New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 7/5/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Friday, July 5, 2024

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh

PNC Park is the location where the Pittsburgh Pirates (41-44) will compete against the New York Mets (42-42) on Friday. The starting pitchers are Luis Severino and Paul Skenes.

As a squad, the New York Mets are scoring 4.9 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 6th in the league. They have earned 414 runs while holding a team OBP of .321. The Mets have hit 156 doubles as a squad and have smacked 109 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned 398 RBI's and 725 base knocks so far this year, and their team batting average is .249. New York is slugging .419 and have struck out 675 times, while drawing a walk on 269 occasions.

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The Mets have a team earned run average of 4.17 so far this year (21st in MLB), and the staff has rung up 734 batters. Mets pitchers have surrendered 79 home runs and 401 total runs (22nd in baseball). They have walked 326 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.05 as a squad on the year. New York has conceded 670 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) as well as 351 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.25 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.32.

The Mets relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 57.1% and has entered the game in 92 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 116 runners so far this season with 34.5% of them ended up scoring. Mets pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 91 times in addition to having 106 appearances in high leverage situations. The Mets have sent 280 relievers to the mound so far this season. The bullpen have a total of 57 holds on the season (4th in MLB). They have compiled 20 saves on the season and have missed out on 15 of their 35 save chances.

The New York Mets have earned a total of 2,272 putouts so far this season, in addition to 731 assists and 54 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which ranks 28th in MLB, and they have turned 74 double plays. The Mets have transformed 69.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of 6,816 innings, which ranks them 18th in MLB.

Severino has taken the mound for 824 innings and has accounted for 862 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.75 (343 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.183. He has given up 728 base hits (7.9 hits per nine innings) with 247 walks. Severino (59-39 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.69 and he has gone up against 3,423 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues.

Pittsburgh has accumulated 81 HRs so far this season as well as 331 RBIs. They have 118 doubles, while getting a free base 265 times as well as earning 342 runs. The Pittsburgh Pirates have compiled a team on-base percentage of .296 as well as a team batting average of .228 this season. The Pirates hold a team slugging percentage of .360 and they are earning 4.02 runs per game (23rd in MLB). They have struck out on 806 occasions (4th in baseball) and have recorded 658 hits.

The Pirates have a team WHIP of 1.281 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.92 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.60 (728 strikeouts vs 257 walks). They sit at 20th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 718. They have conceded 88 HR's and they concede 4.47 runs per 9 innings (18th in baseball). The Pittsburgh pitching staff have yielded 378 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 3.99 (337 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 83 save situations, the Pirates have earned 43 holds and also 16 blown saves. Pittsburgh has called on relievers to take the mound in 39 save opportunities and they have tallied 23 saves. Their relievers have taken the field 100 times in high leverage situations and on 72 occasions with base runners. Pittsburgh relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 31.7% of 104 inherited base runners. They rank 19th in MLB with a save percentage of 59.0%, and they have sent 263 relievers onto the field on the season.

Out of their 6,852 innings played, the Pirates have a efficiency on defense of 69.0% (23rd in professional baseball). The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten 66 double plays and have a fielding rate of .985 (16th in baseball). The Pirates have racked up 724 assists, 45 errors and have accumulated 2,284 putouts so far this season.

Skenes (4-0 career win-loss mark) has a 2.07 ERA and has conceded 7.6 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 7.00 and he has gone up against 205 hitters so far in his career. He has surrendered a total of 12 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.036 and being the owner of a FIP of 2.0. So far in his pro baseball career, Skenes has allowed 44 base knocks while tallying 70 punch outs in 52 innings.

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Pittsburgh

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