Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 7/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Sunday, July 17, 2022

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

The St. Louis Cardinals (49-44) will compete against the Cincinnati Reds (34-56) at Busch Stadium on Sunday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Graham Ashcraft and Steven Matz.

Cincinnati is slugging .378 and have been rung up 795 times, while taking a walk on 249 occasions. They have accumulated 370 runs batted in and 719 hits on the season, while their team batting average sits at .241. The Reds have accounted for 143 doubles as a team and have hit 83 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 387 runs and hold an OBP of .309. As a squad, the Cincinnati Reds are putting up 4.3 runs per outing, which ranks them 17th in the league.

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Reds pitchers have surrendered 125 home runs and 486 runs in total (29th in baseball). They have walked 346 opposing players and their FIP is 4.68 as a team so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.30 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.42. The Reds have an earned run average of 5.24 so far this year (30th in the league), and the staff has struck out 796 hitters.

The Reds relief pitchers have a save percentage of 56.7% and has come into the game in 63 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 144 runners this season with 38.9% of those runners ended up scoring. Reds relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 94 times in addition to having 82 appearances in high leverage situations. The Reds have dispatched 319 relievers to the hill so far this season. The relief pitchers have recorded 33 holds this season (27th in baseball). They have recorded 17 saves over the course of the season and have blown 13 of 30 save chances.

The Reds have converted 68.4% of balls in play into outs in their 7,110 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 23rd in baseball. The Cincinnati Reds have earned 2,370 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 676 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which ranks 15th in MLB, and have 56 double plays.

Ashcraft has taken the hill for 54 frames and has earned 32 punch outs during his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.45 (27 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.354. He has allowed 62 base hits (10.2 hits per nine innings) and has 12 walks. Ashcraft (4-2 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.00 and he has gone up against 241 batters during his time in the majors.

The Cardinals have a team slugging percentage of .401 and they tally 4.52 runs per contest (12th in the league). They have hit 158 doubles, while walking 289 times as well as putting up 420 runs. St. Louis has hit 97 long balls this year to go along with 401 RBIs. They have struck out on 724 occasions (22nd in baseball) and have accounted for 790 hits. The St. Louis Cardinals hold a team on-base percentage of .318 in addition to a team batting average of .250 for the season.

The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 363 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 3.77 (345 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 92 long balls and they surrender 3.97 runs per 9 innings (8th in MLB). The Cardinals have a team WHIP of 1.279 in addition to having a FIP of 4.13 as a team this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.32 (677 strikeouts against 292 walks). They are currently ranked 20th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 761.

St. Louis has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 34 save chances and they have tallied 22 saves. They sit at 16th in baseball holding a save rate of 64.7%, and they have sent 277 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. Their relievers have come in 75 times in high leverage situations and on 91 occasions with runners on. St. Louis relievers have an inherited score rate of 30.7% out of their 140 inherited runners. With 76 save situations, the Cardinals have 42 holds and 12 blown saves.

The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 104 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .989 (3rd in professional baseball). The Cardinals have racked up 978 assists, 37 errors and have accumulated 2,471 putouts for the season. Out of their 7,413 innings on the field, the Cardinals have a defensive efficiency of 70.6% (8th in pro baseball).

Matz (48-51 career record) has earned a 4.33 ERA while conceding 9.2 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.20 and he has faced 3,292 hitters in his MLB career. He has conceded 369 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.326 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. In his career, Matz has given up 787 hits and he has 740 K's in 767 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cincinnati

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