New York Mets vs Houston Astros Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 6/28/24, 3:29 PM  by Carlos Zabala in MLB Picks

On Friday night the Astros and Mets, the two hottest teams in the MLB, face each other. That distant series in London vs. Phillies was the spark that the Mets needed to start hitting, something they did not do in the first months of this season. From that moment on, the Mets made at least 9 runs in 7 different games. They swept the Yankees in the subway series in Queens giving the Yankees 7 HRs in 2 games. Since June 1, the Mets and Astros have the best records in the MLB with 15-6 and 15-7.

Astros are close to playing 500 baseball having started with a 10-19 record. Historically, the Astros have been especially effective after the All-Star break. The curious thing is that the entire season Astros maintained a very high batting AVG and today they are 1st in the MLB in that category hitting 263. For Astros Altuve and Álvarez hit more than 285 AVG. The Astros did the very difficult task of stopping the Orioles who were inspired after defeating the Yankees and in games 2 and 3 of that series they only allowed 1 run. The good pitching continued when they received the Rockies, who they struck out 25 times in 2 games.