{"id":742177,"date":"2026-07-03T16:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/742177\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T16:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:30:16","slug":"cardinals-vs-cubs-prediction-mlb-odds-picks-best-bets-for-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/742177\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals vs. Cubs prediction: MLB odds, picks, best bets for Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tGambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting-editorial-standards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">editorial standards<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Ladies, if you are attending Taylor Swift\u2019s wedding at MSG, please note that Phil Mickelson will be seated at Table 11.<\/p>\n<p>Rivalry resumed. <\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals and Cubs at Wrigley. <\/p>\n<p>The Cards\u2019 Andre Pallante gave up five runs and lost to the Marlins, snapping a four-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>David Peterson \u2014 yes, David Peterson \u2014 beat the Brewers after taking off his Mets uni and donning Cubs colors. <\/p>\n<p>$50 on the born-again Peterson and the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39876713\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Andre-Pallante.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Pallante\" class=\"wp-image-39876713\"  \/>Andre Pallante AP<\/p>\n<p>We knew betting the heavily favored Brewers (at -198) was as dangerous as climbing the Empire State Building. And we fell.<\/p>\n<p>Nice of Jacob \u201cMiserable\u201d Misiorowski to wait for us to have his worst outing since high school. <\/p>\n<p>The Reds scored five runs in five innings and bruised the Brewers 7-2. <\/p>\n<p>Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting<\/p>\n<p>Sal Stewart and Jose Trevino went deep for Cincinnati. <\/p>\n<p>Damaging loss has us at -165 salbandos.<\/p>\n<p>Why Trust New York Post Betting<\/p>\n<p>The one and only Stitches has been handicapping baseball, daily, for the Post since 2019. Miraculously, he has finished in the black twice. But wait there\u2019s more. He showed his versatility by winning the Post\u2019s NFL Best Bet crown last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,684,138,24,4245,161,4,722,185,723,67,724],"class_list":["post-742177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-cubs","tag-baseball","tag-betting","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chicagocubs","tag-cubs","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-betting","tag-sports","tag-sports-picks","tag-st-louis-cardinals","tag-stitches"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116857000854314795","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742177","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=742177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}