St. Louis @ Washington picks
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STL vs WAS Picks
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A red-hot club like the St. Louis Cardinals should be a heavy favorite to wallop a sub-.500 group like the Washington Nationals. The Cards are only batting .228 on the road, but their .279 BABIP and .325 BABIP against left-handed pitching suggest some bad luck could change tonight. While advanced metrics suggest the Cards' bats could see positive regression, the same can’t be said for Nationals left-hander Mitchell Parker. Parker is 3-0 at home and twirling a .193/.291/.216 slash line, but he’s issued nine walks in his past two starts with a home xFIP nearly three runs higher than his ERA, and these Cards boast a high walk rate (10%) while slashing .252/.343/.360 against lefties.






