP is 3.30 as a squad on the year.

The Mets have dispatched 47 relievers to the hill for the year. The relievers have inherited 16 base runners for the year with 50.0% of those runners earned a run for their team. The relief pitchers have earned 4 holds so far this season (27th in baseball). Mets pitchers have come into the game with runners on 15 times in addition to having 20 appearances in high leverage situations. They have 2 saves so far this year and have blown 2 out of their 4 chances to save the game. The Mets relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 50.0% and have entered the game in 8 save situations.

The Mets have converted 69.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of 1,329 innings, which has them ranked 17th in baseball. The Minnesota Twins have accounted for 443 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 156 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which has them sitting 13th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 10 double plays.

Holmes has pitched in 521 innings and has 501 strikeouts so far in his career. Holmes (38-31 career mark) has a FIP of 3.52 and he has gone up against 2,240 batters in the majors. His ERA is 3.58 (207 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.296. He has surrendered 448 hits (7.7 hits per 9 innings) with 227 walks.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a team on-base percentage of .369 and a batting average of .290 on the season. They have struck out on 129 occasions (17th in baseball) and have accounted for 149 hits. Los Angeles has compiled 28 long balls so far this year and 89 runs batted in. The Dodgers have a team slugging percentage of .495 and they average 6.07 runs per game (1st in MLB). They have recorded 21 doubles, while taking a walk 62 times and notching 91 runs.

The Dodgers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.187 with a FIP of 3.92 as a unit on the season. They sit at 3rd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 104. The Los Angeles pitching staff have allowed 56 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.63 (54 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.70 (129 strikeouts vs 55 walks). They have relinquished 14 HR's and they relinquish 3.76 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball).

They are ranked 12th in the league holding a save percentage of 71.4%, and they have sent 51 relievers onto the field so far this year. Their relievers have come in 17 times in high leverage situations and on 10 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 18 save situations, the Dodgers have tallied 11 holds and 2 blown saves. Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 7 save opportunities and they have earned 5 saves. Los Angeles relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.3% out of their 17 inherited base runners.

Out of their 1,206 innings on the diamond, the Dodgers hold a defensive efficiency of 73.6% (3rd in professional baseball). The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 9 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .991 (3rd in the majors). The Dodgers have 123 assists, 5 errors and have amassed 402 putouts for the year.

In his MLB career, Ohtani has surrendered 393 base knocks while tallying 678 punch outs in 540 frames. Ohtani (40-20 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 2.93 ERA and has conceded 6.5 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 176 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.072 and having a FIP of 2.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.65 and he has gone up against 2,186 opposing hitters in his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New York (+120)

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