{"id":38891,"date":"2011-06-04T23:11:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T06:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=38891"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:39:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:39:54","slug":"odds-atlanta-vs-ny-gambling-prediction-preview-4611","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/mlb-baseball\/odds-atlanta-vs-ny-gambling-prediction-preview-4611\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday MLB Betting \u2013 Braves vs. Mets Preview & Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday MLB Baseball Picks: Braves vs Mets<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Sunday Night Baseball Betting \u2013 Braves vs Mets Preview & Pick<\/strong>
\nDate: <\/strong>Sunday, June 5, 2011
\nVenue: <\/strong>Citi Field, Queens, NY
\nBroadcast: <\/strong>ESPN
\nAtlanta Braves at New York Mets Betting Lines from BetOnline.com<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: Braves -135<\/strong>
\nOver\/Under: 7 (-105)<\/strong>
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Atlanta Braves (31-26 through June 2)<\/strong>
\nTim Hudson (4-4, 3.75)<\/p>\n

What to make of the Atlanta Braves? They were supposed to be a major World Series contender this season. They look the part…sort of. The pitching is up to snuff. They lead baseball with a 3.01 team ERA and 1.15 team WHIP. Tim Hudson\u2019s highly respectable 3.75 ERA is more than two runs higher than Jair Jurrjens\u2019 team-leading mark. Runs are hard to come by against Atlanta.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, runs have been hard to come by for the Braves\u2019 offense, too. Brian McCann has been his usual All-Star self at the dish (.309, 6 HR, 30 RBI in 51 games) but hasn\u2019t had the help he was supposed to in the \u201crevamped\u201d Braves offense.<\/p>\n

Jason Heyward was supposed to lead the charge but remains sidelined with an inflamed shoulder. The real problem, of course, has been big offseason acquisition Dan Uggla. He\u2019s often been a slow starter but this is getting ridiculous. Uggla\u2019s .175 average is minor league-caliber.<\/p>\n

New York Mets (26-30 through June 2)<\/strong>
\nR.A. Dickey (2-6, 4.39)<\/p>\n

The Mets have been the picture of mediocrity this season, largely because their starting staff stinks and also because of injuries to key hitters David Wright and Ike Davis. But their more optimistic fans are hoping Thursday\u2019s dramatic victory is a season turning point. The Miracle Mets rallied from a 7-0 deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates. \"Bet<\/a><\/p>\n

Can they build on the win against a Braves team that has won 21 of the last 29 meetings?<\/p>\n

MLB Trends:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under is 12-5-2 in ATL last 19 overall.
\nUnder is 12-5-2 in ATL last 19 on grass.
\nOver is 11-2-1 in NYM last 14 overall.
\nOver is 11-2-1 in NYM last 14 on grass.
\nOver is 6-2-1 in NYM last 9 home games.
\nUnder is 10-3 in the last 13 meetings in New York.
\nATL are 10-3 in the last 13 meetings.<\/p>\n

The pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mets are swinging better bats than the Braves right now but also face a tougher opponent in Hudson, who is 13-6 against them over 20 career starts. Can Hudson get past Carlos Beltran, though? He\u2019s 25 for 70 (.357) with four homers and 16 RBI in his career.<\/p>\n

R.A. Dickey hasn\u2019t won at home this season but maybe the Braves will be his tonic. They\u2019ve rocked him for a .323 team average all-time but no current Brave has a single homer off Dickey in his career and their hitters just don\u2019t have much confidence right now. I like the Mets, who are hitting the ball better, in a minor home upset.<\/p>\n

Braves vs Mets prediction: <\/strong>Mets 4, Braves 3<\/p>\n

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Shea weighs in with his MLB Free Pick for Sunday night baseball. It\u2019s the Atlanta Braves vs. New York Mets matching up at Citi Field. Odds favor the Braves opening at -135.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":36707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[28750,49624,28238,28239,112,28234,13492,22527,678,11783,683,688,48628],"class_list":["post-38891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-28750","tag-atlanta-braves-vs-n-y-mets","tag-atlanta-n-y-betting","tag-atlanta-n-y-odds","tag-baseball-predictions","tag-braves-mets-lines","tag-espn-sunday-night-baseball","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb-betting","tag-mlb-betting-odds","tag-mlb-handicapping","tag-mlb-picks","tag-sunday-night-baseball-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38891"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108308,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38891\/revisions\/108308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}