New York Mets vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 5/3/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: New York (-200) Detroit (+170)

Comerica Park is where the Detroit Tigers (10-17) will attempt to beat the New York Mets (16-13) on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Mets at -200 while the Tigers are sitting at +170. The over/under has been set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound are Max Scherzer and Joey Wentz.

New York has a slugging rate of .393 and have struck out 227 times, while drawing a walk on 116 occasions. They have tallied 130 runs batted in as well as 231 base knocks so far this year, while their average at the plate comes in at .242. The Mets have hit 45 two-baggers as a team and have hit 31 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 135 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .334. As a unit, the New York Mets are putting up 4.7 runs per outing, which ranks them 13th in the league.

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The Mets hold a team earned run average of 4.48 on the year (18th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 246 batters. Mets pitchers have allowed 42 long balls and 126 runs in total (13th in MLB). They have walked 114 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 5.15 as a team this year. New York has relinquished 225 base knocks (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 125 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.16 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.35.

Mets pitchers have entered the game with runners on 26 times and also have had 30 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have recorded 25 holds so far this season (3rd in MLB). The Mets relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 81.8% and stepped onto the hill in 36 save situations. They have compiled 9 saves for the season and have blown 2 of 11 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 39 runners for the year with 23.1% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Mets have dispatched 92 relief pitchers to the mound on the season.

The Mets have turned 71.4% of balls in play into outs in their 2,259 innings, which has them sitting 5th in baseball. The New York Mets have a tally of 753 putouts on the campaign, as well as 243 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding rate is at .989 which is 9th in pro baseball, and they have turned 27 double plays.

Scherzer has pitched in 2,701 frames and is sitting with 3,210 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. Scherzer (203-103 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.12 while he has faced 10,908 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.12 (935 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.075. He has surrendered 2,194 hits (7.3 hits per nine innings) and has had 710 walks.

Detroit has 20 home runs on the campaign as well as 86 runs batted in. They have hit 43 two-baggers, while walking 85 times as well as recording 88 runs. The Detroit Tigers are sitting with an on-base percentage of .290 in addition to a batting average of .222 on the campaign. The Tigers have a team slugging % of .338 and they score 3.26 runs per outing (30th in the league). They have been rung up on 271 instances (6th in baseball) and have tallied 205 base hits.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.240 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.94 as a team for the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 7.80 (211 strikeouts vs 81 bases on balls). They come in at 8th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 219. They have allowed 40 homers and they concede 5.02 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The Detroit pitching staff have surrendered 135 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.80 (129 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 27 save situations, the Tigers have earned 14 holds in addition to 5 blown saves. Detroit has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 11 save opportunities and they have tallied 6 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 33 times in high leverage situations in addition to 28 occasions with base runners. Detroit relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 45.9% out of 37 inherited runners. They rank 22nd in MLB with a save rate of 54.5%, and they have sent 86 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the year.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 21 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .990 (5th in MLB). The Tigers have recorded 240 assists, 10 errors and have notched a total of 726 putouts on the season. Out of their 2,178 innings played, the Tigers have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 72.5% (2nd in MLB).

Wentz (2-5 record in his career) has a 4.42 ERA and has surrendered 7.2 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.14 and he has gone up against 231 batters so far in his career. He has given up 27 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.200 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. In his pro baseball career, Wentz has surrendered 44 base hits while earning 47 K's in 55 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit (+170)

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