One of the more highly anticipated series of the young season begins Friday when the Chicago Cubs (22-16) take on the New York Mets (24-14) at Citi Field.
Jameson Taillon is slated to start for Chicago against Clay Holmes for New York.
The Cubs come to town after an off-day Thursday. They lost Wednesday, 3-1, in the series finale to San Francisco. Chicago could muster but four hits off of Robbie Ray and the Giants. Nico Hoerner had two of the four hits. The Mets traveled home Thursday following a three-game series in Arizona. Juan Soto blasted two home runs in a 7-1 Mets’ win Wednesday.
Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.
We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.
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Game details & how to watch Cubs at Mets
- Date: Friday, May 9, 2025
- Time: 7:10PM EST
- Site: Citi Field
- City: Queens, NY
- Network/Streaming: MARQ, SNY, MLBN
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Odds for the Cubs at the Mets
The latest odds as of Thursday:
- Moneyline: Cubs (+138), Mets (-164)
- Spread: Mets -1.5
- Total: 7.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Cubs at Mets
- Pitching matchup for May 9, 2025: Jameson Taillon vs. Clay Holmes
- Cubs: Jameson Taillon (2-1, 3.86 ERA)
Last outing: 5/3 at Milwaukee – 6IP, 2ER, 3H, 1BB, 5Ks - Mets: Clay Holmes (4-1, 2.95 ERA)
Last outing: 5/2 at St. Louis – 6IP, 3ER, 8H, 0BB, 3Ks
- Cubs: Jameson Taillon (2-1, 3.86 ERA)
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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Cubs at Mets
- The Cubs lead all of baseball with 223 runs scored
- Only the Yankees (62) and the Dodgers (59) have more home runs than the Cubs (55)
- Juan Soto is 9-26 with 4 HRs in May (7 games)
- Pete Alonso is 0-8 over his last 2 games
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Expert picks & predictions for Friday’s game between the Cubs and the Mets
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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.
Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.
Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Friday’s game between the Cubs and the Mets:
- Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Moneyline.
- Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Chicago Cubs at +1.5.
- Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 7.0.
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