Atlanta Braves New York Mets Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 10-3 New York Mets play host to the 8-4 Atlanta Braves today at Citi Field April 21, 2015 for this 2nd of a 4 game series. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM EST.
Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Mets -147/Braves +137
O/U Total: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
TREVOR CAHILL (R) ERA: 15.45 W/L: 0-1
JONATHON NIESE (L) ERA: 1.59 W/L: 1-0
Two hot teams will take it to the field on Tuesday night in the opener of a 3 game series between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets. The Braves started the season off on a sizzling 5-0 run before dropping four of their next seven. The Mets are a huge roll riding an 8 game win streak that started with a win back in Atlanta on April 12.
The Braves will give the ball to Trevor Cahill for his second start of the season. In his opener Cahill was chased out of the game by the Marlins who tagged him for 4 runs in 2 1//3 innings. He’ll look to regroup here today against the Mets who he has faced only once in his career back in 2012.
The Mets counter in this game with left hander Jon Niese who has two games under his belt this season. He’s looked Ok in both starts allowing just 1 run in each, but he is going to need to do a better job at limiting base runners to lower his 1.76 WHIP.
Atlanta offensively scores 4.5 runs per game on a 8.2 hits to rank 4th in the National League in those two categories. Defensively the numbers aren’t as strong ranking a decent 5th in runs allowed and 7th in ERA. The NY Mets score the 5th most runs per game in the NL with 4.4 per game while allowing the second lowest with 3.2 runs per game. They rank a good 4th in team pitching with a 3.00 ERA.
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Atlanta New York Betting Trends
The game total has gone over in 4 of Atlanta’s 5 games
The Braves are 10-4 straight up in their last 14 games.
The game has gone under in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 road games in New York Mets
New York Mets are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games
The Mets are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games against Atlanta
Injury Report
ATLANTA BRAVES
Mike Minor
Josh Outman
Shae Simmons
Joey Terdoslavich
Daniel Winkler
NEW YORK METS
Vic Black
Travis d’Arnaud
Josh Edgin
Jenrry Mejia
Bobby Parnell
Cesar Puello
Zack Wheeler
David Wright
Consensus Betting
Atlanta:
New York:
Free MLB Pick
The historical numbers for Cahill are good against the Mets current lineup, but he has gone 7 straight games without a quality start. He could turn it around today, but we prefer to use his more recent form for this prognostication. Jon Neise recent numbers against the Braves are decent, but his past numbers against the lineup are what we prefer to hang our hat on. The Atlanta batters have hit a combined .325 against Niese. Both teams are scoring well and the line is a reasonable 7.5.
Take the OVER 7.5 +105
