In our MLB predictions for Saturday, July 23, we bring you the best Padres vs Mets betting pick and odds. San Diego and New York continue their three-game set at Citi Field, and the Padres are listed as slight road underdogs. Back in June, San Diego outlasted New York 2-1 in a three-game series in California, while Friday night’s clash from Citi Field has been excluded from the analysis.
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Padres vs Mets Betting Pick
This game will be played at Citi Field at 7:10 PM ET on Saturday, July 23, 2022.
Why Bet The Mets:
✅ Blake Snell will get the ball for the Padres and try to avoid his second straight loss. Last week, the 29-year-old left-hander was obliterated for five earned runs on four hits and a whopping six walks across 3.2 innings of work in an 8-5 defeat at the Colorado Rockies. Snell is 1-5 with a pedestrian 5.22 ERA and 1.48 WHIP in ten starts (50 innings pitched) in 2022. He ranks in the fourth percentile in walk percentage and 24th percentile in average exit velocity.
✅ Chris Bassitt (7-6; 3.79 ERA; 1.14 WHIP) will take the mound for the Mets. The 33-year-old righty has pitched very well over his previous two starts, surrendering three runs on 11 hits and two walks through 12.1 innings pitched. The Mets’ bullpen has four wins and six saves in July. It has also registered a sharp 2.34 ERA, 3.18 FIP, 10.3 K/9, and .260 BABIP across 57.2 frames of work so far this month.
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✅ The Padres desperately need more from their offense, which has accounted for only 50 runs over its first 16 showings in July. San Diego is slashing an underwhelming .235/.302/.352 with 13 home runs across 528 at-bats this month.
San Diego Padres
The Padres finished the first half of the season with a 3-1 defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks. It was their sixth loss in nine games, and the Padres fell to 52-42 on the season, still holding the second spot in the NL West. San Diego was three games ahead of the third-placed San Francisco Giants and ten and a half games behind the LA Dodgers. The Padres ranked 25th in the majors in home runs (77) and 16th in runs scored per game (4.34).
New York Mets
The Mets stopped their four-game winning streak in the first-half finale, suffering a 3-2 defeat at the Chicago Cubs. They dropped to 58-35 on the season, still topping the NL East two and a half games above the reigning champions, the Atlanta Braves. The Mets owned the second-best run differential in the National League (plus-83) and the fifth-highest scoring offense in the majors (4.70 runs per game).