San Diego Padres vs New York Mets Prediction, 10/8/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs New York Mets

Date: Saturday, October 8, 2022

Location: Citi Field in Queens, NY

TV: ESPN

The New York Mets (101-61) will compete against the San Diego Padres (89-73) at Citi Field on Saturday in Game 2 of their Wild Card series. The starting pitchers will be Joe Musgrove and Jacob deGrom.

The Padres have tallied 276 doubles as a team and have knocked 153 balls out of the park. San Diego has a slugging percentage of .382 and have been rung up 1,327 times, while taking a walk on 574 occasions. As a team, the San Diego Padres are notching 4.4 runs per outing, which is 13th in the league. They have accounted for 682 runs batted in in addition to 1,318 base knocks on the season, and their batting average comes in at .241. They have accumulated 705 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .318.

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Padres pitchers have relinquished 173 long balls in addition to 660 runs (10th in the league). They have walked 468 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.82 as a team for the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 3.10 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.20. The Padres have an earned run average of 3.81 on the season (11th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,451 hitters.

The Padres relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 68.6% and has come into the game in 145 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 200 base runners on the season and 40.0% of them crossed home plate. Padres relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 127 times as well as having 162 appearances in high leverage situations. The Padres have dispatched 488 relievers to the hill on the season. The relievers have tallied 70 holds for the year (24th in the league). They have recorded 48 saves so far this year and have not converted 22 of their 70 chances to save the game.

The San Diego Padres have accounted for 4,330 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,362 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .987 which puts them in 8th in pro baseball, and have a total of 116 double plays. The Padres have turned 70.5% of balls in play into outs out of their 12,990 innings, which has them sitting at 8th in professional baseball.

Musgrove has taken the ball for 859 innings and has 852 strikeouts thus far in his career. His earned run average is 3.79 (362 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.169. He has conceded 786 base hits (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 218 free passes. Musgrove (50-54 career record) holds a FIP of 3.79 while he has faced 3,576 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The New York Mets have a team on-base percentage of .332 in addition to a team batting average of .259 this year. They have struck out on 1,217 occasions (28th in the league) and have totaled 1,422 hits. New York has accounted for 171 home runs on the year as well as 735 RBIs. The Mets hold a team slugging % of .412 and they are scoring 4.77 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have 272 two-baggers, while walking 510 times and putting up 772 runs.

The Mets are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.183 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.51 as a team on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 3.66 (1,565 strikeouts vs 428 free passes). They are currently ranked 10th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,274. They have surrendered 169 homers and they relinquish 3.79 runs per 9 innings (5th in MLB). The New York pitching staff have allowed 606 runs for the year while having an ERA of 3.57 (570 earned runs allowed).

New York relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 37.0% out of 189 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 125 times in high leverage situations and on 138 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 135 save situations, the Mets have earned 77 holds in addition to 15 blown saves. They sit at 4th in the league with a save percentage of 73.2%, and they have dispatched 483 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. New York has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 56 save chances and they have walked away with 41 saves.

The New York Mets have gotten 128 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .988 (2nd in the majors). The Mets have racked up 1,359 assists, 67 errors and have 4,316 putouts this year. In 12,948 innings on the field, the Mets have a defensive efficiency of 69.2% (19th in pro baseball).

deGrom (82-57 career record) has earned a 2.52 earned run average while conceding 6.9 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 5.30 and he has faced 5,217 opposing hitters in his career. He has allowed a total of 372 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 0.998 and having a FIP of 2.6. So far in his pro baseball career, deGrom has allowed 1,021 base hits and he has 1,607 strikeouts in 1,326 frames.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take New York

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