New York Mets vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 9/21/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Odds/Point Spread: New York (-130) Milwaukee (+110)

American Family Field is the location where the Milwaukee Brewers (78-69) will attempt to defeat the New York Mets (94-55) on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Mets at -130 while the Brewers are priced at +110. The over/under is set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound will be Taijuan Walker and Adrian Houser.

The Mets have accounted for 250 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 152 balls out of the stadium. New York is slugging .409 and have been called out on strikes 1,112 times, while drawing a walk on 467 occasions. As a team, the New York Mets are scoring 4.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in the league. They have accrued 661 runs batted in as well as 1,291 base knocks this year, and their team batting average comes in at .258. They have accumulated 695 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .331.

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The Mets have an ERA of 3.51 on the year (7th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,427 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 399 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.48 as a team this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.58 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.18. Mets pitchers have relinquished 150 home runs and also 549 runs in total (6th in the league).

Mets relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 127 times in addition to having 121 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 74 holds over the course of the season (16th in baseball). The Mets bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 72.2% and has come into the game in 129 save situations. They have tallied 39 saves this year and have missed out on 15 of their 54 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 173 runners this season with 38.2% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Mets have dispatched 434 relievers to the mound for the year.

The New York Mets have a tally of 3,950 putouts for the season, as well as 1,245 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .988 which puts them in 5th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 116 double plays. The Mets have turned 69.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of 11,850 innings, ranking them 19th in pro baseball.

Walker has thrown 882 innings and has racked up 785 strikeouts during his MLB career. His ERA is 3.88 (381 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.224. He has given up 801 base knocks (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 279 walks. Walker (54-49 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 4.21 while he has faced 3,705 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

Milwaukee is sitting with 202 home runs so far this season as well as 646 runs batted in. They have notched 221 doubles, while walking 522 times and scoring 664 runs. The Milwaukee Brewers have an on-base percentage of .316 as well as a batting average of .235 for the year. The Brewers have a team SLG% of .411 and they score 4.55 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 1,312 occasions (5th in MLB) and have a total of 1,150 base hits.

The Milwaukee pitching staff have allowed 638 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 3.94 (569 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 177 homers and they surrender 4.42 runs per 9 innings (18th in baseball). The Brewers have a team WHIP of 1.239 with a FIP of 3.99 as a staff on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.90 (1,366 strikeouts against 471 walks). They are currently ranked 8th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,138.

Milwaukee has called on relievers to enter the contest in 76 save chances and they have earned 49 saves. They are ranked 16th in the league with a save percentage of 64.5%, and they have sent 485 relievers to the mound over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have come in 184 times in high leverage situations and on 119 occasions with runners on. Milwaukee relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 29.5% of 166 inherited runners. With 171 save situations, the Brewers have compiled 95 holds and 27 blown saves.

In 11,691 innings played, the Brewers are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (13th in the majors). The Milwaukee Brewers have turned 108 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (19th in MLB). The Brewers have 1,279 assists, 82 errors and have earned 3,897 putouts this year.

During his career, Houser has conceded 394 hits while tallying 340 strikeouts in 420 frames. He has allowed 186 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.352 and a FIP of 4.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.95 and he has gone up against 1,795 opposing hitters during his MLB career. Houser (23-28 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 3.99 earned run average while giving up 8.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Milwaukee (+110)

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