Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 4/3/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Monday, April 3, 2023

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Atlanta (-115) St. Louis (-105)

The St. Louis Cardinals (2-1) will try to defeat the Atlanta Braves (2-1) at Busch Stadium on Monday. The moneyline on this contest has the Braves at -115 and the Cardinals are priced at -105. The betting total comes in at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Charlie Morton and Jake Woodford.

Atlanta is slugging .493 and have been rung up 15 times, while drawing a walk on 8 occasions. They have 11 RBI's and 23 base knocks this year, and their batting average is at .307. The Braves have accumulated 2 doubles as a team and have hit 4 baseballs out of the park. They have tallied 14 runs and have an OBP of .373. As a team, the Atlanta Braves are putting up 7.0 runs per game, which is 5th in MLB.

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Braves pitchers have conceded 1 home run in addition to 3 total runs (3rd in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 7 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.54 as a squad this season. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.29 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.11. The Braves have compiled a team ERA of 1.50 so far this season (3rd in the league), and their staff has struck out 16 hitters.

The Braves turned 70.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 13,032 innings on the field, which had them sitting 14th in the majors. The Atlanta Braves had a tally of 4,344 putouts last season, as well as 1,382 assists and 77 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .987 which put them in 9th in baseball, and had 110 double plays.

Morton (116-101 record in his career) has a FIP of 3.77 while he has faced 7,684 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has conceded 1,687 hits (8.4 hits per 9 innings) with 639 walks. His earned run average is 4.03 (805 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.294. Morton has thrown 1,797 innings and has tallied 1,697 strikeouts thus far in his career.

St. Louis has recorded 2 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 12 runs batted in. They have hit 2 doubles, while getting a free base 8 times and earning 13 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals have recorded a team OBP of .402 in addition to a team batting average of .338 this season. The Cardinals have a team SLG% of .446 and they tally 6.50 runs per outing (7th in MLB). They have been rung up on 16 instances (26th in the league) and have a total of 25 hits.

The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.944 and have a FIP of 3.82 as a team for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.46 (19 strikeouts vs 13 walks). They rank 21st in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 22. They have given up 0 homers and they allow 5.50 runs per 9 innings (22nd in the league). The St. Louis pitching staff have allowed 11 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 5.50 (11 earned runs given up).

St. Louis Cardinals turned 181 double plays and earned a fielding percentage of .989 (1st in professional baseball). The Cardinals recorded 1,701 assists, 66 errors and a tally of 4,307 putouts over the course of the prior season. In their 12,921 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (11th in professional baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Woodford has surrendered 129 base knocks while he has totaled 90 strikeouts in 137 innings. He has allowed a total of 55 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.241 and a FIP of 4.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.20 and he has faced 566 opposing hitters during his career. Woodford (8-4 mark in his career) has a 3.61 ERA while allowing 8.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Atlanta (-115)

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