New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 8/20/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Sunday, August 20, 2023

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Busch Stadium is the site where the St. Louis Cardinals (54-68) will attempt to defeat the New York Mets (56-66) on Sunday. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Carlos Carrasco and Dakota Hudson.

The Mets have recorded 165 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 155 baseballs out of the park. New York has a slugging percentage of .401 and have been rung up 960 times, while being walked on 414 occasions. As a unit, the New York Mets are notching 4.3 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 20th in baseball. They have accumulated 517 runs batted in in addition to 950 hits this year, and their team batting average comes in at .236. They have a total of 530 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .318.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.26 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.38. Mets pitchers have allowed 153 home runs and 577 total runs (19th in the league). New York has allowed 1,014 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) as well as 534 earned runs. The Mets have compiled a team ERA of 4.51 so far this year (20th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,034 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 458 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.65 as a squad for the season.

The Mets have sent 402 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 178 base runners this year with 30.3% of those runners ended up scoring. They have recorded 28 saves so far this year and have blown 14 of 42 save opportunities. The Mets relief pitchers have a save rate of 66.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 116 save situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 70 holds for the season (10th in the league). Mets pitchers have come into the game with runners on 120 times in addition to having 115 appearances in high leverage situations.

The New York Mets have accounted for 3,196 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,054 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which is 22nd in MLB, and they have turned 106 double plays. The Mets have turned 69.0% of balls in play into outs out of their 9,588 innings on the diamond, ranking them 17th in the majors.

Carrasco has taken the hill for 1,532 innings and is sitting with 1,569 K's during his career. Carrasco (107-91 record in his career) has a FIP of 3.62 while facing 6,381 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.01 (683 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.241. He has given up 1,484 hits (8.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 418 walks.

St. Louis has a total of 170 HRs over the course of the season to go along with 547 runs batted in. They have 203 doubles, while walking 422 times as well as scoring 566 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals have compiled an on-base percentage of .332 and a batting average of .258 on the year. The Cardinals have a SLG% of .434 and they are scoring 4.64 runs per game (12th in the league). They have been rung up on 1,001 occasions (21st in the league) and have totaled 1,078 base knocks.

The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 598 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 4.55 (544 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 120 homers and they relinquish 5.00 runs per 9 innings (24th in the league). The Cardinals have a team WHIP of 1.428 in addition to having a FIP of 4.17 as a squad on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.00 (958 strikeouts vs 391 free passes). They come in at 29th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,146.

Sitting with 116 save situations, the Cardinals have 63 holds and 25 blown saves. St. Louis has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 52 save opportunities and they have walked away with 27 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 130 times in high leverage situations and on 132 occasions with base runners. St. Louis bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 30.2% out of their 215 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 27th in baseball holding a save rate of 51.9%, and they have dispatched 361 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the season.

The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 112 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .989 (2nd in professional baseball). The Cardinals have accrued 1,180 assists, 47 errors and have accumulated 3,229 putouts this year. Out of their 9,687 innings on the field, the Cardinals hold a efficiency on defense of 66.8% (30th in professional baseball).

Hudson (36-17 career record) is the owner of a 3.64 ERA and has given up 8.2 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.53 and he has gone up against 1,820 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered a total of 173 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.362 and a FIP of 4.6. During his MLB career, Hudson has surrendered 389 hits and he has 295 punch outs in 427 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take New York

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