Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 8/2/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

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

Busch Stadium is the location where the St. Louis Cardinals (54-48) will meet the Chicago Cubs (41-60) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has the Cubs at +125 while the Cardinals are sitting at -145. The over/under is set at 8. The starting pitchers are Keegan Thompson and Adam Wainwright.

As a team, the Chicago Cubs are putting up 4.2 runs per game, which has them at 19th in the league. They have accumulated 428 runs scored and hold an OBP of .318. The Cubs have accrued 175 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 100 balls out of the park. They have amassed 401 runs batted in in addition to 836 hits on the year, and their batting average comes in at .244. Chicago has a slugging rate of .393 and have been called out on strikes 894 times, while being walked on 329 occasions.

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The Cubs have an ERA of 4.36 on the year (25th in the league), and their staff has rung up 885 hitters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.63 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.33. Cubs pitchers have surrendered 129 home runs in addition to 498 total runs (25th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 337 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.29 as a team on the campaign.

The Cubs bullpen have a save percentage of 56.4% and stepped onto the hill in 75 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 138 runners over the course of the season with 27.5% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. Cubs pitchers have come into the game with runners on 103 times and also have had 115 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cubs have dispatched 341 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The relievers have a total of 33 holds on the season (29th in the league). They have 22 saves for the season and have blown 17 of their 39 chances to get a save.

The Cubs have turned 68.8% of balls in play into outs out of 7,830 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 23rd in baseball. The Chicago Cubs have a total of 2,610 putouts on the year, in addition to 885 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which has them sitting 25th in baseball, and they have twisted 85 double plays.

Thompson has pitched in 141 frames and is sitting with 137 strikeouts in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.24 (51 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.306. He has conceded 125 base hits (7.9 hits per nine innings) and has had 60 free passes. Thompson (11-7 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 4.25 while he has faced 610 hitters in the majors.

The Cardinals have a team slugging % of .407 and they are earning 4.62 runs per contest (9th in baseball). They have tallied 173 two-baggers, while walking 323 times as well as scoring 471 runs. St. Louis has 113 home runs this year as well as 450 RBIs. They have struck out on 803 occasions (23rd in MLB) and are sitting with 872 hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .321 and a team batting average of .251 for the year.

The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.265 in addition to having a FIP of 4.14 as a pitching staff this season. They are sitting at 17th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 825. The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 404 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 3.84 (384 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.37 (745 strikeouts vs 314 free passes). They have relinquished 103 dingers and they concede 4.04 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league).

St. Louis has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 36 save opportunities and they have earned 23 saves. They are ranked 16th in MLB holding a save rate of 63.9%, and they have sent 300 bullpen pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 80 times in high leverage situations and also on 102 occasions with runners on. St. Louis relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 32.9% out of 158 inherited runners. With 80 save situations, the Cardinals have amassed 44 holds and also 13 blown saves.

In 7,791 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (8th in MLB). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 108 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (2nd in baseball). The Cardinals have recorded 1,026 assists, 41 errors and have earned a total of 2,597 putouts this season.

Wainwright (191-113 career record) has earned a 3.35 earned run average and has allowed 8.5 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.12 and he has faced 10,333 batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 930 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.210 and having a FIP of 3.5. In his career, Wainwright has surrendered 2,349 base knocks while earning 2,103 strikeouts in 2,499 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (-145)

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