New York Mets vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 8/4/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Friday, August 4, 2023

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

The Baltimore Orioles (66-41) are hosting the New York Mets (50-56) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Friday. The expected starting pitchers will be David Peterson and Dean Kremer.

As a unit, the New York Mets are compiling 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 18th in baseball. They have 472 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .318. The Mets have tallied 143 doubles as a squad and have knocked 135 balls out of the park. They have 460 RBI's as well as 835 hits so far this season, and their batting average is at .238. New York has a slugging rate of .404 and have been called out on strikes 838 times, while drawing a walk on 353 occasions.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.33 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.35. Mets pitchers have yielded 130 long balls in addition to 483 runs in total (17th in MLB). New York has allowed 863 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and 445 earned runs. The Mets have a team ERA of 4.32 so far this year (18th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 903 batters. They have walked 388 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.58 as a squad on the season.

Mets pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 101 times in addition to having 105 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have accumulated 63 holds on the season (8th in the league). The Mets relievers have compiled a save rate of 64.1% and has stepped onto the mound in 105 save situations. They have compiled 25 saves this year and have not converted 14 of 39 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 150 runners for the year with 30.0% of those runners ended up scoring. The Mets have dispatched 347 relief pitchers to the hill for the season.

The New York Mets have earned a total of 2,779 putouts this year, in addition to 924 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .984 which has them sitting 21st in professional baseball, and have accumulated 95 double plays. The Mets have converted 69.3% of balls in play into outs out of their 8,337 innings, which has them sitting at 13th in MLB.

Peterson (18-20 career mark) holds a FIP of 4.21 while he has gone up against 1,225 batters in the majors. He has conceded 269 hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 126 free passes. His earned run average is 4.62 (146 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.389. Peterson has pitched in 284 innings and has totaled 303 strikeouts in his MLB career.

The Orioles hold a team slugging % of .421 and they tally 4.93 runs per game (8th in the league). They have put up 204 doubles, while walking 346 times and notching 528 runs. Baltimore has knocked in 126 home runs on the season and 512 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 895 occasions (20th in MLB) and have 906 base knocks. The Baltimore Orioles have tallied an on-base percentage of .319 in addition to a team batting average of .251 on the year.

The Baltimore pitching staff have allowed 468 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.14 (442 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 124 home runs and they give up 4.39 runs per 9 innings (13th in baseball). The Orioles have a team WHIP of 1.295 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.09 as a squad on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 9.10 (975 strikeouts vs 334 walks). They are currently ranked 21st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 909.

Baltimore relievers have an inherited score percentage of 36.3% of 201 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 143 times in high leverage situations and on 135 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 139 save situations, the Orioles have earned 79 holds and also 23 blown saves. They sit at 17th in baseball with a save percentage of 60.3%, and they have sent 366 relievers onto the field this year. Baltimore has had relief pitchers enter the game in 58 save chances and they have come away with 35 saves.

In 8,640 innings on the diamond, the Orioles hold a defensive efficiency of 68.7% (19th in the majors). The Baltimore Orioles have turned 94 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .989 (2nd in professional baseball). The Orioles have recorded 931 assists, 42 errors and have accumulated 2,880 putouts so far this season.

During his MLB career, Kremer has allowed 326 hits while he has totaled 267 strikeouts in 317 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 162 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.361 and a FIP of 4.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.52 and he has gone up against 1,350 opposing batters during his pro baseball career. Kremer (19-19 record in his career) has earned a 4.59 earned run average and has conceded 9.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New York

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