Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 8/17/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Busch Stadium is the location where the St. Louis Cardinals (60-61) will take on the Los Angeles Dodgers (71-50) on Saturday. The expected starting pitchers are Tyler Glasnow and Andre Pallante.

As a team, the Los Angeles Dodgers are knocking in 4.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in the league. They have notched a total of 598 runs scored and hold an OBP of .332. The Dodgers have hit 225 doubles as a team and have smacked 162 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 580 RBI's in addition to 1,040 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average sits at .252. Los Angeles is slugging .434 and have struck out 1,024 times, while drawing a walk on 458 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.85 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.21. Dodgers pitchers have yielded 145 long balls and 494 total runs (9th in MLB). Los Angeles has given up 942 hits (7.8 per 9 innings) and 448 earned runs. The Dodgers hold a team earned run average of 3.73 this year (3rd in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,044 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 366 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.13 as a squad for the year.

The Dodgers have dispatched 407 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. The relief pitchers have inherited 127 runners over the course of the season with 32.3% of them ended up scoring. They have accumulated 37 saves this year and have not converted 24 of 61 save chances. The Dodgers relievers have earned a save percentage of 60.7% and stepped onto the hill in 137 save situations. The relievers have accumulated 73 holds for the year (8th in baseball). Dodgers bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 94 times and also have had 137 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have earned a total of 3,245 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,034 assists and 60 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which puts them in 10th in MLB, and they have turned 86 double plays. The Dodgers have converted 71.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 9,735 innings on the diamond, ranking them 2nd in pro baseball.

Glasnow has taken the ball for 663 innings and has earned 846 K's during his career. His earned run average is 3.81 (281 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.155. He has conceded 519 hits (7.0 hits per 9 innings) with 247 free passes. Glasnow (39-33 record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.76 and he has faced 2,719 hitters during his time in the majors.

The St. Louis Cardinals have tallied an OBP of .309 and a batting average of .246 for the year. They have struck out on 1,000 occasions (19th in baseball) and are sitting with 1,008 base hits. St. Louis has accounted for 123 HRs this season as well as 469 runs batted in. The Cardinals have a team SLG% of .386 and they are recording 4.10 runs per outing (24th in baseball). They have tallied 181 doubles, while walking 344 times as well as putting up 496 runs.

The St. Louis pitching staff have surrendered 559 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 4.19 (500 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 135 homers and they relinquish 4.68 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.275 in addition to having a FIP of 4.05 as a staff on the season. Their K/BB ratio is 8.00 (961 strikeouts vs 336 walks). They sit at 24th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 1,035.

St. Louis has had relievers enter the contest in 60 save chances and they have earned 41 saves. They sit at 5th in the league with a save rate of 68.3%, and they have sent 379 relievers onto the field on the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 133 times in high leverage situations and on 118 occasions with runners on. St. Louis relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 37.4% of 163 inherited base runners. Sitting with 145 save situations, the Cardinals have earned 85 holds and also 19 blown saves.

In their 9,681 innings played, the Cardinals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.4% (20th in pro baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 116 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .988 (4th in the majors). The Cardinals have recorded 1,127 assists, 55 errors and have earned a total of 3,227 putouts during this campaign.

In his career, Pallante has conceded 259 base knocks while totaling 171 strikeouts in 248 innings pitched. Pallante (14-12 career record) has earned a 3.92 earned run average while giving up 9.4 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 108 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.442 and a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.73 and he has gone up against 1,069 opposing batters during his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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