Cardinals vs Mets Picks and Prediction – 4/26/2024

The St Louis Cardinals open a three-game series on the road Friday versus the New York Mets. St Louis is 11-14 following its 5-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. St Louis won two of three from Arizona in the just completed series. However, St Louis is last in the National League Central, five games behind the first place Milwaukee Brewers. Make sure you stay up to date with all the MLB action, with our MLB predictions.

Masyn Winn is batting .299 to lead St Louis, while Nolan Gorman is the leader in home runs with four and Willson Contreras is the leader in on-base percentage at .433. Nolan Arenado is the leader in RBI with 12 and in hits with 28. On Friday, the St Louis Cardinals will send Miles Mikolas to the mound. The right-hander is 1-3 with a 6.49 ERA, 20 Ks and 7 BBs.

The New York Mets improved to 13-11 following an 8-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. New York avoided being swept by San Francisco with the victory on Wednesday after losing each of the first two games of the series. Francisco Lindor hit a pair of home runs for the Mets. New York is third in the National League East, 4 ½ games behind first place Atlanta

Starling Marte is batting .290 to lead New York and has a team high 29 hits, while Brandon Nimmo is the leader in on-base percentage at .358 and RBI with 15. Pete Alonso is the leader in home runs with seven. New York has a team batting average of .246 and slugging percentage of .325. On Friday New York will send Jose Butto to the mound. The right-hander is 0-0 with a 1.65 ERA, 21 Ks and 9 BBs.