Chicago White Sox vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 5/4/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago White Sox vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Saturday, May 4, 2024

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+235) St. Louis (-290)

The Chicago White Sox (6-25) are hitting the road to Busch Stadium on Saturday where they will try to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals (14-17). The odds on this game have Chicago at +235 and St. Louis is coming in at -290. The total has been set at 7.5. The men taking the mound will be Erick Fedde and Lance Lynn.

The White Sox have hit 47 doubles as a team and have hit 22 baseballs out of the park. Chicago has a slugging percentage of .327 and have been rung up 264 times, while drawing a walk on 80 occasions. As a squad, the Chicago White Sox are earning 2.9 runs per game, which is 30th in the league. They have recorded 81 RBI's as well as 213 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average comes in at .212. They have earned 89 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .276.

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The White Sox hold a team ERA of 5.15 on the season (29th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 249 hitters. White Sox pitchers have surrendered 43 home runs and 173 total runs (28th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 126 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.91 as a team on the season. Chicago has given up 269 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 154 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.98 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.47.

The White Sox bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 30.8% and has come into the game in 27 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 72 runners for the season and 41.7% of them earned a run for their team. White Sox relief pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 45 times in addition to having 45 appearances in high leverage situations. The White Sox have dispatched 116 relievers to the mound over the course of the season. The relief pitchers have accumulated 14 holds for the year (25th in MLB). They have earned 4 saves on the year and have blown 9 of their 13 chances to save the game.

The Chicago White Sox have 807 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 254 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding rate is at .982 which ranks 21st in pro baseball, and have a total of 20 double plays. The White Sox have converted 68.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 2,421 innings, which has them ranked 25th in pro baseball.

Fedde (23-33 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 5.09 while he has gone up against 2,154 hitters in the majors. He has allowed 529 hits (9.7 hits per 9 innings) and has had 200 free passes. His earned run average is 5.21 (283 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.491. Fedde has pitched in 489 innings and has tallied 391 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

St. Louis has tallied 21 home runs for the season and 103 runs batted in. They have notched 46 two-baggers, while walking 105 times and putting up 109 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals have recorded an on-base percentage of .300 and a team batting average of .220 over the course of the season. The Cardinals have a slugging percentage of .338 and they average 3.52 runs per game (27th in the league). They have struck out on 266 occasions (15th in the league) and are sitting with 223 base hits.

The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.309 and have a FIP of 4.13 as a unit over the course of the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.50 (260 strikeouts vs 92 walks). They have a ranking of 21st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 267. They have allowed 38 long balls and they allow 4.56 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The St. Louis pitching staff have allowed 139 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.04 (123 earned runs yielded).

St. Louis has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 13 save opportunities and they have earned 11 saves. They sit at 3rd in baseball with a save percentage of 84.6%, and they have sent 95 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 26 times in high leverage situations and on 30 occasions with runners on. St. Louis relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 37.5% out of 40 inherited base runners. Sitting with 37 save situations, the Cardinals have tallied 24 holds and also 2 blown saves.

In their 2,472 innings on the diamond, the Cardinals hold a defensive efficiency of 68.9% (23rd in professional baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 36 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .991 (3rd in baseball). The Cardinals have racked up 276 assists, 10 errors and have accounted for 824 putouts this year.

So far in his MLB career, Lynn has allowed 1,773 base knocks while accumulating 1,935 strikeouts in 1,919 innings. He has allowed 793 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.274 and having a FIP of 3.8. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.88 and he has faced 8,145 opposing batters in his career. Lynn (137-95 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.72 earned run average and has surrendered 8.3 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Chicago (+235)

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