Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen threw four scoreless innings, only giving up two hits, in his only start of the 2022 season to this point. It came April 16 against these Mets. Generally speaking, good offensive teams getting a second crack at a starter in the span of a week bodes well for said offense. The Mets lead the NL in runs and on-base percentage. Plus, Gallen isn't fully stretched out (only 66 pitches last time) and the Diamondbacks' bullpen isn't very good. On the other side, Mets starter David Peterson is in a similar situation (4 1/3 scoreless innings against the D-Backs less than a week ago), but the Arizona offense is terrible and shouldn't be counted on. We'll take the good team at good value.

The Mets are starting David Peterson on Friday. He hasn’t allowed a run in either of his starts so far this season, one of them against the Diamondbacks. Last season, Peterson made two starts against Arizona and the Mets won both. The Mets are 10-2 this season, and Arizona is only 5-8. Back the Mets.

I'll be honest in that I was looking for a reason to take the Arizona runline, here but I don't see any value there at -150 when the Mets are only -123 to win. No real travel edge for the Snakes because both they and the Mets had to fly to the desert yesterday from the East Coast. New York's Francisco Lindor is arguably the hottest hitter in the NL right now. David Peterson has been unscored upon on 8.1 innings and threw 4.1 scoreless last Sunday vs. this Arizona team. Yeah, the Mets did lose to the Snakes' Zac Gallen last Saturday and maybe he's as good as Peterson, but these lineups aren't close. New York is 5-2 away and Arizona 2-4 at home. I recommend waiting to see the lineups, but I'll be watching "The Northman" by the time those are out.