San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 6/23/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Sunday, June 23, 2024

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: NBC Bay Area

Busch Stadium is the site where the St. Louis Cardinals (37-37) will attempt to beat the San Francisco Giants (36-40) on Sunday. The men taking the mound will be Logan Webb and Sonny Gray.

San Francisco has a slugging percentage of .385 and have been rung up 616 times, while being walked on 254 occasions. They have recorded 320 runs batted in and 635 hits this season, and their team batting average sits at .247. The Giants have recorded 117 doubles as a unit and have smacked 74 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 334 runs and hold an OBP of .318. As a unit, the San Francisco Giants are notching 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 14th in baseball.

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The Giants have an earned run average of 4.45 on the year (25th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 634 batters. Giants pitchers have relinquished 75 home runs and also 361 runs (24th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 230 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.91 as a unit on the campaign. San Francisco has surrendered 667 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and also 331 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.76 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.34.

Giants pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 64 times in addition to having 66 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have 45 holds for the year (10th in the league). The Giants relievers have a save percentage of 56.0% and stepped onto the hill in 70 save situations. They have recorded 14 saves this year and have blown 11 of their 25 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 95 runners on the season and 40.0% of those players crossed home plate. The Giants have dispatched 267 relievers to the mound so far this year.

The Giants have transformed 67.2% of balls in play into outs out of 6,027 innings on the field, which has them ranked 29th in professional baseball. The Seattle Mariners have amassed 2,009 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 766 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding rate is at .983 which puts them in 24th in pro baseball, and they have turned 71 double plays.

Webb has taken the mound for 749 innings and has earned 681 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.35 (279 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.174. He has surrendered 705 hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 175 free passes. Webb (48-37 career win-loss mark) sits with a FIP of 3.30 while going up against 3,058 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

The St. Louis Cardinals have compiled a team OBP of .304 and a batting average of .237 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 632 occasions (12th in the league) and have a total of 590 base hits. St. Louis has tallied 73 home runs for the season as well as 274 runs batted in. The Cardinals have a team SLG% of .375 and they have an average of 3.96 runs per outing (24th in MLB). They have 108 two-baggers, while taking a walk 220 times as well as scoring 293 runs.

The St. Louis pitching staff have allowed 331 runs for the year while having an ERA of 3.95 (288 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 79 home runs and they give up 4.53 runs per 9 innings (20th in the league). The Cardinals hold a team WHIP of 1.262 with a FIP of 3.92 as a squad this year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.40 (612 strikeouts vs 216 bases on balls). They are sitting at 18th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 613.

St. Louis has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 39 save chances and they have walked away with 28 saves. They sit at 8th in MLB with a save percentage of 71.8%, and they have sent 238 relievers to the hill so far this year. Their relief pitchers have come in 87 times in high leverage situations and also on 73 occasions with base runners. St. Louis bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 37.6% of 101 inherited base runners. Sitting with 95 save situations, the Cardinals have compiled 56 holds and 11 blown saves.

The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 76 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (22nd in professional baseball). The Cardinals have recorded 683 assists, 44 errors and have earned a total of 1,971 putouts so far this year. Out of their 5,913 innings on the field, the Cardinals hold a defensive efficiency of 69.2% (23rd in pro baseball).

In his MLB career, Gray has given up 1,404 hits while tallying 1,616 K's in 1,647 innings pitched. Gray (106-89 mark in his career) has earned a 3.45 earned run average while giving up 7.7 hits per nine innings. He has given up 631 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.196 and a FIP of 3.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.86 and he has gone up against 6,831 hitters so far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco

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