Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets Prediction, 5/28/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets

Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Location: Citi Field in Queens, NY

TV: Sportsnet New York

Citi Field is the location where the New York Mets (22-30) will play the Los Angeles Dodgers (33-22) on Tuesday. The starting pitchers will be Tyler Glasnow and Jose Quintana.

Los Angeles owns a slugging percentage of .426 and have struck out 458 times, while being walked on 211 occasions. They have 260 RBI's and 471 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average sits at .253. The Dodgers have accrued 101 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 68 balls out of the park. They have earned 270 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .333. As a unit, the Los Angeles Dodgers are notching 4.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in MLB.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.89 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.13. Dodgers pitchers have allowed 59 home runs and also 201 total runs (8th in the league). Los Angeles has given up 396 hits (7.2 per 9 innings) and also 187 earned runs. The Dodgers have compiled a team ERA of 3.42 on the campaign (8th in MLB), and they have struck out 462 batters. They have walked 160 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.92 as a squad on the season.

The Dodgers have sent 168 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 47 runners this season with 34.0% of those players crossed the plate. They have accumulated 15 saves this season and have blown 6 of 21 save opportunities. The Dodgers relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 71.4% and has come into the game in 52 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 31 holds this year (9th in the league). Dodgers bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 36 times and also have had 51 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have accumulated 1,477 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 494 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .989 which puts them in 3rd in baseball, and have a total of 36 double plays. The Dodgers have converted 73.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 4,431 innings, ranking them 1st in MLB.

Glasnow has taken the hill for 596 innings and has racked up 765 strikeouts thus far in his career. His earned run average is 3.80 (252 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.173. He has allowed 471 hits (7.1 hits per nine innings) and has 229 walks. Glasnow (36-30 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.46 while going up against 2,458 batters in the majors.

The Mets have a team slugging percentage of .377 and they average 4.27 runs per game (18th in the league). They have hit 84 two-baggers, while taking a walk 162 times as well as notching 222 runs. New York has accounted for 56 HRs this season as well as 211 RBIs. They have struck out on 419 occasions (21st in baseball) and have tallied 423 base hits. The New York Mets have a team on-base percentage of .308 as well as a team batting average of .236 this season.

The Mets are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.323 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.93 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.80 (459 strikeouts against 221 free passes). They rank 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 397. They have relinquished 42 home runs and they concede 4.74 runs per 9 innings (21st in baseball). The New York pitching staff have conceded 246 runs this season while having a team ERA of 4.08 (212 earned runs conceded).

New York relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 31.8% of 66 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 75 times in high leverage situations in addition to 54 occasions with runners on. With 57 save situations, the Mets have accrued 36 holds and 9 blown saves. They are ranked 20th in baseball with a save percentage of 57.1%, and they have dispatched 173 relievers onto the diamond so far this season. New York has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 21 save chances and they have walked away with 12 saves.

The New York Mets have turned 42 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (24th in pro baseball). The Mets have racked up 440 assists, 32 errors and have amassed 1,402 putouts for the year. In their 4,206 innings on the diamond, the Mets have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (16th in baseball).

Quintana (93-97 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 3.78 ERA while surrendering 8.9 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.98 and he has gone up against 7,766 hitters during his MLB career. He has conceded a total of 778 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.281 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. So far in his career, Quintana has conceded 1,827 base hits and he has 1,628 strikeouts in 1,852 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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