St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 4/27/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Thursday, April 27, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-115) San Francisco (-105)

Oracle Park is the location where the San Francisco Giants (10-13) will attempt to beat the St. Louis Cardinals (9-15) on Thursday. The odds on this game have the Cardinals at -115 and the Giants are sitting at -105. The over/under comes in at 8. The pitchers expected to start will be Miles Mikolas and Logan Webb.

St. Louis is slugging .425 and have struck out 196 times, while drawing a walk on 86 occasions. They have 105 RBI's and 221 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average is sitting at .267. The Cardinals have tallied 43 doubles as a team and have hit 28 baseballs out of the stadium. They have accounted for 108 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .341. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are notching 4.5 runs/g, which has them at 16th in MLB.

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The Cardinals have compiled a team earned run average of 4.38 this season (18th in the league), and their staff has rung up 218 batters. Cardinals pitchers have allowed 29 home runs in addition to 115 total runs (22nd in baseball). They have walked 81 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.28 as a team on the year. St. Louis has allowed 221 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 103 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.69 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.43.

The Cardinals relief pitchers have a save percentage of 44.4% and stepped onto the hill in 18 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 44 base runners over the course of the season with 34.1% of those runners earned a run for their team. Cardinals bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 29 times in addition to having 25 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 77 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. The relievers have racked up 9 holds on the season (23rd in the league). They have recorded 4 saves this season and have blown 5 of their 9 save opportunities.

The St. Louis Cardinals have a tally of 635 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 240 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which puts them in 16th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 28 double plays. The Cardinals have transformed 65.8% of balls in play into outs in their 1,905 innings on the field, which has them sitting 29th in pro baseball.

Mikolas has taken the hill for 748 innings and has earned 559 K's so far in his pro baseball career. Mikolas (45-41 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.01 and he has faced 3,093 opposing batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.82 (318 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.177. He has conceded 729 base knocks (8.8 hits per 9 innings) with 152 walks.

San Francisco has tallied 36 home runs so far this season to go along with 102 RBIs. They have put up 29 doubles, while getting a free base 77 times and putting up 104 runs. The San Francisco Giants have tallied a team on-base percentage of .316 and a batting average of .237 on the season. The Giants have a slugging percentage of .413 and they average 4.52 runs per contest (15th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 245 occasions (1st in MLB) and have earned 187 hits.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.275 and have a FIP of 4.12 as a staff so far this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.20 (211 strikeouts against 55 walks). They come in at 21st in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 208. They have allowed 30 homers and they allow 4.93 runs per 9 innings (22nd in the league). The San Francisco pitching staff have conceded 113 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.23 (97 earned runs relinquished).

With 14 save situations, the Giants have amassed 6 holds and also 3 blown saves. San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 7 save chances and they have converted 4 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 23 times in high leverage situations and on 25 occasions with runners on. San Francisco relievers have an inherited score rate of 32.4% of 37 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 20th in the league with a save rate of 57.1%, and they have sent 72 relief pitchers onto the field so far this season.

The San Francisco Giants have gotten 20 double plays and have a fielding rate of .979 (30th in professional baseball). The Giants have recorded 228 assists, 18 errors and have amassed 620 putouts for the year. In 1,860 innings on the field, the Giants have earned a defensive efficiency of 66.9% (27th in baseball).

In his MLB career, Webb has surrendered 438 hits while totaling 440 punch outs in 465 innings pitched. He has conceded 183 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.214 and a FIP of 3.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.46 and he has faced 1,925 batters so far in his pro baseball career. Webb (32-23 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.54 earned run average while giving up 8.5 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis (-115)

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