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New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs Prediction – 4-18-2026 – MLB Betting Picks

Over the course of their season, the Mets have hit 14 balls out of the park and have tallied 24 two-baggers as a team. Currently, New York has a batting average of.331, and they have been called out on strikes 156 times. Additionally, they have drawn a walk 58 times. At the moment, the New York Mets are ranked 27th in Major League Baseball due to their average of 3.4 runs scored per game. The team has a batting average of.220 and has accumulated 142 hits and 62 runs batted in so far this season. Additionally, they have a batting average of 62 runs batted in. While maintaining an on-base percentage of.286 as a club, they have scored 65 runs at the plate.

It is worth noting that their K/BB ratio is 2.66, and their pitching staff has a WHIP of 1.27 as a collective unit. The Mets’ pitchers have allowed a total of 79 runs and 16 home runs, which places them thirteenth in the Major League Baseball. New York has allowed 152 base hits, which is equivalent to 8.0 hits per nine innings, and 73 earned runs. Throughout the course of the season, the Mets have collected a team earned run average of 3.83, which ranks tenth in all of baseball, and their pitching staff has rung up 173 batters. They have walked 65 batters from the opposing team, and their batting average per game (FIP) for the year is 3.57.

The relievers for the Mets have a save percentage of fifty percent and have entered the game in eight different save situations already. There have been a total of four possibilities for them to save the game, but they have only managed to save two of them so far this season. There have been 16 runners that have been inherited by the relievers throughout the course of the season, and fifty percent of those players have reached the plate. There have been 15 instances in which Mets pitchers have entered the game with people on base, and they have also dealt with 21 instances of high leverage situations. Since the beginning of the season, the Mets have used 53 different relief pitchers to take the field. This year, the relief pitchers have picked up four holds, which places them 29th in the whole baseball league.

The Mets are now ranked 18th in the major leagues due to the fact that they have played 1,545 innings on the diamond and have converted 69.8 percent of the balls that have been hit into play into outs. So far, the Minnesota Twins have accumulated 515 putouts, 174 assists, and 9 errors. Additionally, they have made 9 errors. The team’s fielding percentage is currently at.987, which places them in the 12th spot in the Major League Baseball, and they have turned ten double plays.

There have been 3,942 batters that Peralta has seen in the major leagues, and he has a fielding percentage of 3.54. His career record is 71-43. He has allowed 710 base knocks, which are equivalent to 6.7 hits per nine innings, and he has walked 368 batters. In his career, he has a 3.59 earned run average (380 earned runs allowed), and his WHIP is 1.132. Over the course of his career in Major League Baseball, Peralta has thrown for 952 innings and been responsible for 1,178 strikeouts.

Throughout the course of the season, the Chicago Cubs have produced a team batting average of.248 and an on-base percentage of.341 for the squad. They have a total of 153 base hits and have struck out on 160 occasions, which places them in 14th place in the Major League Baseball. Over the course of this season, Chicago has hit 19 home runs and contributed 84 runs batted in. A team slugging percentage of.386 and an average of 5.22 runs per game place the Cubs seventh in Major League Baseball. They have walked 85 times and scored 94 runs, in addition to putting up 28 doubles against the opposition.

This season, the Chicago pitching staff has allowed 75 runs to be scored against them, while maintaining a team earned run average of 3.88 (69 earned runs conceded). They are 11th in the league in terms of the number of home runs they have allowed, and they have allowed 4.22 runs per nine innings. As of right now, the Cubs have a team WHIP of 1.150 and a FIP of 4.24 for the year. Additionally, the Cubs have a club pitching average of 4.24. A total of 155 strikeouts and 56 bases on balls contributed to their strikeout to walk ratio, which comes in at 8.70. With 128 hits allowed, they are ranked second in the league as a staff in terms of total hits surrendered.

The Cubs have a total of seven save situations, and they have two holds in addition to three failed saves. There have been five possibilities for Chicago’s relief pitchers to preserve the game, and they have only managed to save two of those opportunities. The inherited scoring percentage of Chicago relief pitchers is 26.9%, representing the percentage of their 26 inherited base runners that they have scored. Their bullpen pitchers have been called upon to pitch in high leverage situations fourteen times, in addition to the fact that they have faced base runners on nineteen occasions. The team currently holds the 29th spot in the league with a save percentage of 40.0%, and throughout the course of the season, they have utilized 55 relievers when they have been on the field.

The Cubs have earned a defensive efficiency of 73.1% with 1,440 innings played on the diamond, which places them in second place in the professional baseball league. The fielding percentage of the Chicago Cubs is.988, which places them tenth in the Major League Baseball. They have also recorded 14 double plays. Over the course of the season, the Cubs have a total of 480 putouts, 159 assists, and 8 errors. Additionally, they have registered a total of 480 putouts.

To this point in his career, Taillon has allowed 1,197 base knocks while striking out a total of 1,090 batters over the course of 1,253 innings pitched. He has a WHIP of 1.195 and a FIP of 3.8, and he has allowed 541 earned runs to be scored against him since he began his career. In his professional baseball career, he has faced 5,199 batters and has established a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.63. He has also faced 5,199 batters. Taillon has a career record of 82-61 and has earned an earned run average of 3.89. However, he has allowed 8.6 hits per nine innings pitched.

New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs Prediction – Betting Odds

Now in this New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs Prediction, we have the odds for this game:

TEAM	SPREAD	MONEYLINE	TOTAL
New York Mets	+N/A	+N/A	N/A O
Chicago Cubs	-N/A	-N/A	N/A U

New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs Prediction – Head to Head – MLB Betting Picks

Date	Team	Opp	Close	Result	RL/OU
Sep 25, 2025	Cubs	Mets	-103 / 7.5	Lost 5-8	Lost / Over
Sep 24, 2025	Cubs	Mets	-118 / 7.5	Won 10-3	Won / Over
Sep 23, 2025	Cubs	Mets	-111 / 7.5	Lost 7-9	Lost / Over
May 11, 2025	Cubs	@Mets	+110 / 8.5	Lost 2-6	Lost / Under
May 10, 2025	Cubs	@Mets	+141 / 8.5	Won 6-5	Won / Over
May 9, 2025	Cubs	@Mets	+122 / 8	Lost 2-7	Lost / Over
Jun 23, 2024	Cubs	Mets	-111 / 8.5	Lost 2-5	Lost / Under
Jun 22, 2024	Cubs	Mets	+109 / 11	Won 8-1	Won / Under
Jun 21, 2024	Cubs	Mets	-146 / 7.5	Lost 1-11	Lost / Over
May 2, 2024	Cubs	@Mets	-101 / 8.5	Lost 6-7	Won / Over

✅ Our New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs Pick: New York✅

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