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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BN Computer Picks

FINAL

Projected Winner

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

Starting Pitcher

Dustin May

46.7%

BN Fair Odds

+114

Moneyline Edge

—

Predicted Score

4

Spread Fair Odds

(+1.5)

-159

Spread Edge

—
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Arizona Diamondbacks

Starting Pitcher

Brandon Pfaadt

53.3%

BN Fair Odds

-114

Moneyline Edge

★ +8

Predicted Score

5

Spread Fair Odds

(-1.5)

+159

Spread Edge

★ +11
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
4.44
Runs / Game
4.56
0.620
Stolen Bases / Game
0.640
1.030
Home Runs / Game
1.020
0.239
Batting Average
0.246
0.690
On Base %
0.720
0.378
Slugging %
0.402
1.070
OBPS
1.120

Fielding Stats

STL

STL

ARI

ARI
0.49
Errors / Game
0.39
0.987
Fielding %
0.989

Pitching Stats

STL

STL

ARI

ARI
0.254
Batting Average Against
0.250
0.398
Slugging % Against
0.411
0.976
On Base % Against
0.976
0.233
Strike Out %
0.208
0.625
Strike %
0.640
0.375
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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