New York Mets vs. Oakland Athletics MLB Betting Preview | September 24

The New York Mets (96-56) visit the Oakland Athletics (55-96) on Saturday at 4:07 PM ET. The Mets are moneyline favorites (-383) against the underdog Athletics (+307). New York’s Jacob deGrom starts against Oakland’s Ken Waldichuk.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Mets vs. Athletics

• Game Day: Saturday, September 24, 2022
• Game Time: 4:07 PM ET
• Location: Oakland, California
• Stadium: Oakland Coliseum

Mets Stats & Trends

Mets Batting

• The Mets are 15th in MLB action with 156 home runs. They average 1.0 per game.
• The Mets have the fifth-best batting average in the majors (.257).
• The Mets are second in baseball with a .331 on-base percentage.
• Mets batters strike out 7.5 times per game, the fourth-fewest strikeouts in the league.
• The Mets average 1.1 home runs per game when playing on the road this season (84 total in road contests).
• The Mets are slugging .423 with 3.3 extra-base hits per game in road contests.
• On the road this season the team averages 9.2 hits per game and is batting .262.

Mets Key Batters

• Pete Alonso leads New York in total hits (150) this season while batting .265 with 62 extra-base hits.
• Among qualifying hitters in MLB, Alonso’s batting average ranks 51st, his on-base percentage ranks 35th, and he is 13th in slugging.
• Francisco Lindor has hit 25 homers this season while driving in 99 runs. He’s batting .270 this season.
• Among qualified hitters, Lindor’s batting average ranks him 40th, his on-base percentage 40th, and his slugging percentage 48th.
• Lindor enters this game looking to extend his nine-game hit streak. During his last 10 games he is hitting .279 with a double, a triple, two home runs, two walks and seven RBI.
• Brandon Nimmo is batting .266 with a .419 slugging percentage and 58 RBI this year.
• Nimmo enters this matchup with two games in a row with at least one hit. In his last five games he is hitting .389 with a triple, two walks and three RBI.
• Jeff McNeil leads New York in OBP (.374) this season, fueled by 157 hits.

Athletics Stats & Trends

Athletics Batting

• The Athletics have hit just 127 homers this season, which ranks 27th in the league.
• The Athletics have a team batting average of just .216 this season, which ranks last among MLB teams.
• The Athletics have an on-base percentage of .281 this season, which ranks last in the league.
• The Athletics rank 20th with an average of 8.6 strikeouts per game.
• In 76 games at home this season, they’ve hit 48 homers, an average of 0.6 per contest.
• In 76 home games this season, they’re slugging .320 with 174 hits going for extra bases.
• They are averaging 6.5 base hits per game and batting .205 as a team at home this season.

Athletics Key Batters

• Sean Murphy has accumulated an on-base percentage of .333 and a slugging percentage of .437. Both lead the Athletics.
• Murphy ranks 75th in batting average, 57th in on-base percentage and 62nd in slugging percentage among all qualified hitters in MLB.
• Murphy brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .200 with two doubles, a walk and an RBI.
• Tony Kemp is batting .239 with 23 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 43 walks.
• Including all qualified hitters, Kemp’s batting average puts him 102nd, his on-base percentage ranks 98th, and he is 128th in slugging.
• Seth Brown has racked up 105 hits, a team-best for the Athletics.
• Chad Pinder is hitting .230 with 17 doubles, 12 home runs and 14 walks.

Mets vs. Athletics Probable Pitchers