Brewers vs. Mets NL Wild Card Series Game 1 Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – October 1, 2024

The NL Wild Card Series begins Tuesday at 5:32 p.m. ET when the Milwaukee Brewers host the New York Mets live from American Family Field, and airing on ESPN. Milwaukee’s Freddy Peralta and New York’s Luis Severino have been named the starters for this contest. Bookmakers favor the Brewers (-139) for this one, while the Mets have +117 odds as underdogs.

Here is our betting preview for this matchup, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Brewers vs. Mets Betting Lines

• Favorite: Brewers (-139)
• Underdog: Mets (+117)
• Over/under: 7.5

Brewers vs. Mets Betting Insights

• The Brewers have come away with 54 wins in the 91 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• Milwaukee has a record of 24-17 when favored by -139 or more this year.
• The Brewers have an implied victory probability of 58.2% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Mets have won 28 of the 63 games they were the underdog on the moneyline this season (44.4%).
• When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +117 or longer, New York has a 16-12 record (winning 57.1% of its games).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Mets a 46.1% chance to win.

Brewers vs. Mets Hitting Leaders

• William Contreras leads Milwaukee with a batting average of .281. He’s also hit 23 home runs with 92 RBI.
• Among hitters in Major League Baseball, Contreras is 49th in homers and 22nd in RBI.
• Willy Adames leads Milwaukee in home runs (32) and runs batted in (112) this season while batting .251.
• Francisco Lindor paces the Mets with 91 runs batted in while racking up a team-high batting average of .273.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Lindor’s home run total puts him 14th, and his RBI total ranks 25th.
• Pete Alonso has hit 34 home runs to pace his team.

Brewers vs. Mets Pitching Rankings

• The Brewers average the 15th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
• Brewers pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.65 this year, fifth-best in baseball.
• The Brewers have a combined WHIP of just 1.234 as a pitching staff, which is the ninth-best in baseball this season.
• The pitching staff for the Mets has a collective 9.1 K/9, the fourth-best in MLB.
• New York has a 3.96 team ERA that ranks 15th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Mets average baseball’s 18th-ranked WHIP (1.261).