Odds updated as of 10:11 p.m.<\/p>\n
In MLB action on Saturday, the Chicago Cubs face the New York Mets.<\/p>\n
All the info you need to make smart bets on this game at FanDuel Sportsbook can be found below. Check out all of the latest MLB betting lines here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chicago Cubs (10-9) vs. New York Mets (7-13)Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026Time: 2:20 p.m. ETVenue: Wrigley Field — Chicago, IllinoisCoverage: MARQ and SNYCubs<\/a> vs Mets<\/a> Odds & MoneylineAll MLB odds<\/a>, betting lines and prop bets are available on FanDuel Sportsbook.Moneyline: CHC: (-110) | NYM: (-106)Spread: CHC: +1.5 (-194) | NYM: -1.5 (+160)Total: 8.5 — Over: (+102) | Under: (-124)Cubs<\/a> vs Mets<\/a> Probable Starting Pitchers<\/p>\n Probable Pitchers: Jameson Taillon (Cubs) – 0-1, 4.86 ERA vs Freddy Peralta (Mets) – 1-1, 3.86 ERA<\/p>\n The probable pitchers are Jameson Taillon (0-1) for the Cubs and Freddy Peralta (1-1) for the Mets. Taillon and his team have yet to cover the spread in any of their three chances this season. Taillon’s team is 1-1 this season when he starts and they’re favored on the moneyline. The Mets have a 1-3-0 ATS record in Peralta’s four starts that had a set spread. The Mets have always been the moneyline underdog when Peralta starts this season.<\/p>\n Cubs<\/a> vs Mets<\/a> Prediction & Pick<\/p>\n All MLB win probability predictions and picks are according to numberFire<\/a>. Chicago is a -110 favorite on the moneyline, while New York is a -106 underdog on the road.The Mets are 1.5-run favorites against the spread for this matchup with the Cubs. The Mets are +160 to cover, while the Cubs are -194 to cover as a 1.5-run underdog on the runline.The over\/under for Cubs-Mets on April 18 is 8.5. The over is +102, and the under is -124.<\/p>\n Bet on Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets on FanDuel today!<\/a><\/p>\n Cubs<\/a> vs Mets<\/a> Betting TrendsThe Cubs have been chosen as favorites in 13 games this year and have walked away with the win six times (46.2%) in those games.Chicago has a record of 6-7 when favored by -110 or more this year.The Cubs and their opponents have gone over in 12 of their 19 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.The Cubs have an against the spread record of 8-11-0 in 19 games with a line this season.The Mets have won 33.3% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (2-4).When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -106 or longer, New York has gone 2-4 (33.3%).The Mets have combined with opponents to go over the total nine times this season for a 9-9-2 record against the over\/under.The Mets are 7-13-0 ATS this season.Cubs<\/a> Player LeadersNico Hoerner leads Chicago with 26 hits and a team-best slugging percentage of .553. He’s batting .342 with an on-base percentage of .420.Among all qualifying hitters in baseball, he ranks fourth in batting average, 12th in on-base percentage, and 22nd in slugging.Hoerner has recorded a base hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .417 with a double, two home runs and 10 RBIs.Dansby Swanson is batting .210 with a double, four home runs and 15 walks. He’s slugging .419 with an on-base percentage of .354.Among qualifiers, he is 136th in batting average, 58th in on-base percentage and 77th in slugging percentage.Swanson enters this matchup looking to extend his two-game hit streak. In his last five games he is batting .400 with three home runs, six walks and six RBIs.Carson Kelly has 16 hits this season and a team-best OBP of .441.Kelly brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .375 with a double, a home run, three walks and four RBIs.Moises Ballesteros has been key for Chicago with 15 hits, an OBP of .409 plus a slugging percentage of .625.Ballesteros brings a five-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .818 with a double, two home runs and five RBIs.Mets<\/a> Player LeadersFrancisco Alvarez has an on-base percentage of .410 and has 15 hits, both team-high marks for the Mets. He’s batting .294 and slugging .549.He is 37th in batting average, 17th in on-base percentage and 24th in slugging percentage among all qualifying batters in the majors.Luis Robert is hitting .242 with a double, two home runs and 12 walks. He’s slugging .355 with an on-base percentage of .365.He is 97th in batting average, 48th in on-base percentage and 119th in slugging percentage in the majors.Francisco Lindor is hitting .200 with two doubles, two triples, a home run and 10 walks.Bo Bichette’s .298 slugging percentage paces his team.Cubs<\/a> vs Mets<\/a> Head to Head4\/17\/2026: 12-4 CHC (Favorite: Cubs, Spread: -1.5, Total: 10, Favorite Moneyline: -154, Underdog Moneyline: +130)9\/25\/2025: 8-5 NYM (Favorite: Mets, Spread: -1.5, Total: 7.5, Favorite Moneyline: -118, Underdog Moneyline: -100)9\/24\/2025: 10-3 CHC (Favorite: Cubs, Spread: -1.5, Total: 7.5, Favorite Moneyline: -118, Underdog Moneyline: -100)9\/23\/2025: 9-7 NYM (Favorite: Cubs, Spread: -1.5, Total: 7.5, Favorite Moneyline: -108, Underdog Moneyline: -108)5\/11\/2025: 6-2 NYM (Favorite: Mets, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -130, Underdog Moneyline: +110)5\/10\/2025: 6-5 CHC (Favorite: Mets, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -162, Underdog Moneyline: +136)5\/9\/2025: 7-2 NYM (Favorite: Mets, Spread: -1.5, Total: 7.5, Favorite Moneyline: -142, Underdog Moneyline: +120)6\/23\/2024: 5-2 NYM (Favorite: Cubs, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8.5, Favorite Moneyline: -108, Underdog Moneyline: -108)6\/22\/2024: 8-1 CHC (Favorite: Mets, Spread: -1.5, Total: 11.5, Favorite Moneyline: -118, Underdog Moneyline: -100)6\/21\/2024: 11-1 NYM (Favorite: Cubs, Spread: -1.5, Total: 8, Favorite Moneyline: -156, Underdog Moneyline: +132)<\/p>\n Sign up for FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> and FanDuel Daily Fantasy<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Odds updated as of 10:11 p.m. In MLB action on Saturday, the Chicago Cubs face the New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,4245,161,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-678086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-cubs","11":"tag-chicagocubs","12":"tag-cubs","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116423539026021932","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Prediction: Mets win (50.1%)<\/p>\n