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2021 MLB Handicapping
(75-72) Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets (72-76)
Date: Saturday, September 18, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM ET
Venue: Citi Field
Projected Pitchers: Aaron Nola vs. Carlos Carrasco
MLB Moneyline Odds: Phillies -120 / Mets +100
MLB RunLine Betting Odds: Phillies -1.5 +150 / Mets +1.5 -170
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: O/U 7.5
The Phillies and Mets play game 2 of their 3-game et on Saturday afternoon at 1 pm ET so get your bets in early!
The Mets are just about finished at this point with another loss on Friday night to open the series against the Phighting Phils! The Mets got some good news with Brandon Nimmo getting back in the lineup on Friday, although Rojas moved him to the 2 slot in the order and he has led off most of this season.
Nimmo will need some time to get his stroke back as he was hitting the ball well before he hit the IL. His defense also cost the Mets a run in the top of the 8th on Friday which gave the Phils a 4 – 1 lead.
The Phillies are hoping the Giants can take out Atlanta out on the west coast so they can gain some ground in the NL East. There will be no wildcard team coming out of this NL East so it is either win the division or watch the playoffs at home. (Like the Mets are likely to be doing)
Philadelphia Phillies
Oh, Matt Joyce? Stop it, dude. Go back to school and learn how to hit a baseball! How does anyone have a job in baseball BATTING UNDER .100? That is out-f**king-rageous! Isn’t it amazing that Joe Girardi got booted from the game because he thought Joyce checked one of his swings?
Yeah, no one checks their swing and EVERY call should be a strike because everyone’s bat DOES come through the zone. The old-school ‘break the wrists’ crap? More stupidity!
Anyway, Bryce Harper doubled in the 4th inning and stretched his league-leading extra-base hit total to 71 on the season. Harper picked up his 37th double of the season and you can obviously see he is top-4 in just about any and every hitting category there is.
I also find it amazing that the Phillies have literally dumped Vince Velasquez to ensure they have a bullpen game every 5th day. Velasquez started for the Padres on Friday night. When the Phils GM was asked why he would rather let Velasquez lose every 5th day, he decided to waive him and now the Padres have his problems. Oh, it was 4 – 0 early as St Louis and Velasquez barely made it out of the 4th innings.
The Phils have Aaron Nola going on Saturday with his 7 – 8 record and 4.58 ERA for the season. Nola struck out 10 Rockies in his last start and only gave up 3 runs on 5 hits.
NY Mets
The Mets welcomed back Brandon Nimmo on Friday night from the IL, and he didn’t see the ball well, which we know is usually the case when you miss some time. At the same token, no one in the Mets lineup is hitting right now so he just blended in fine.
Taijuan Walker was pulled after 5 innings and 88 pitches on Friday night, but we heard no whistling from anywhere! LoL Yeah, the Yanks were supposedly sending signals to batters in his start against them so now we all have to listen for teams that are tipping his pitches.
Carlos Carrasco will get the Saturday afternoon start against Nola, and he has certainly looked better lately than he did when he came off the IL. Carrasco was getting steamed night after night when he first came back, but he has looked better of late despite only having a single win in 2021.
The Mets have won all 3 of his September starts, however, so that is a positive to take.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- Phillies are 6-1 in their last 7 road games vs. a right-handed starter.
- Phillies are 21-8 in their last 29 vs. National League East.
- Mets are 2-5 in their last 7 Saturday games.
- Mets are 7-20 in their last 27 games as an underdog.
- Mets are 1-5 in their last 6 overall.
- Mets are 1-5 in their last 6 home games.
Free Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets MLB Prediction:
I like the Phighing Phils to once again prevail over the Mets
4* Free MLB Betting Pick: Phils -120 ML
The play is the Phillie ML at -120 and that should about cover it.
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