New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 4/7/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Sunday, April 7, 2024

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

The New York Mets (1-5) are en route to Great American Ball Park on Sunday where they will try to beat the Cincinnati Reds (4-2). The pitchers who are expected to start are Sean Manaea and Andrew Abbott.

New York is slugging .269 and have been rung up 49 times, while drawing a walk on 22 occasions. They have tallied 13 RBI's as well as 34 base knocks this year, and their team batting average comes in at .173. The Mets have tallied 4 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 5 balls out of the park. They have a total of 13 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .269. As a squad, the New York Mets are recording 2.2 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 28th in MLB.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.68 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.26. Mets pitchers have given up 4 home runs and also 26 total runs (13th in baseball). New York has yielded 50 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) as well as 15 earned runs. The Mets have a team earned run average of 2.37 on the season (3rd in MLB), and their staff has struck out 59 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 22 batters and their FIP is 3.39 as a squad on the season.

The Mets relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 0.0% and stepped onto the hill in 4 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 7 runners so far this year with 28.6% of them crossed home plate. Mets bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 7 times in addition to having 11 appearances in high leverage situations. The Mets have sent 23 relievers to the hill on the campaign. The relievers have tallied 3 holds so far this season (20th in the league). They have accumulated 0 saves on the campaign and have blown 1 of 1 save opportunities.

The Mets have turned 67.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 513 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 22nd in baseball. The New York Mets have 171 putouts this year, in addition to 44 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .977 which is 24th in the majors, and have 8 double plays.

Manaea has taken the hill for 1,008 innings and has totaled 933 punch outs in his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.08 (457 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.218. He has conceded 955 hits (8.5 hits per nine innings) with 274 walks. Manaea (65-56 career mark) has a FIP of 4.03 and he has faced 4,215 batters in the major leagues.

The Reds have a team slugging percentage of .474 and they score 5.67 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have hit 17 doubles, while walking 14 times as well as scoring 34 runs. Cincinnati has compiled 7 home runs on the season as well as 33 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 67 occasions (8th in baseball) and have notched a total of 56 base hits. The Cincinnati Reds have recorded a team on-base percentage of .316 as well as a team batting average of .265 this year.

The Reds have a team WHIP of 1.278 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.66 as a squad this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.30 (56 strikeouts vs 21 walks). They are currently ranked 12th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 48. They have yielded 9 dingers and they concede 4.50 runs per 9 innings (16th in baseball). The Cincinnati pitching staff have yielded 27 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.00 (24 earned runs surrendered).

With 7 save situations, the Reds have tallied 4 holds in addition to 2 blown saves. Cincinnati has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 3 save chances and they have come away with 1 save. Their relievers have come in 11 times in high leverage situations in addition to 7 occasions with runners on. Cincinnati relievers have an inherited score percentage of 14.3% of 14 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 16th in the league holding a save rate of 33.3%, and they have sent 23 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the year.

The Cincinnati Reds have gotten 1 double play and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (20th in professional baseball). The Reds have 43 assists, 4 errors and have accounted for 162 putouts over the course of the season. In their 486 innings played, the Reds hold a efficiency on defense of 70.9% (13th in the majors).

Abbott (8-6 career win-loss record) has earned a 3.85 earned run average and has surrendered 8.1 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.70 and he has faced 480 opposing hitters in his pro baseball career. He has given up a total of 49 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.299 and a FIP of 4.1. So far in his pro baseball career, Abbott has surrendered 103 base knocks while totaling 124 strikeouts in 114 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New York

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