San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 8/29/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Monday, August 29, 2022

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

Oracle Park is where the San Francisco Giants (61-64) will meet the San Diego Padres (70-58) on Monday. The expected starting pitchers will be Mike Clevinger and Carlos Rodon.

As a team, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 14th in baseball. They have a total of 563 runs scored while having a team OBP of .320. The Padres have accumulated 221 two-baggers as a team and have hit 114 balls out of the park. They have amassed 545 runs batted in as well as 1,048 hits over the course of the season, and their batting average is at .242. San Diego has a slugging rate of .381 and have struck out 1,050 times, while being walked on 459 occasions.

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Padres pitchers have relinquished 128 home runs and also 513 runs (11th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 364 opposing batters and their FIP is 3.73 as a team on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.11 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.21. The Padres are sitting with a team ERA of 3.74 on the year (10th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,132 hitters.

The Padres have dispatched 369 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 151 runners for the year and 39.7% of them crossed home plate. They have accumulated 39 saves over the course of the season and have blown 18 of their 57 chances to save the game. The Padres relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 68.4% and stepped onto the hill in 119 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 58 holds on the season (21st in baseball). Padres bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 97 times as well as having 133 appearances in high leverage situations.

The San Diego Padres have notched a total of 3,417 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,120 assists and 60 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .987 which ranks 8th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 95 double plays. The Padres have turned 70.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 10,251 innings on the field, ranking them 12th in baseball.

Clevinger (48-28 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 3.64 and he has gone up against 2,543 hitters in the majors. He has surrendered 503 base knocks (7.3 hits per 9 innings) with 233 free passes. His ERA is 3.24 (224 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.182. Clevinger has pitched in 622 frames and has accumulated 673 K's so far in his career.

The San Francisco Giants have compiled a team OBP of .315 and a team batting average of .232 on the year. They have been rung up on 1,095 instances (11th in the league) and have notched a total of 964 base knocks. San Francisco has hit 142 long balls on the year and 529 RBIs. The Giants hold a team slugging % of .390 and they average 4.42 runs per outing (13th in baseball). They have recorded 204 doubles, while getting a free base 449 times as well as scoring 553 runs.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.280 in addition to having a FIP of 3.52 as a unit over the course of the season. They sit at 22nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,075. The San Francisco pitching staff have yielded 550 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 3.95 (485 earned runs yielded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.10 (1,057 strikeouts against 341 free passes). They have surrendered 108 home runs and they relinquish 4.48 runs per 9 innings (19th in MLB).

San Francisco has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 45 save chances and they have walked away with 27 saves. They rank 19th in baseball with a save rate of 60.0%, and they have sent 439 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the season. Their relief pitchers have come in 134 times in high leverage situations and on 111 occasions with base runners. San Francisco relievers have an inherited score rate of 35.2% out of their 162 inherited base runners. With 105 save situations, the Giants have earned 57 holds in addition to 18 blown saves.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 91 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (25th in the majors). The Giants have 1,186 assists, 76 errors and have notched a total of 3,318 putouts on the campaign. In 9,954 innings played, the Giants hold a defensive efficiency of 67.7% (28th in baseball).

During his career, Rodon has surrendered 711 hits while tallying 899 strikeouts in 816 frames. Rodon (54-44 career win-loss record) has a 3.61 ERA and has conceded 7.8 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 328 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.248 and a FIP of 3.6. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.92 and he has gone up against 3,446 opposing batters during his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Francisco

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