NL Preview: New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals

Two of baseball’s most disappointing teams in the National League start a 4-game series, Thursday when the New York Mets (54-66) clash with the St. Louis Cardinals (54-66) in a battle between two teams who are closer to the button of their division than they are to a wild card spot.

The Metropolitans will send Jose Quintana (0-4, 3.30 era) to the hill against veteran Adam Wainwright (3-7. 8.78 era) for the Cards. Bookmakers have made New York a -120 road favorite, with a total of (Fill In). The first pitch is set for 7:15 pm ET, 4.15 pm PT.

Let’s start our Mets vs Cardinals preview with a dive into the New York Mets.

Worst Team Money Can Buy

This was supposed to be a season where Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer would be a constant betting option on the NL Cy Young odds board. Instead. Scherzer is in Texas with the Rangers and Verlander rejoined the Houston Astros.

There’s no need to pile on anymore. We know what New York owner Steve Cohen spent for 54 wins this MLB season. Instead of rehashing old news, let’s go through the numbers for game one.

Jose Quintana is in search of his first win of the season after five starts. With an era of 3.03, the lefty should have found his first win a few starts ago, but New York has a way of not scoring runs for their Columbian starter.

The Mets have managed just 1.76 runs per game for Quintana and that’s mixing in a 6-run outburst against Kansas City. Take that out and the Mets have scored a total of three runs in four starts. Quintana has allowed just 28 hits in 29 2⁄3 innings, but it’s hard to put our money behind this Mets offense.

Let’s continue our Mets vs Cardinals preview with a look at the Cardinals from a betting perspective.

Wainwright Hopes to End Drought

With neither team living up to expectations in the MLB standings, we never claimed that this wager was going to be an easy decision. Wainwright hasn’t claimed a win in a month and has just two wins since May 23rd.

The Cardinals are just 5-10 when the 3-time all-star gets the start. The difference is, St. Louis scores just under five runs a game for the 41-year-old, but in order to cash this wager we need Wainwright to do something he hasn’t done since July 29th, and that’s go at least six innings.

St. Louis has won five of their last six games, but it’s the psychological edge that has us confident in this wager. We conclude our Mets vs Cardinals preview with our official selection.

How Can Anyone Back The Mets Now?

The number has just come out, so wait for it to settle down considering both the Mets and Cardinals still have a game to play before kicking this series off.

We think we’ll be able to get St. Louis and the +1.5, although we’re going to have to lay a little more than we’d like.

We would recommend getting on this game early because it’s likely that there will be Cardinal money pushing this number down, perhaps to the point where we would have to give up the 1.5. Our official selection is the Cardinals +1.5.

That does it for our Mets vs Cardinals preview, we wish you all the best with your wagers this week.

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