New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 10/14/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Monday, October 14, 2024

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: FOX

Odds/Point Spread: New York (+137) Los Angeles (-163)

The Los Angeles Dodgers (98-64) will try to beat the New York Mets (89-73) at Dodger Stadium on Monday in Game 2 of their series. The odds on this game have the Mets at +137 and the Dodgers are at -163. The total is 8. The pitchers expected to start will be Sean Manaea and Walker Buehler.

As a team, the New York Mets are notching 4.7 runs per game, which puts them at 7th in the league. They have 768 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .319. The Mets have earned 279 doubles as a unit and have hit 207 balls out of the park. They have recorded 735 runs batted in as well as 1,357 hits on the season, and their team batting average sits at .246. New York has a slugging % of .415 and have struck out 1,382 times, while taking a walk on 514 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.48 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.26. Mets pitchers have given up 165 home runs and also 697 runs (15th in MLB). New York has yielded 1,232 base hits (7.7 per 9 innings) as well as 634 earned runs. The Mets are sitting with a team ERA of 3.96 this year (15th in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,455 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 586 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.05 as a unit for the year.

Mets relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 159 times in addition to having 173 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 97 holds for the season (8th in baseball). The Mets relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 60.9% and has come into the game in 163 save situations. They have 39 saves on the campaign and have blown 25 out of their 64 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 214 runners this season and 34.1% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Mets have dispatched 516 relievers to the hill for the season.

The New York Mets have a tally of 4,327 putouts on the year, as well as 1,408 assists and 94 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which has them sitting 25th in professional baseball, and they have turned 127 double plays. The Mets have turned 70.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,981 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 9th in professional baseball.

Manaea has taken the ball for 1,183 frames and has accounted for 1,109 punch outs during his pro baseball career. Manaea (77-62 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 3.95 while he has gone up against 4,933 hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 4.01 (527 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.202. He has allowed 1,088 base knocks (8.3 hits per nine innings) and has 335 free passes.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have compiled an OBP of .335 as well as a batting average of .258 on the year. They have been rung up on 1,336 occasions (19th in MLB) and are sitting with 1,423 base knocks. Los Angeles has accumulated 233 home runs on the campaign to go along with 815 runs batted in. The Dodgers have a team slugging % of .446 and they are scoring 5.20 runs per outing (2nd in MLB). They have put up 291 two-baggers, while getting a free base 602 times and putting up 842 runs.

The Dodgers have a WHIP of 1.228 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.18 as a team this year. They rank 7th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,273. The Los Angeles pitching staff have given up 686 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 3.90 (626 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.70 (1,390 strikeouts vs 501 walks). They have relinquished 198 home runs and they relinquish 4.27 runs per 9 innings (13th in the league).

Los Angeles relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.5% out of their 160 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 179 times in high leverage situations in addition to 118 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 186 save situations, the Dodgers have earned 104 holds and also 29 blown saves. They sit at 18th in baseball holding a save percentage of 63.3%, and they have sent 565 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the campaign. Los Angeles has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 79 save chances and they have recorded 50 saves.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 119 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (18th in professional baseball). The Dodgers have 1,366 assists, 88 errors and have 4,337 putouts this year. Out of their 13,011 innings on the field, the Dodgers hold a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (2nd in pro baseball).

So far in his career, Buehler has allowed 588 hits while accumulating 754 K's in 713 innings. He has surrendered 259 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.091 and having a FIP of 3.2. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.97 and he has gone up against 2,902 opposing batters thus far in his career. Buehler (47-22 record in his career) has a 3.27 ERA while surrendering 7.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New York (+137)

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