San Diego Padres vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 7/27/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-130) Detroit (+110)

Comerica Park is the location where the Detroit Tigers (39-58) will try to defeat the San Diego Padres (54-44) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has the Padres at -130 and the Tigers are at +110. The betting total is set at 7. The expected starting pitchers will be Yu Darvish and Tarik Skubal.

San Diego owns a slugging percentage of .375 and have been called out on strikes 803 times, while drawing a walk on 338 occasions. They have compiled 408 RBI's as well as 800 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average comes in at .241. The Padres have hit 170 doubles as a team and have hit 81 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 423 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .316. As a unit, the San Diego Padres are scoring 4.3 runs/g, which ranks them 18th in MLB.

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The Padres have a team earned run average of 3.79 so far this season (9th in the league), and the staff has struck out 865 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 305 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.79 as a team on the season. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.84 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.21. Padres pitchers have yielded 97 home runs in addition to 399 runs in total (11th in baseball).

Padres relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 81 times and also have had 103 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 47 holds for the year (22nd in MLB). The Padres relief pitchers have a save percentage of 70.2% and has come into the game in 98 save situations. They have accumulated 33 saves on the year and have not converted 14 out of their 47 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 122 base runners on the season and 41.0% of those runners ended up scoring. The Padres have dispatched 282 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

The San Diego Padres have a total of 2,623 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 881 assists and 41 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which is 4th in professional baseball, and have earned 74 double plays. The Padres have turned 70.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 7,869 innings, which ranks them 6th in the majors.

Darvish has pitched in 1,408 innings and has earned 1,700 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.54 (554 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.137. He has given up 1,136 hits (7.3 hits per nine innings) with 465 walks. Darvish (88-71 career record) has a FIP of 3.47 while he has faced 5,793 hitters in the majors.

The Tigers have a team slugging % of .334 and they are recording 3.22 runs per game (30th in the league). They have 130 two-baggers, while taking a walk 235 times and scoring 312 runs. Detroit has hit 58 home runs for the season to go along with 297 runs batted in. They have struck out on 815 occasions (14th in the league) and have earned 726 base knocks. The Detroit Tigers have a team on-base percentage of .286 in addition to a team batting average of .228 for the season.

The Detroit pitching staff have conceded 428 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 4.17 (391 earned runs given up). They have surrendered 94 homers and they surrender 4.56 runs per 9 innings (20th in MLB). The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.275 and have a FIP of 4.00 as a squad this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.50 (717 strikeouts vs 287 free passes). They are currently ranked 17th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 789.

Detroit has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 30 save chances and they have come away with 23 saves. They are ranked 2nd in MLB with a save rate of 76.7%, and they have dispatched 344 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 84 times in high leverage situations in addition to 66 occasions with base runners. Detroit relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 28.1% out of 114 inherited base runners. With 86 save situations, the Tigers have 54 holds in addition to 7 blown saves.

The Detroit Tigers have turned 73 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (14th in professional baseball). The Tigers have accrued 821 assists, 50 errors and are sitting with 2,532 putouts so far this year. In 7,596 innings on the field, the Tigers are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (10th in baseball).

So far in his career, Skubal has surrendered 267 hits while he has totaled 312 punch outs in 288 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 138 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.222 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.67 and he has faced 1,203 hitters during his pro baseball career. Skubal (16-24 record in his career) has a 4.31 ERA while allowing 8.3 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit (+110)

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