Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 5/17/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-120) St. Louis (+100)

Busch Stadium is the location where the St. Louis Cardinals (17-25) will take on the Milwaukee Brewers (23-18) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Brewers at -120 while the Cardinals are at +100. The total is 8. The starting pitchers will be Corbin Burnes and Adam Wainwright.

The Brewers have accrued 49 two-baggers as a team and have hit 49 balls out of the park. Milwaukee is slugging .389 and have been rung up 375 times, while taking a walk on 144 occasions. As a squad, the Milwaukee Brewers are scoring 4.4 runs per game, which has them at 16th in baseball. They have tallied 172 RBI's and 321 hits this year, and their team batting average is sitting at .239. They have accounted for 180 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .316.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.41 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.28. Brewers pitchers have given up 55 home runs and 177 runs in total (12th in the league). Milwaukee has conceded 331 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) as well as 164 earned runs. The Brewers have compiled a team earned run average of 4.08 over the course of the season (14th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 320 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 133 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.76 as a unit for the season.

Brewers bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on 35 times as well as having 35 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers are sitting with 20 holds over the course of the season (21st in baseball). The Brewers relievers have a save percentage of 64.3% and stepped onto the hill in 35 save situations. They have compiled 9 saves so far this year and have blown 5 out of their 14 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 54 runners so far this season and 31.5% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Brewers have dispatched 125 relief pitchers to the mound this season.

The Brewers have turned 71.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of 3,258 innings on the field, ranking them 4th in professional baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers have notched a total of 1,086 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 360 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .988 which has them sitting 11th in the majors, and they have turned 31 double plays.

Burnes has pitched in 561 frames and has tallied 709 punch outs thus far in his career. Burnes (39-21 career record) sits with a FIP of 2.95 and he has gone up against 2,267 opposing batters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.22 (201 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.055. He has given up 434 base knocks (7.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 158 walks.

St. Louis has accumulated 56 home runs this year as well as 202 runs batted in. They have notched 77 doubles, while taking a walk 146 times as well as scoring 208 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals have a team on-base percentage of .335 as well as a batting average of .264 so far this season. The Cardinals hold a team SLG% of .438 and they are scoring 4.95 runs per contest (9th in baseball). They have struck out on 343 occasions (22nd in baseball) and have earned a total of 386 base knocks.

The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.460 in addition to having a FIP of 4.34 as a unit on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.90 (364 strikeouts against 152 walks). They are sitting at 28th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 387. They have surrendered 47 home runs and they surrender 4.90 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The St. Louis pitching staff have surrendered 201 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.46 (183 earned runs yielded).

With 35 save situations, the Cardinals have earned 17 holds in addition to 11 blown saves. St. Louis has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 18 save opportunities and they have earned 7 saves. Their relievers have taken the field 44 times in high leverage situations and on 52 occasions with runners on base. St. Louis relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 31.8% out of 85 inherited base runners. They rank 29th in baseball with a save rate of 38.9%, and they have dispatched 131 relievers to the hill so far this season.

In their 3,327 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals have earned a defensive efficiency of 66.2% (29th in professional baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 47 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (7th in pro baseball). The Cardinals have 409 assists, 17 errors and have earned 1,109 putouts for the season.

Thus far in his career, Wainwright has given up 2,441 hits while earning 2,154 punch outs in 2,577 innings. He has given up 972 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.218 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. His K/BB ratio is 3.09 and he has gone up against 10,677 hitters thus far in his career. Wainwright (195-117 career mark) has earned a 3.39 earned run average while giving up 8.5 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (+100)

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