Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 5/15/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Monday, May 15, 2023

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-125) St. Louis (+105)

Busch Stadium is where the St. Louis Cardinals (15-25) will try to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers (22-17) on Monday. The moneyline on this game has Milwaukee at -125 and St. Louis is opening at +105. The over/under is 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Eric Lauer and Jack Flaherty.

The Brewers have accounted for 48 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 46 balls out of the park. Milwaukee is slugging .390 and have struck out 353 times, while drawing a walk on 138 occasions. As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are compiling 4.4 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 18th in MLB. They have 164 RBI's as well as 309 base knocks this year, and their team batting average is sitting at .242. They have notched a total of 170 runs while having a team OBP of .318.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 2.51 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.24. Brewers pitchers have given up 48 home runs and also 153 runs (7th in the league). Milwaukee has given up 307 base knocks (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 140 earned runs. The Brewers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.65 this year (8th in the league), and the staff has struck out 304 hitters. They have walked 121 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.53 as a squad so far this year.

Brewers relief pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 33 times in addition to having 32 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have recorded 20 holds this year (17th in baseball). The Brewers relievers have earned a save rate of 64.3% and has come into the game in 35 save situations. They have accumulated 9 saves over the course of the season and have blown 5 of their 14 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 49 runners on the year and 24.5% of them crossed the plate. The Brewers have dispatched 117 relievers to the mound on the year.

The Brewers have turned 71.6% of balls in play into outs out of their 2,943 innings, which ranks them 3rd in MLB. The Milwaukee Brewers have accumulated 981 putouts this year, in addition to 333 assists and 16 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which has them ranked 11th in MLB, and have a total of 30 double plays.

Lauer (35-35 career record) has a FIP of 4.45 and he has gone up against 2,517 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has conceded 568 base hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has 222 walks. His earned run average is 4.14 (269 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.352. Lauer has pitched in 584 frames and has 557 K's during his career.

The Cardinals hold a team SLG% of .422 and they are scoring 4.53 runs per game (11th in baseball). They have hit 71 doubles, while getting a free base 134 times as well as recording 181 runs. St. Louis has recorded 49 home runs so far this year and 175 RBIs. They have been rung up on 328 occasions (21st in MLB) and have 356 hits. The St. Louis Cardinals hold a team on-base percentage of .327 and a batting average of .258 over the course of the season.

The St. Louis pitching staff have allowed 199 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 4.64 (181 earned runs conceded). They have allowed 47 homers and they relinquish 5.10 runs per 9 innings (23rd in baseball). The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.481 with a FIP of 4.41 as a unit over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.90 (346 strikeouts against 144 walks). They come in at 29th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 376.

St. Louis bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.5% out of 83 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 43 times in high leverage situations and on 51 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 34 save situations, the Cardinals have tallied 17 holds and 11 blown saves. They are ranked 29th in the league with a save percentage of 35.3%, and they have dispatched 124 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this year. St. Louis has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 17 save opportunities and they have tallied 6 saves.

The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 41 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (12th in the majors). The Cardinals have recorded 365 assists, 17 errors and have notched a total of 1,001 putouts this season. In their 3,003 innings played, the Cardinals have earned a efficiency on defense of 65.7% (29th in baseball).

During his MLB career, Flaherty has given up 433 base knocks while accumulating 639 K's in 562 innings. He has given up 225 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.152 and a FIP of 4.0. His K/BB ratio is 2.97 and he has gone up against 2,317 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career. Flaherty (36-29 career win-loss mark) holds a 3.60 earned run average and has allowed 6.9 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Milwaukee (-125)

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