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Baltimore Orioles at New York Mets odds, picks and best bets


The Baltimore Orioles (19-21) visit the New York Mets (19-23) for the first game of a 2-game series at Citi Field, Tuesday, at 7:10 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Orioles-Mets MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.

Orioles at Mets: Projected starting pitchers

LHPJohn Meansvs. RHPMichael Wacha

Means: 0-3 with an 8.10 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 5.4 K/9 and 1.8 BB/9 in 20 IP over 6 starts.

  • Last start: Loss, 9-4, with 5 1/3 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 K and 1 BB against the Mets Sept. 2.

Wacha: 1-2 with a 7.20 ERA, 1.75 WHIP, 12.2 K/9 and 3.2 BB/9 in 20 IP over 5 starts.

  • Last start: No-decision with 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 K and 1 BB in a 9-4 Mets win over the Orioles Sept. 2.

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Orioles at Mets: Key injuries

(Get the latest injury news here.)

Orioles

  • 1BChris Davis(knee) out
  • OFAustin Hays(ribs) out

Mets

  • RP Dellin Betances (back) out

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Orioles at Mets: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips

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Prediction

Orioles 7, Mets 2

Moneyline (ML)

TheORIOLES (+165)won three of four games against the New York Yankees in their previous series, and split a 2-game series with the Mets (-182) before that.

The Mets (-182) split a 4-game series versus the Philadelphia Phillies but lost their last game, 9-8, in extra innings Monday. This is a rematch of last Wednesday's Orioles-Mets game in Baltimore featuring Means vs. Wacha and it's a game New York won.

The flipping of home ballparks doesn't hurt the Orioles as much as you'd think. Baltimore has a winning record on the road and a losing record at home plus Means has a lower ERA and WHIP in away games.

Means was the Orioles' best starter in 2019 and an All-Star but has struggled to replicate last year's first-half performance, but Wacha has been bad as well in 2020.

There is too much value in ORIOLES (+165) to pass up. New to sports betting? A $10 bet on the Orioles (+165) pays a $16.50 profit if Baltimore upsets New York.

Run line/Against the spread (ATS)

TheORIOLES +1.5 (-134)have the second-best run line record (13-4 RL) and are tied with the highest RL margin (+1.0 ) in MLB. The Mets (-1.5, +110) have a 9-12 home RL record.

If we are going to take the value with the moneyline, it would be best to balance that with aBETonORIOLES +1.5 (-134)for insurance.

Over/Under (O/U)

I"LEAN" OVER 9 (-106)because the market favors the Over and neither starting pitcher has looked good in 2020.

Also, the Over is 6-0 in the Orioles' last six versus the NL East and the Over is 4-0-1 in the Mets' last five versus the AL East.

It's only aleansince the Under is 7-0 in the last seven Orioles-Mets games in New York and Citi Field is a notoriously pitcher-friendly ballpark.

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