The New York Mets (53-48) will lean on Francisco Lindor, following a two-homer game, to lead them in a matchup with the Atlanta Braves (54-46) on Thursday at 7:10 PM ET on BSSE. The Mets are +107 underdogs for the contest, according to sportsbooks. Atlanta’s Chris Sale gets the start, and he’ll go against New York’s Luis Severino.
Here is our betting preview for this contest, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $35.62
Braves to win vs Mets -128
Braves vs. Mets Betting Lines
- Favorite: Braves (-128)
- Underdog: Mets (+107)
- Over/under: 7.5
Braves vs. Mets Betting Insights
- The Braves have been favorites in 86 games this season and have come away with the win 49 times (57%) in those contests.
- This season Atlanta has been victorious 43 times in 73 chances when named as a favorite of at least -128 on the moneyline.
- The Braves have an implied victory probability of 56.1% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Mets have gone 20-23 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 46.5% of those games).
- New York has gone 15-13 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +107 or longer (53.6%).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Mets’ implied win probability is 48.3%.
Braves vs. Mets Hitting Leaders
- Marcell Ozuna leads Atlanta in batting average (.306), home runs (28) and runs batted in (80) this season.
- Ozuna ranks third in baseball in home runs, and third in RBI.
- Matt Olson has 83 hits and an OBP of .301 to go with a slugging percentage of .389 this season.
- Lindor paces the Mets with 21 home runs while putting up a team-best batting average of .259.
- In all of the majors, Lindor is 14th in homers and 28th in RBI.
- Pete Alonso is hitting .244 with 23 doubles, 20 home runs and 41 walks.
Braves vs. Mets Pitching Rankings
- The Braves average 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, second-most in the league.
- The Braves have pitched to a 3.52 ERA this season, which ranks third in baseball.
- Braves pitchers have a 1.200 WHIP this season, fifth-best in the majors.
- The 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Mets pitching staff ranks sixth in the majors.
- New York has a 4.18 team ERA that ranks 20th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Mets average baseball’s 23rd-ranked WHIP (1.314).