Mets vs. Nationals Odds & Betting Predictions - May 21, 2026

Mets at Nationals

8:05 pm • NATS

New York Mets

34-43

2 - 1

Washington Nationals

41-38

pitcher		team	era	w-l
C.Cavalli			4.07	4-4
D.Peterson			6.09	3-6

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Mets 34-43	-1.5	-1.5+150	o8-110	-111
Nationals 41-38	u9.5	+1.5-182	u8-109	-109

Thursday 8:05 p.m.

May 21, 2026

Nationals ParkWashington

Over 8+102

D.Peterson u4.5 Ks-113

0.5u

Proj closer to -145

J.Soto o1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs-122

1.22u

J.Soto o1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs-130

$1.30

C.Cavalli o4.5 Ks-135

Under 8-114

J.Soto o0.5 HR+424

C.Cavalli o4.5 Ks-135

0.74u

D.Peterson o2.5 Earned Runs+116

0.5u

J.Soto o1.5 Total Bases+135

Under 4.5 (F5)-120

0.83u

Join Discord for earlier access: https://discord.gg/HjKxYKdSUy Mets-Nationals has recent scoring noise, but 4.5 in the first five is a real number. New York is still missing several key bats, and Washington has softer lower-order production behind Wood and Abrams. F5 Under 4.5 is a bet against another instant blowup, not a bet that the full game stays quiet.

C.Cavalli o4.5 Ks-120

0.5u

J.Wood o1.5 Total Bases+140

$1.40

Under 8.5-110

0.5u

Bet to 8 (+100)

Under 8.5-125

0.5u

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MLB Public Betting

Nationals are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
Nationals are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Nationals are 29-11 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 0 of Nationals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 26 of Nationals' 39 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Nationals	47-32	18-21	29-11	5-6	42-26
Mets	31-46	14-22	17-24	21-31	10-15

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Nationals	47-29-3	26-11-2	21-18-1	9-2	38-27-3
Mets	34-38-5	19-13-4	15-25-1	25-24-3	9-14-2

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Nationals	41-38	17-22	24-16	6-5	35-33
Mets	34-43	18-18	16-25	26-26	8-17

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 20th	NYM	W 8-4	+1.5 W	O 9.5	WSH +107
May 19th	NYM	W 9-6	+1.5 W	O 9	WSH +119
May 18th	NYM	L 7-16	+1.5 L	O 10	NYM +106
May 17th	BAL	L 3-7	+1.5 L	U 10	BAL +101
May 16th	BAL	W 13-3	+1.5 W	O 10	WSH -109

Francisco Lindor
SS
Lindor is questionable with hand
Questionable

Tylor Megill
SP
Megill is out with elbow
Out
Justin Hagenman
SP
Hagenman is out with ribs
Out

Trevor Williams
SP
Williams is out with elbow
Out
Josiah Gray
SP
Josiah Gray (elbow) scratched Tuesday.
Out
C.J. Abrams
SS
CJ Abrams has been scratched Tuesday.
Out
DJ Herz
SP
Herz is out with elbow
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LD.Peterson, P	82	5	3	1
RH.Brazoban, P	9	1	0	0
LB.Raley, P	14	1	2	0
RL.Weaver, P	17	1	1	0
RD.Williams, P	12	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1C.Benge, RF	1-5	0	0
2B.Bichette, SS	1-4	0	2
3J.Soto, LF	0-3	0	0
4M.Vientos, 1B	0-4	0	0
5B.Baty, 3B	2-4	0	0
6M.Semien, 2B	1-4	0	0
7A.Ewing, CF	0-2	0	0
8M.Melendez, DH	0-2	1	0
9L.Torrens, C	1-4	1	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RC.Cavalli, P	84	7	9	2
RC.Beeter, P	20	1	2	0
RO.Ribalta, P	24	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1J.Wood, LF	1-4	0	0
2C.Mead, 3B	0-4	0	0
2C.Mead, 1B	0-4	0	0
3A.Chaparro, 1B	0-2	0	1
3J.Vivas, PH	0-1	0	0
3J.Vivas, 3B	0-1	0	0
4C.Abrams, SS	0-2	0	0
5D.Crews, RF	0-3	0	0
6D.Lile, DH	2-4	0	0
7J.Young, CF	0-3	0	0
7L.Garcia, PH	0-1	0	0
8N.Nunez, 2B	0-3	0	0
8J.Tena, PH	0-1	0	0
9K.Ruiz, C	2-4	1	0