On Opening Day, the Milwaukee Brewers are visiting the New York Mets, at 1:40 PM ET on Friday.
The Mets are projected as a close favorite (-109 to win on the moneyline) against the Brewers (-109). The Mets will give the ball to Jose Quintana versus the Brewers and Freddy Peralta.
Get ready for the Mets vs. Brewers with everything you need to know about Friday’s game, including viewing options.
New York Mets vs. Milwaukee Brewers odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Wednesday at 9:16 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Mets (-109, bet $109 to win $100)
- Underdog: Brewers (-109, bet $109 to win $100)
- Over/under: 7.5
Mets vs. Brewers: Live streaming info & game time
- Game Day: Friday, March 29, 2024
- Game Time: 1:40 PM ET
- Stadium: Citi Field
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Mets stats and trends
Mets betting records
- The Mets were favorites in 90 games last season and won 50 (55.6%) of those contests.
- Last season New York won 50 of its 90 games, or 55.6%, when favored by at least -109 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 52.2% chance of a victory for the Mets.
- New York and its opponents hit the over in 66 of 160 games with a total last season.
- In 160 games with a spread last season, the Mets were 76-84-0 ATS.
José Quintana (Mets probable starter)
- Quintana starts for the first time this season for the Mets.
- The 35-year-old left-hander started and threw four innings when he last appeared Saturday, Sept. 30 against the Philadelphia Phillies.
- Last season he put together a 3-6 record, a 3.57 ERA and a 1.308 WHIP over his 13 games.
Mets batting stats
- The Mets ranked 10th in Major League Baseball with 215 home runs.
- At .407 last season, New York ranked 18th in baseball in slugging percentage.
- There were just five teams in baseball with a lower batting average than the Mets’ .238 batting average last season.
- With 717 total runs scored last season, New York ranked 20th in the majors (4.4 per game).
- The Mets had the 19th-ranked on-base percentage in MLB last season (.316).
- New York showed patience at the plate last season with the 10th-best rate of strikeouts per game (8.2) among MLB offenses.
Brewers stats and trends
Brewers betting records
- The Brewers were underdogs in 74 games last season and came away with the win 40 times (54.1%) in those contests.
- Last season, Milwaukee came away with a win 34 times in 67 chances when named as an underdog of at least -109 or longer on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Brewers have a 52.2% chance of pulling out a win.
- Milwaukee and its opponents hit the over in 73 of its 164 games with a total last season.
- The Brewers went 82-82-0 against the spread in their 164 games that had a posted line last season.
Freddy Peralta (Brewers probable starter)
- Peralta will make his first start of the season for the Brewers.
- In his last appearance on Wednesday, Oct. 4, the 27-year-old righty started and went five innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- In 30 games last season he finished with a 12-10 record and had a 3.86 ERA and a 1.117 WHIP.
- He ranked 26th in ERA (3.86), 11th in WHIP (1.117), and fourth in K/9 (11.4) among qualified pitchers in the majors last year.
Brewers batting stats
- The Brewers averaged 1.0 home run per game to rank 24th in baseball with 165 total home runs last season.
- Last year Milwaukee ranked 25th in MLB with a .385 slugging percentage.
- With a .240 batting average a year ago, the Brewers ranked 23rd in MLB.
- Last season Milwaukee had the No. 17 offense in baseball, scoring 4.5 runs per game (728 total runs).
- Last season the Brewers’ .319 on-base percentage ranked 17th in the majors.
- The team struck out 8.7 times per game to rank 16th in the majors.
