St. Louis Cardinals vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 4/30/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (+100) Detroit (-118)

Comerica Park is where the Detroit Tigers (16-12) will meet the St. Louis Cardinals (13-15) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Cardinals at +100 while the Tigers are coming in at -118. The total is 8. The starting pitchers are Kyle Gibson and Jack Flaherty.

As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are notching 3.6 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 26th in the league. They have racked up 100 runs scored while having a team OBP of .300. The Cardinals have hit 44 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 18 balls out of the stadium. They have accrued 94 RBI's in addition to 198 hits on the year, and their batting average is at .217. St. Louis has a slugging rate of .336 and have struck out 232 times, while drawing a walk on 97 occasions.

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The Cardinals have an ERA of 3.86 over the course of the season (12th in the league), and the staff has rung up 236 hitters. Cardinals pitchers have allowed 33 home runs in addition to 123 runs (16th in MLB). They have walked 84 opposing players and their FIP is 4.09 as a team for the season. St. Louis has conceded 241 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 107 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.81 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.30.

Cardinals bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 27 times and also have had 24 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen are sitting with 24 holds for the year (2nd in MLB). The Cardinals relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 83.3% and has entered the game in 36 save situations. They have compiled 10 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 2 of 12 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 35 runners over the course of the season and 34.3% of them ended up scoring. The Cardinals have dispatched 87 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The Cardinals have converted 68.9% of balls hit into play into outs in their 2,247 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 22nd in professional baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals are sitting with 749 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 254 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .990 which ranks 3rd in baseball, and have accumulated 35 double plays.

Gibson (106-102 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.29 while he has gone up against 7,399 hitters in the majors. He has given up 1,772 base knocks (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has 601 free passes. His earned run average is 4.54 (871 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.374. Gibson has taken the ball for 1,727 innings and has earned 1,379 strikeouts during his career.

The Detroit Tigers have earned an OBP of .298 and a team batting average of .223 on the year. They have struck out on 256 occasions (10th in the league) and have notched a total of 211 base knocks. Detroit is sitting with 23 HRs so far this season to go along with 103 runs batted in. The Tigers hold a team slugging percentage of .352 and they earn 3.96 runs per outing (23rd in baseball). They have hit 37 doubles, while walking 91 times and putting up 111 runs.

The Detroit pitching staff have relinquished 108 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 3.14 (89 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 27 homers and they relinquish 3.81 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.086 with a FIP of 3.79 as a staff on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.40 (239 strikeouts vs 77 free passes). They rank 3rd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 200.

With 24 save situations, the Tigers have amassed 8 holds and 6 blown saves. Detroit has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 16 save chances and they have tallied 10 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 37 times in high leverage situations in addition to 25 occasions with runners on. Detroit relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.1% out of their 32 inherited runners. They rank 19th in MLB holding a save rate of 62.5%, and they have dispatched 84 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The Detroit Tigers have turned 20 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .980 (26th in baseball). The Tigers have accrued 240 assists, 21 errors and have notched a total of 766 putouts so far this year. Out of their 2,298 innings played, the Tigers are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 72.9% (1st in professional baseball).

Thus far in his career, Flaherty has given up 584 base knocks and he has 784 strikeouts in 697 innings. He has given up 294 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.208 and a FIP of 4.0. His K/BB ratio is 3.04 and he has faced 2,914 batters so far in his pro baseball career. Flaherty (42-35 career win-loss record) has earned a 3.80 earned run average and has given up 7.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (+100)

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