Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals MLB Prediction and Pick, Today’s MLB Betting Picks, 7-28-2026

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Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals MLB Prediction: Cubs Preview

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The Cubs have a total of 170 two-baggers and have blasted 131 balls out of the park. Additionally, they have hit 170 home runs. The Chicago Cubs have a slugging percentage of.414, have struck out 904 times, and have drawn a walk 457 times. The Chicago Cubs are currently ranked third in Major League Baseball with a run-per-game average of 5.2. During the course of this season, they have accumulated a total of 507 runs batted in, totaling 887 base knocks, and their batting average is currently at.247. As a team, they have scored 541 runs while maintaining an on-base percentage of.339 overall.

Their WHIP is 1.27, and their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.58. Additionally, their pitching staff has a perfect game. The Cubs’ pitchers have allowed a total of 465 runs and 160 home runs, placing them thirteenth in the Major League Baseball. A total of 869 hits and 440 earned runs have been surrendered by Chicago, which is 8.4 hits per nine innings. Since the beginning of the season, the Cubs have accumulated a team earned run average of 4.23, which ranks 18th in Major League Baseball, and their pitching staff has struck out 819 batters. During the course of this season, their pitching staff has walked 318 opposition hitters, and their batting average per game (FIP) is 4.74.

There have been 81 save situations in which the Cubs bullpen has been called upon to make a save, and they have a save percentage of 56.4%. Although they have made 22 saves throughout the course of the season, they have failed to make 17 of the 39 save opportunities they have had. The relief pitchers have been responsible for 152 base runners that have been inherited throughout the season, with 31.6% of those players reaching home plate. their have been 105 instances in which Cubs bullpen relievers have taken the mound with their being people on base, and they have also made 102 appearances in high leverage situations. There have been 343 relievers that the Cubs have sent out to the mound throughout the course of the season. As of the end of the year, the relief pitchers had a total of 36 holds, which places them thirty-first in the league.

Out of the 8,418 innings that the Cubs have played, they have converted 71.7% of the balls that have been hit into play into outs, which places them in third place in the Major League Baseball rankings. There have been a total of 2,806 putouts recorded by the Chicago Cubs as of this point in the season. Additionally, there have been 970 assists along with 41 mistakes. Not only do they have a total of 80 double plays, but their fielding percentage is.989, which places them in third place among all professional baseball teams.

Rea has a career record of 44-34 with a 4.41 earned run average (FIP) while facing 3,028 batters in the major leagues through his career. His batting average is 8.8 hits per nine innings, and he has walked 220 batters. He has allowed 699 base hits. His WHIP is 1.292, and his earned run average is 4.48 (354 earned runs allowed). Over the course of his career in Major League Baseball, Rea has pitched for 711 innings and has recorded 574 strikeouts.

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Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals MLB Prediction: Cardinals Preview

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As of the current season, St. Louis has 111 long balls and has also contributed 454 runs to the team’s total. In addition to accumulating 466 runs and 141 two-baggers, they have also walked 337 times and walked by themselves 337 times. Throughout the course of the season, the St. Louis Cardinals have amassed a batting average of.240 and an on-base percentage of.316 as a club. As a team, the Cardinals have a slugging percentage of.381, and they are giving up 4.44 runs per game, which places them sixteenth in the league. A total of 842 base hits have been earned by them, while they have been called out on strikes 811 times, which places them 27th in the Major League Baseball.

As a team, the Cardinals have a WHIP of 1.334 and a FIP of 4.13 so far this season. This is the best performance of any team in the league. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 7.70, which means that they have 806 strikeouts against 352 bases on balls hit by them. As a pitching staff, they are presently ranked 22nd in baseball in terms of total hits allowed, with 898 hits having been allowed. 104 home runs have been allowed by them, and they have allowed 4.49 runs per nine innings, which places them fourteenth in the league. The St. Louis pitching staff has allowed 467 runs to be scored against them this season, resulting in a team earned run average of 4.13 (430 earned runs that have been surrendered).

They have a save percentage of 62.0%, which places them in the seventeenth spot in the league, and they have sent 354 relievers to the mound throughout the course of the season. There have been 127 instances in which their relief pitchers have taken the mound in high leverage situations, and there have been 113 instances in which they have faced infielders. The Cardinals have a total of 122 save situations, and they have earned 69 holds while at the same time blowing 19 saves. The bullpen pitchers of St. Louis have been called upon to make saves in a total of fifty different situations, and they have managed to pull off 31 of those saves altogether. The relief pitchers for the St. Louis Cardinals have an inherited scoring percentage of 36.4% out of 165 base runners that they came from.

With 8,436 innings played on the diamond, the Cardinals have a defense efficiency of 69.5%, which places them 19th among all major league teams. There have been 95 double plays committed by the St. Louis Cardinals, and their fielding % is.988, which places them sixth in all of baseball. During the course of the season, the Cardinals have accumulated 976 assists, 46 errors, and 2,812 putouts by their team.

Throughout his career, Dobbins has a record of 6-2 wins and losses, and he has earned an earned run average of 3.84 while allowing 8.9 hits per nine innings pitched. Over the course of his professional baseball career, he has faced 375 hitters and has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.70. He has also faced 375 batters himself. In addition to having a WHIP of 1.291 and a FIP of 3.8, he has allowed a total of 38 earned runs to be scored against him. In the 89 innings that Dobbins has pitched thus far in his career, he has allowed 88 hits and has struck out 73 batters.

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