St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 7/23/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Saturday, July 23, 2022

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Great American Ball Park is the location where the Cincinnati Reds (34-57) will take on the St. Louis Cardinals (50-44) on Saturday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Steven Matz and Mike Minor.

The Cardinals have hit 158 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 99 balls out of the park. St. Louis is slugging .403 and have struck out 733 times, while drawing a walk on 295 occasions. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are knocking in 4.6 runs/g, which puts them at 10th in baseball. They have accrued 411 RBI's and 802 base knocks for the year, while their average at the plate is sitting at .251. They have racked up 431 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .320.

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The Cardinals have a team earned run average of 3.74 for the season (9th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 683 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 296 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.13 as a unit over the course of the season. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.31 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.27. Cardinals pitchers have conceded 93 long balls and 366 runs (7th in baseball).

The Cardinals relief pitchers have a save rate of 64.7% and has come into the game in 76 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 143 base runners so far this year and 31.5% of those players crossed the plate. Cardinals bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 92 times as well as having 75 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 279 relievers to the mound so far this year. The bullpen have notched 42 holds this year (23rd in the league). They have compiled 22 saves so far this season and have blown 12 of their 34 save chances.

The St. Louis Cardinals have notched a total of 2,498 putouts on the year, as well as 991 assists and 39 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .989 which has them sitting 2nd in professional baseball, and have earned 106 double plays. The Cardinals have transformed 70.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 7,494 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 8th in pro baseball.

Matz has pitched in 767 innings and has tallied 740 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.33 (369 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.326. He has given up 787 hits (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 231 walks. Matz (48-51 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.34 while going up against 3,292 opposing hitters in the majors.

The Reds hold a slugging % of .376 and they tally 4.29 runs per contest (18th in baseball). They have 143 two-baggers, while getting a free base 253 times and scoring 390 runs. Cincinnati has accumulated 84 home runs on the campaign as well as 372 RBIs. They have been rung up on 801 instances (10th in the league) and have 722 hits. The Cincinnati Reds hold an on-base percentage of .308 as well as a team batting average of .239 over the course of the season.

The Reds are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.432 in addition to having a FIP of 4.72 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They are sitting at 25th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 791. The Cincinnati pitching staff have surrendered 497 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 5.30 (470 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.29 (805 strikeouts vs 352 bases on balls). They have surrendered 127 home runs and they surrender 5.61 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league).

Sitting with 63 save situations, the Reds have earned 33 holds in addition to 13 blown saves. Cincinnati has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 30 save chances and they have walked away with 17 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 82 times in high leverage situations and on 95 occasions with runners on base. Cincinnati relievers have an inherited score percentage of 38.1% out of 147 inherited base runners. They rank 25th in baseball with a save rate of 56.7%, and they have sent 325 relief pitchers to the hill this season.

In 7,182 innings on the diamond, the Reds are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.2% (26th in pro baseball). The Cincinnati Reds have turned 56 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (16th in baseball). The Reds have accrued 682 assists, 48 errors and have accumulated 2,394 putouts so far this year.

In his MLB career, Minor has conceded 1,277 base hits while totaling 1,235 K's in 1,353 innings pitched. Minor (80-84 career record) has earned a 4.18 ERA while giving up 8.5 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 628 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.233 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.1. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.16 and he has gone up against 5,640 opposing batters during his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Louis

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