New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 4/21/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Friday, April 21, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

The San Francisco Giants (6-11) will go up against the New York Mets (12-7) at Oracle Park on Friday. The expected starting pitchers will be Joey Lucchesi and Anthony DeSclafani.

As a team, the New York Mets are earning 4.6 runs per game, which is 15th in the league. They are sitting with 88 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .337. The Mets have hit 32 doubles as a team and have smacked 20 balls out of the park. They have recorded 85 RBI's as well as 141 base knocks on the season, while their average at the plate comes in at .227. New York owns a slugging percentage of .376 and have been called out on strikes 131 times, while drawing a walk on 92 occasions.

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The Mets are sitting with a team ERA of 4.15 so far this year (15th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 161 hitters. Mets pitchers have conceded 28 long balls and also 77 runs in total (10th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 80 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 5.14 as a team this year. New York has yielded 151 base knocks (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 77 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.01 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.38.

Mets pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 19 times as well as having 23 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have accumulated 23 holds for the season (1st in baseball). The Mets relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 87.5% and has entered the game in 31 save situations. They have compiled 7 saves on the year and have missed out on 1 of their 8 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 27 base runners so far this year and 14.8% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Mets have sent 66 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

The New York Mets are sitting with 501 putouts for the season, as well as 159 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .994 which has them ranked 1st in professional baseball, and they have twisted 18 double plays. The Mets have transformed 71.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,503 innings on the field, which has them sitting 4th in pro baseball.

Lucchesi has thrown 337 frames and has accounted for 349 strikeouts in his MLB career. His ERA is 4.24 (159 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.268. He has surrendered 316 hits (8.4 hits per nine innings) and has had 112 walks. Lucchesi (19-24 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.12 while he has gone up against 1,423 hitters during his time in the majors.

San Francisco has hit 28 HRs so far this year to go along with 79 RBIs. They have put up 23 doubles, while getting a free base 62 times as well as scoring 79 runs. The San Francisco Giants hold a team OBP of .322 and a team batting average of .240 on the year. The Giants have a SLG% of .421 and they average 4.65 runs per game (13th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 188 occasions (1st in baseball) and have tallied 144 base hits.

The San Francisco pitching staff have surrendered 85 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.14 (70 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 23 dingers and they surrender 5.03 runs per 9 innings (20th in MLB). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.281 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.17 as a pitching staff this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 9.60 (163 strikeouts against 46 bases on balls). They are sitting at 10th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 149.

San Francisco has called on relievers to take the mound in 4 save chances and they have converted 3 saves. They are ranked 10th in MLB holding a save percentage of 75.0%, and they have sent 55 bullpen pitchers to the hill this year. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 17 times in high leverage situations and on 21 occasions with base runners. San Francisco relievers hold an inherited score rate of 26.7% out of their 30 inherited base runners. With 10 save situations, the Giants have amassed 5 holds in addition to 1 blown save.

In their 1,374 innings on the diamond, the Giants hold a defensive efficiency of 67.3% (26th in MLB). The San Francisco Giants have turned 15 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (29th in MLB). The Giants have recorded 154 assists, 13 errors and have 458 putouts over the course of the season.

In his career, DeSclafani has allowed 851 base hits while he has tallied 767 strikeouts in 862 innings. He has allowed a total of 389 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.255 and having a FIP of 4.1. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.32 and he has gone up against 3,614 hitters thus far in his career. DeSclafani (51-48 career record) has a 4.06 ERA and has conceded 8.9 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New York

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