St. Louis Cardinals vs Arizona Diamondbacks Picks & Odds

MLB - FINAL

Chase Field, Phoenix

St. Louis Cardinals logo
FINAL
Arizona Diamondbacks logo

St. Louis Cardinals
3

Arizona Diamondbacks
5

Best Odds

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks MLB Picks and Predictions: July 18, 2026

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks MLB Picks and Predictions: July 18, 2026 - Nate Hornung

Consensus Picks

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FINAL

Projected Winner

Arizona Diamondbacksto win
Confidence53.35%(Slight edge)
Rating edgeSlight edge
St. Louis Cardinals logo

St. Louis Cardinals

46.7%

BN Fair Odds

+114

Starting Pitcher

Dustin May

Arizona Diamondbacks logo

Arizona Diamondbacks

53.3%

BN Fair Odds

-114

Starting Pitcher

Brandon Pfaadt

Team Ratings

STL (Away)vsARI (Home)

Average51

Pitcher

Average53
Average41

Bullpen

Average50
Above Avg68

Defense

Strong89
Average43

Offense

Average41
Weak (0–25)
Below Avg (25–40)
Average (40–55)
Above Avg (55–70)
Strong (70+)

Projection is based on current pitcher, bullpen, defense and offense ratings. Ratings are percentile-based from 0–100.

Betting Records

STL

STL

ARI

ARI

51 - 45(8th)

25 - 19

Wins

Away/Home

(13th)50 - 48

28 - 21

54 - 42 - 0(4th)

27 - 17 - 0

ATS

Away/Home

(12th)51 - 47 - 0

27 - 22 - 0

41 - 41 - 14(28th)

18 - 18 - 8

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(21st)47 - 39 - 12

26 - 18 - 5

Batting Stats

STL

STL

ARI

ARI
4.53
Runs / Game
4.43
0.630
Stolen Bases / Game
0.660
1.030
Home Runs / Game
1.010
0.242
Batting Average
0.244
0.698
On Base %
0.713
0.382
Slugging %
0.397
1.080
OBPS
1.110

Fielding Stats

STL

STL

ARI

ARI
0.44
Errors / Game
0.39
0.988
Fielding %
0.989

Pitching Stats

STL

STL

ARI

ARI
0.254
Batting Average Against
0.249
0.399
Slugging % Against
0.409
0.977
On Base % Against
0.976
0.234
Strike Out %
0.207
0.624
Strike %
0.640
0.376
Ball %
0.360

Last 5 Games

STLSTL

Result

ATS

Total

@ ARI

L3 - 5

L+1.5

9

@ ARI

W5 - 4

W0

-

vs ATL

L4 - 3

L-1.5

8

vs ATL

W1 - 4

W+1.5

8

vs ATL

W1 - 2

W0

-

ARIARI

Result

ATS

Total

vs STL

W3 - 5

W-1.5

9

vs STL

L5 - 4

L0

-

@ LAD

W5 - 3

W-1.5

7

@ LAD

W9 - 2

W+1.5

P11

@ LAD

W9 - 3

W0

-

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