New York Mets vs San Diego Padres Free MLB Pick & Prediction, 7–24–2017
Free MLB Pick by Brendon Katsaros of BetSheet.com
New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
Odds: Padres +149, 7.5 | Time: July 24, 10:10 pm EST

New York Mets
(45–51, 20–23 Away)
The New York Mets open a 10-game road trip Monday against the rebuilding San Diego Padres, who took three of four from San Francisco over the weekend. The Mets are just two seasons removed from a 2015 World Series loss to the Kansas City Royals. However, it appears the Mets may be sellers and not buyers at the trade deadline.
New York has fallen 10 games back in the National League wild-card race and 14,5 games behind the Washington Nationals in the NL East.
Tonight, the Mets will start one of their young aces, Jacob deGrom (11–3, 3.37 ERA). deGrom has won a career-high seven consecutive starts, posting a 1.51 ERA and a 50-to-10 strikeout-to-walk ratio over that stretch. deGrom is 1–1 with a 1.80 ERA over 20 innings in three career starts against the Padres.

San Diego Padres
(43–55, 24–23 Home)
San Diego counters deGrom with left hander Clayton Richard (5–10, 5.35). Richard is looking to bounce back after surrendering a career-high 11 runs — 10 earned — on 14 hits over 3 2/3 innings in an 18–4 loss at Colorado on Wednesday.
The Padres are 24.5 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West and are 13.0 games out in the Wildcard. It’s safe to say the Padres are thinking about the 2018 season as they have no realistic shot to make the playoffs.
San Diego enters this series after taking 3 of 4 from the San Francisco Giants. The Padres have won 5 of their last 10 games and all 5 games were wins over the Giants.

Mets vs Padres FREE O/U Prediction
What is Brendon Katsaros Predicting?
Jacob deGrom is one of the best pitchers in baseball but the hype this season has been muzzled due to the Mets poor play. The Mets have offensively supported deGrom during his starts and have scored 27 runs over his last 3 starts. The Over is 19–5–3 in Mets last 27 vs. National League West, Over is 7–1 in deGroms last 8 road starts and the Over is 5–2–1 in deGroms last 8 starts vs. a team with a losing record. The Over is 5–2 the last 7 meetings between these two teams in San Diego.
Despite deGrom pitching for the Mets, take the Over 7.5 runs in tonight’s matchup vs the Padres.



