New York Mets at Chicago Cubs Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 18-15 Chicago Cubs play host to the 20-14 New York Mets in MLB action tonight on the grass of Wrigley Field, May 14, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 2:20PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Cub -123/Mets +113
O/U Total: N/A

Pitching Matchup
Jon Niese (L) W/L 3-2 WHIP 1.43 ERA 1.95
Travis Wood (L) W/L 2-2 WHIP 1.22 ERA 4.96

Chicago nosed out NY 2-1 yesterday. They are 3-0 on their current homestand and 5-3 in their last 8 games. The Mets are 2-4 on their current road trip and 4-6 in their last 10 games.

The Cubs have a 3-0 lead on the season series and a dominating 8-2 advantage in the past 10 games between these two clubs.

Niese won 3-2 at Philadelphia in his last outing. He went 7 innings, struck out 6 and allowed 0 ERs. It was his 4th Q start of the year and the 5th of his 6 starts where he gave up 1 ER or less.

Wood lost 12-4 at Milwaukee last week. He gave up 4 runs in 4 innings and has only 2 Q starts on the season.

Only 2 NY hitters have more than 7 ABs vs. the young left-hander and 1B Lucas Duda and SS Ruben Tejada are a combined 4-24 (.167) off of him. OF Juan Ligares is 3-5 (.600) with a HR and 2 RBIs. No Mets hitter has stolen a base off of Wood.

Cubs backup C David Ross is hitting .333 with 1 HR and 8 RBIs vs. Niese. SS Starlin Castro is hitting .263 with a homer and 5 RBIs vs. the veteran left-hander. The trio of 1B Anthony Rizzo and OFs Chris Coghlan and Dexter Fowler are a combined 5-35 (.143) vs. Niese and Fowler has the only SB against him.

New York Mets at Chicago Cubs Betting Trends

The Mets are 2-6 straight up in their last 8 road games.
New York Mets are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 road games against the Cubs
The game total has gone under in 4 of New York’s last 5 games against the Cubs.
Chicago Cubs are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 home games.
The Cubs are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games against the Mets.

Injury Report

NEW YORK METS
Vic Black P 15-Day Disabled List
Jerry Blevins P 15-Day Disabled List
Buddy Carlyle P 15-Day Disabled List
Travis d’Arnaud C 15-Day Disabled List
Josh Edgin P 15-Day Disabled List
Dillon Gee P 15-Day Disabled List
Jenrry Mejia P 15-Day Disabled List
Bobby Parnell P 15-Day Disabled List
Cesar Puello OF 60-Day Disabled List
Zack Wheeler P 60-Day Disabled List
David Wright 3B 15-Day Disabled List

CHICAGO CUBS
Dallas Beeler P 15-Day Disabled List
Chris Denorfia OF 15-Day Disabled List
Tommy La Stella 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Mike Olt 3B 60-Day Disabled List
Neil Ramirez P 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List
Tsuyoshi Wada P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
New York Mets: 58%
Chicago Cubs: 42%

Free MLB Pick

Mets’ starter Jon Niese has only mediocre historical stats versus the Cubs current line-up but it could be argued that his current form is better than at any other time in his career allowing 2 or fewer runs in 9 of his last 10 starts. Travis Wood gets the nod for the Cubs today and while he’s a smart 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA at home he’s 0-1 with a 5.79 ERA in his only day start. The wind is expected to be blowing right to left and the pitching matchup and with the Mets inability to score right now have us on the UNDER.

Take the UNDER‏