San Diego Padres vs Washington Nationals Prediction, 8/13/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Washington Nationals

Date: Saturday, August 13, 2022

Location: Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-295) Washington (+245)

The Washington Nationals (37-76) will go up against the San Diego Padres (63-51) at Nationals Park on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has San Diego at -295 and Washington is coming in at +245. The over/under comes in at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Yu Darvish and Anibal Sanchez.

The Padres have hit 195 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 101 balls out of the stadium. San Diego has a slugging rate of .380 and have been called out on strikes 936 times, while drawing a walk on 394 occasions. As a unit, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 15th in the league. They have accounted for 489 RBI's and 928 hits on the year, and their average at the plate comes in at .242. They have earned 505 runs scored while having a team OBP of .317.

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The Padres have a team ERA of 3.80 for the year (10th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,010 batters. They have walked 335 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.72 as a team for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.01 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.21. Padres pitchers have surrendered 112 long balls and 465 runs (12th in baseball).

Padres pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 89 times as well as having 118 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 54 holds over the course of the season (21st in MLB). The Padres relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 66.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 112 save situations. They have tallied 36 saves on the season and have blown 18 out of their 54 save chances. The relievers have inherited 135 runners so far this year with 39.3% of those players crossed home plate. The Padres have sent 329 relievers to the mound on the year.

The Padres have converted 70.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,144 innings, ranking them 10th in MLB. The San Diego Padres have earned 3,048 putouts thus far, as well as 1,007 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which ranks 4th in professional baseball, and have a total of 86 double plays.

Darvish has thrown 1,427 frames and has earned 1,723 punch outs so far in his career. Darvish (89-72 career record) has a FIP of 3.47 and he has faced 5,871 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.54 (561 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.137. He has given up 1,155 hits (7.3 hits per nine innings) and has had 468 walks.

The Washington Nationals hold an OBP of .315 and a batting average of .248 for the season. They have been called out on strikes on 816 occasions (29th in the league) and have accounted for 933 base hits. Washington has knocked in 92 home runs on the campaign to go along with 410 RBIs. The Nationals hold a slugging % of .375 and they have an average of 3.80 runs per game (27th in MLB). They have recorded 176 doubles, while taking a walk 337 times and recording 429 runs.

The Washington pitching staff have surrendered 629 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 5.31 (581 earned runs yielded). They have given up 173 dingers and they allow 5.75 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Nationals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.475 and have a FIP of 5.02 as a staff for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.18 (866 strikeouts vs 398 walks). They come in at 29th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,055.

Washington has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 31 save opportunities and they have earned 19 saves. They rank 19th in MLB holding a save rate of 61.3%, and they have sent 412 relievers to the mound on the year. Their relief pitchers have come in 82 times in high leverage situations and on 112 occasions with runners on base. Washington relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 29.9% out of 184 inherited base runners. With 77 save situations, the Nationals have accrued 45 holds in addition to 12 blown saves.

The Washington Nationals have gotten 83 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (29th in the majors). The Nationals have recorded 978 assists, 72 errors and have a tally of 2,955 putouts this season. Out of their 8,865 innings played, the Nationals have a defensive efficiency of 67.9% (27th in the majors).

Sanchez (112-118 win-loss mark in his career) has a 4.10 ERA and has surrendered 8.8 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.63 and he has gone up against 8,426 hitters thus far in his career. He has given up a total of 898 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.316 and a FIP of 4.0. During his MLB career, Sanchez has given up 1,933 base knocks and he has 1,744 punch outs in 1,973 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Diego (-295)

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