Cubs vs Mets Picks and Prediction – 5/2/2024

In Thursday afternoon MLB action, the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets will conclude their series from Citi Field. Be ready for the baseball season with all of our MLB predictions. The Cubs (19-12) have split their first 18 road games and trail NL Central Division leading Milwaukee by a half-game. Last night, SP Shota Imanaga (5-0) retired seven batters by strikes and allowed just three hits across seven frames to lead Chicago to a 1-0 road victory.

Rookie right-hander Ben Brown (0-1 4.30 ERA) will make his fourth career major league start for the Cubs. Through 23 innings of work, Brown has allowed two home runs and struck out 22 batters while posting a solid 1.17 WHIP.

The New York Mets are two games below .500 at home and are 5.5 games off the pace in the NL East Division race. On Wednesday, 1B Pete Alonso was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a fly ball for the final out of the game. SP Jose Butto (0-2) gave up one run in six innings and took the loss for the Mets (15-15), who have dropped seven of their last ten games overall.

Thirty-one year old righty Adrian Houser (0-3 8.37 ERA) will head to the hill for the Mets on Thursday. New York has lost Houser’s last two starts and he has surrendered 14 runs across his last eight plus frames.