San Diego Padres vs Chicago Cubs Prediction, 6/16/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Chicago Cubs

Date: Thursday, June 16, 2022

Location: Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Marquee

Wrigley Field is the site where the Chicago Cubs (23-38) will try to defeat the San Diego Padres (39-24) on Thursday. The pitchers taking the mound are Joe Musgrove and Matt Swarmer.

The Padres have accounted for 105 doubles as a team and have knocked 49 balls out of the park. San Diego owns a slugging percentage of .365 and have struck out 533 times, while taking a walk on 220 occasions. As a team, the San Diego Padres are recording 4.5 runs per contest, which ranks them 12th in baseball. They have earned 274 RBI's in addition to 506 hits for the season, and their batting average is .237. They have racked up 284 runs and hold an OBP of .313.

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The Padres hold a team earned run average of 3.30 this season (5th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 564 hitters. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.00 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.13. Padres pitchers have relinquished 53 home runs and also 226 total runs (4th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 188 batters and their FIP sits at 3.49 as a team so far this year.

Padres relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 49 times and also have had 78 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 34 holds this season (16th in baseball). The Padres bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 67.7% and has come into the game in 69 save situations. They have earned 21 saves on the campaign and have blown 10 out of their 31 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 69 base runners on the campaign and 49.3% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Padres have dispatched 186 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The San Diego Padres are sitting with 1,703 putouts so far this season, as well as 593 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .991 which has them sitting 1st in the majors, and have accumulated 54 double plays. The Padres have turned 72.2% of balls in play into outs in their 5,109 innings, which has them ranked 1st in professional baseball.

Musgrove has pitched in 750 innings and has 740 punch outs in his MLB career. His earned run average is 3.78 (315 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.167. He has surrendered 683 base hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 192 free passes. Musgrove (47-47 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.73 while he has gone up against 3,117 batters in the majors.

The Cubs hold a team SLG% of .394 and they have an average of 4.25 runs per game (18th in MLB). They have put up 102 two-baggers, while taking a walk 211 times as well as scoring 259 runs. Chicago has a total of 62 HRs for the season to go along with 240 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 530 occasions (12th in baseball) and have earned 499 base knocks. The Chicago Cubs have recorded an on-base percentage of .318 and a team batting average of .242 over the course of the season.

The Cubs have a team WHIP of 1.336 with a FIP of 4.47 as a team this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.59 (525 strikeouts against 203 walks). They have a ranking of 22nd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 524. They have conceded 85 dingers and they yield 5.15 runs per 9 innings (25th in MLB). The Chicago pitching staff have surrendered 311 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 4.70 (284 earned runs conceded).

Chicago relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 34.2% out of their 79 inherited base runners. Their relievers have taken the field 62 times in high leverage situations in addition to 58 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 45 save situations, the Cubs have earned 18 holds and 11 blown saves. They rank 28th in MLB with a save rate of 54.2%, and they have dispatched 205 relief pitchers onto the diamond for the season. Chicago has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 24 save chances and they have recorded 13 saves.

In their 4,896 innings on the diamond, the Cubs have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 69.2% (19th in MLB). The Chicago Cubs have turned 55 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in baseball). The Cubs have 562 assists, 31 errors and have a total of 1,632 putouts this year.

In his pro baseball career, Swarmer has given up 14 base knocks while accumulating 15 strikeouts in 17 frames. Swarmer (1-1 career win-loss mark) has a 4.24 ERA while surrendering 7.4 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 8 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.000 and being the owner of a FIP of 8.8. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 5.00 and he has faced 68 batters during his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego

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