New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 4/19/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Friday, April 19, 2024

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: New York (+166) Los Angeles (-198)

The Los Angeles Dodgers (12-9) are welcoming the New York Mets (10-8) at Dodger Stadium on Friday. The odds on this game have New York at +166 and Los Angeles is coming in at -198. The over/under comes in at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Sean Manaea and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

The Mets have accumulated 24 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 19 baseballs out of the park. New York is slugging .381 and have been called out on strikes 132 times, while taking a walk on 66 occasions. As a unit, the New York Mets are compiling 4.8 runs per game, which ranks them 13th in the league. They have 82 runs batted in in addition to 150 hits this season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .245. They have notched a total of 87 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .329.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.38 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.27. Mets pitchers have conceded 10 long balls and also 73 runs (6th in MLB). New York has yielded 133 base knocks (7.3 per 9 innings) and also 57 earned runs. The Mets have an ERA of 3.15 for the year (6th in the league), and the staff has struck out 176 hitters. They have walked 74 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.38 as a team so far this season.

The Mets have dispatched 63 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 21 runners on the year with 33.3% of those players crossed the plate. They have compiled 6 saves over the course of the season and have blown 2 out of their 8 save opportunities. The Mets relievers have accumulated a save rate of 75.0% and has entered the game in 19 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 11 holds on the season (13th in the league). Mets relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 17 times and also have had 28 appearances in high leverage situations.

The New York Mets have earned a total of 489 putouts for the season, in addition to 141 assists and 14 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .978 which has them sitting 27th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 17 double plays. The Mets have turned 68.8% of balls hit into play into outs in their 1,467 innings, which has them sitting at 22nd in MLB.

Manaea (66-57 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.04 while going up against 4,260 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has allowed 967 base hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) with 279 free passes. His earned run average is 4.10 (464 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.225. Manaea has taken the ball for 1,017 frames and has accounted for 943 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a team on-base percentage of .338 and a batting average of .265 on the season. They have struck out on 198 occasions (1st in the league) and have earned a total of 190 base hits. Los Angeles is sitting with 26 home runs this season as well as 103 RBIs. The Dodgers have a SLG% of .430 and they earn 5.05 runs per outing (9th in the league). They have 36 doubles, while taking a walk 79 times as well as scoring 106 runs.

The Dodgers have a WHIP of 1.180 in addition to having a FIP of 4.16 as a unit this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.90 (187 strikeouts against 72 free passes). They rank 19th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 151. They have yielded 24 long balls and they relinquish 4.48 runs per 9 innings (15th in the league). The Los Angeles pitching staff have conceded 94 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.14 (87 earned runs yielded).

Los Angeles has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 11 save chances and they have earned 8 saves. They rank 9th in the league with a save rate of 72.7%, and they have sent 69 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 16 times in high leverage situations in addition to 14 occasions with runners on base. Los Angeles relievers hold an inherited score rate of 38.9% out of their 18 inherited base runners. Sitting with 25 save situations, the Dodgers have accumulated 14 holds and also 3 blown saves.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have turned 14 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (5th in the majors). The Dodgers have 187 assists, 9 errors and have accounted for 567 putouts so far this year. In 1,701 innings on the diamond, the Dodgers have earned a defensive efficiency of 73.0% (2nd in professional baseball).

In his career, Yamamoto has allowed 13 base hits while totaling 21 K's in 16 innings. Yamamoto (1-1 mark in his career) has earned a 4.50 ERA while conceding 7.3 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed a total of 8 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.063 and having a FIP of 3.1. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 5.25 and he has gone up against 66 hitters during his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-198)

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