Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 4/22/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres

Date: Friday, April 22, 2022

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-160) San Diego (+140)

The Los Angeles Dodgers (9-3) are en route to Petco Park on Friday where they will compete against the San Diego Padres (9-5). The odds on this game have Los Angeles at -160 while San Diego is opening at +140. The total comes in at 8. The expected starting pitchers will be Julio Urias and Nick Martínez.

The Dodgers have accumulated 19 doubles as a squad and have knocked 11 balls out of the park. Los Angeles has a slugging percentage of .402 and have been called out on strikes 100 times, while drawing a walk on 50 occasions. As a squad, the Los Angeles Dodgers are knocking in 5.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 2nd in MLB. They have earned 58 runs batted in in addition to 100 hits this year, while their average at the plate is .251. They have earned a total of 64 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .336.

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The Dodgers are sitting with a team earned run average of 2.38 for the season (2nd in MLB), and the staff has struck out 112 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 27 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 2.88 as a team for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 4.15 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 0.96. Dodgers pitchers have conceded 8 long balls and 32 runs in total (3rd in baseball).

The Dodgers relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 80.0% and stepped onto the hill in 11 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 13 base runners over the course of the season with 15.4% of those runners earned a run for their team. Dodgers pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 8 times in addition to having 6 appearances in high leverage situations. The Dodgers have sent 38 relievers to the mound so far this season. The relievers have 6 holds over the course of the season (18th in the league). They have accumulated 4 saves for the season and have not converted 1 of their 5 chances to save the game.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are sitting with 318 putouts thus far, in addition to 107 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .993 which has them sitting 5th in MLB, and they have turned 8 double plays. The Dodgers have transformed 74.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 954 innings on the diamond, ranking them 5th in pro baseball.

Urias has taken the ball for 431 innings and has 432 K's in his career. His ERA is 3.11 (149 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.154. He has surrendered 367 hits (7.7 hits per 9 innings) with 131 walks. Urias (32-11 record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.35 while facing 1,778 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

San Diego has knocked in 12 long balls on the year to go along with 58 runs batted in. They have recorded 22 doubles, while taking a walk 59 times and notching 61 runs. The San Diego Padres are sitting with a team OBP of .330 in addition to a batting average of .230 on the season. The Padres hold a team SLG% of .369 and they average 4.36 runs per outing (13th in the league). They have struck out on 126 occasions (3rd in MLB) and have earned a total of 103 base hits.

The San Diego pitching staff have surrendered 43 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 3.15 (43 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 15 dingers and they yield 3.15 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Padres have a WHIP of 1.073 in addition to having a FIP of 3.71 as a squad on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 3.00 (132 strikeouts against 44 walks). They come in at 12th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 88.

San Diego has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 7 save opportunities and they have walked away with 5 saves. They rank 18th in the league with a save rate of 71.4%, and they have dispatched 46 relievers to the mound so far this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 17 times in high leverage situations and on 8 occasions with base runners. San Diego bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 38.5% of 13 inherited runners. Sitting with 22 save situations, the Padres have compiled 14 holds and also 2 blown saves.

The San Diego Padres have gotten 12 double plays and own a fielding percentage of 1.000 (1st in the majors). The Padres have recorded 116 assists, 0 errors and have a tally of 369 putouts this year. In their 1,107 innings on the field, the Padres have a defensive efficiency of 75.4% (1st in MLB).

Martinez (17-31 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 4.76 ERA while surrendering 9.9 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.61 and he has faced 1,870 hitters in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 225 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.455 and a FIP of 5.4. During his career, Martinez has conceded 466 hits while he has accumulated 246 punch outs in 425 innings pitched.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-160)

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