Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets 8/8/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

In Monday night MLB action, the Cincinnati Reds will travel to Citi Field to take on the New York Mets. The Reds (44-63) are 11 games below .500 on the road and are currently 15 games off the pace in the NL Central Division race. On Sunday, 2B Donovan Solano drove in a pair of runs to lift Cincinnati to a 4-2 road victory against Milwaukee in ten innings.

Twenty-six year old righty Justin Dunn will make his first start of the season for the Reds. Dunn, who has spent the last three years with Seattle, has walked an alarming 69 batters in 102 plus career major league innings.

The New York Mets have won 35 of their 53 home games and are in search of their first NL East Division title since 2015. On Sunday, New York SP Jacob deGrom (1-0) fanned 12 batters through five plus innings during a 5-2 home victory. Mark Canha and Pete Alonso each drove in a pair of runs for the Mets (70-39), who extended their lead over the second place Braves to 6.5 games.

New York manager Buck Showalter will turn to right-hander Chris Bassitt (8-7 3.61 ERA) on Monday. Last time out, Bassitt fired seven shutout frames during a 9-5 road victory against Washington.