St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 8/31/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-240) Cincinnati (+190)

Great American Ball Park is the location where the Cincinnati Reds (50-77) will play the St. Louis Cardinals (75-54) on Wednesday. The line on this matchup has the Cardinals at -240 and the Reds are priced at +190. The over/under comes in at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Jose Quintana and Mike Minor.

The Cardinals have tallied 228 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 161 baseballs out of the stadium. St. Louis is slugging .431 and have been called out on strikes 999 times, while drawing a walk on 424 occasions. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are recording 5.0 runs per game, which has them at 4th in MLB. They have 612 runs batted in and 1,142 base knocks on the campaign, while their batting average is sitting at .260. They have accumulated 638 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .331.

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The Cardinals hold a team earned run average of 3.83 on the year (12th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 942 batters. They have walked 382 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.99 as a squad for the season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.47 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.25. Cardinals pitchers have yielded 121 home runs in addition to 512 runs in total (9th in baseball).

Cardinals relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 127 times as well as having 104 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 55 holds on the year (24th in MLB). The Cardinals bullpen have recorded a save rate of 64.4% and has entered the game in 100 save situations. They have 29 saves over the course of the season and have blown 16 of 45 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 196 runners over the course of the season and 35.2% of those players crossed home plate. The Cardinals have dispatched 364 relievers to the mound this season.

The Cardinals have converted 70.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 10,266 innings, which has them sitting 7th in professional baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have a tally of 3,422 putouts for the season, as well as 1,357 assists and 55 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .989 which puts them in 2nd in pro baseball, and have a total of 138 double plays.

Quintana (87-86 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.65 while he has faced 7,079 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has allowed 1,670 base hits (8.9 hits per 9 innings) and has had 499 walks. His earned run average is 3.81 (713 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.287. Quintana has taken the hill for 1,685 innings and has tallied 1,503 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career.

Cincinnati has 123 home runs so far this year as well as 518 RBIs. They have recorded 193 two-baggers, while taking a walk 350 times and scoring 540 runs. The Cincinnati Reds have an on-base percentage of .308 and a team batting average of .240 so far this season. The Reds have a team slugging percentage of .379 and they average 4.25 runs per contest (19th in MLB). They have been rung up on 1,141 occasions (4th in baseball) and have totaled 1,016 base hits.

The Cincinnati pitching staff have given up 658 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 5.04 (623 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 173 home runs and they relinquish 5.32 runs per 9 innings (28th in baseball). The Reds have a WHIP of 1.416 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.65 as a staff for the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.37 (1,106 strikeouts against 467 free passes). They rank 24th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,108.

Cincinnati has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 44 save chances and they have tallied 25 saves. They are ranked 25th in MLB with a save percentage of 56.8%, and they have dispatched 450 bullpen pitchers to the hill this season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 111 times in high leverage situations and also on 131 occasions with runners on. Cincinnati relievers have an inherited score rate of 36.0% out of their 200 inherited runners. With 94 save situations, the Reds have tallied 50 holds and 19 blown saves.

The Cincinnati Reds have gotten 80 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (13th in pro baseball). The Reds have 985 assists, 62 errors and have accumulated 3,338 putouts on the season. In 10,014 innings on the diamond, the Reds have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.2% (26th in professional baseball).

Thus far in his career, Minor has surrendered 1,324 hits while accumulating 1,263 punch outs in 1,390 frames. Minor (82-88 career mark) holds a 4.23 ERA while conceding 8.6 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 653 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.243 and a FIP of 4.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.12 and he has gone up against 5,814 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Louis (-240)

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