The New York Mets (2-0) and the St. Louis Cardinals (2-0) square off on Monday at 7:45 p.m. ET. The Mets are favored on the moneyline (-148) against the underdog Cardinals (+125). New York’s Clay Holmes and St. Louis’ Kyle Leahy will start this matchup.

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Mets vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-148)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+125)
• Over/under: 8.5

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets won 55.7% of the games last season they were favored on the moneyline (64-51).
• New York had a record of 33-26 when it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -148 or shorter last year (55.9%).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Mets a 59.7% chance to win.
• New York played in 162 games with a set over/under, and combined with its opponents to go over the total 76 times (76-78-8).
• The Mets collected a 74-88-0 record against the spread last season (covering 45.7% of the time).

Mets hitting info

• Juan Soto had 43 home runs and 105 runs batted in last season.
• Francisco Lindor hit .267 with 35 doubles, 31 home runs and 65 walks.
• Bo Bichette had a batting average of .311 with 181 total hits last season.
• Jorge Polanco hit .265 with 30 doubles, 26 home runs and 42 walks.

Mets pitching rankings

• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Mets pitching staff last season ranked 11th in MLB.
• New York’s 4.03 team ERA ranked 18th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Last season the Mets had the 24th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.325).
• The Mets surrendered the second-fewest home runs in baseball (149 total, 0.9 per game).

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals were underdogs in 93 games last season and won 44 (47.3%) of those contests.
• Last season, St. Louis won 12 of its 36 games, or 33.3%, when it was the underdog by at least +125 on the moneyline.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 44.4% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
• St. Louis and its opponents hit the over in 81 of its 161 games with a total last season.
• The Cardinals had an ATS record of 81-80-0 in 161 games with a spread last season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Last season, Alec Burleson drove in 69 runs while batting .290.
• Ivan Herrera slugged 19 long balls while driving in 66 runs.
• Masyn Winn finished last season with nine home runs, 51 RBI and a batting average of .253.
• Victor Scott II collected 86 hits, posted an OBP of .305 and a .296 SLG.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals struck out just 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranked 29th in MLB last season.
• St. Louis pitched to a 4.29 ERA last season, which ranked 21st in baseball.
• The Cardinals had a combined WHIP of 1.324 as a pitching staff, which ranked 23rd in MLB.
• With just 170 homers allowed, the Cardinals ranked seventh in the majors at preventing long balls.