Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 4/19/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres

Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Odds/Point Spread: Atlanta (+100) San Diego (-120)

Petco Park is the site where the San Diego Padres (8-10) will go up against the Atlanta Braves (13-4) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Braves at +100 and the Padres open at -120. The total is 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Charlie Morton and Nick Martínez.

As a unit, the Atlanta Braves are scoring 5.4 runs per contest, which has them at 4th in baseball. They have earned 87 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .352. The Braves have tallied 32 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 23 balls out of the park. They have earned 82 RBI's and 153 base knocks this year, while their team batting average is sitting at .274. Atlanta has a slugging % of .459 and have been called out on strikes 153 times, while drawing a walk on 65 occasions.

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The Braves hold a team ERA of 3.75 for the year (9th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 142 hitters. Braves pitchers have given up 11 home runs and 63 runs in total (6th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 58 hitters and their FIP is 3.68 as a squad on the season. Atlanta has surrendered 133 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 60 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.45 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.33.

The Braves have dispatched 59 relief pitchers to the mound this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 19 base runners on the season with 31.6% of those players ended up scoring. They have 5 saves this year and have missed out on 3 of their 8 chances to save the game. The Braves bullpen have recorded a save rate of 62.5% and has entered the game in 23 save situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 15 holds on the year (2nd in the league). Braves relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 16 times in addition to having 18 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Braves have converted 67.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,296 innings, which ranks them 21st in MLB. The Atlanta Braves have amassed 432 putouts this season, as well as 135 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which has them sitting 20th in the majors, and they have twisted 15 double plays.

Morton has taken the mound for 1,813 innings and has tallied 1,709 K's in his MLB career. Morton (118-102 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.77 while he has gone up against 7,763 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.03 (812 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.298. He has conceded 1,708 hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) with 646 walks.

San Diego has accumulated 22 HRs this season as well as 67 runs batted in. They have hit 30 two-baggers, while getting a free base 67 times as well as putting up 71 runs. The San Diego Padres have a team on-base percentage of .316 as well as a batting average of .231 this year. The Padres have a slugging percentage of .404 and they are earning 4.18 runs per contest (22nd in the league). They have struck out on 144 occasions (11th in baseball) and have 128 base hits.

The San Diego pitching staff have surrendered 73 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.23 (71 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 17 HR's and they yield 4.35 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league). The Padres hold a team WHIP of 1.402 and have a FIP of 4.33 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.80 (148 strikeouts against 69 walks). They are sitting at 22nd in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 143.

Sitting with 19 save situations, the Padres have recorded 12 holds in addition to 3 blown saves. San Diego has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 7 save opportunities and they have come away with 4 saves. Their relievers have come in 18 times in high leverage situations in addition to 11 occasions with runners on. San Diego bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 36.4% out of 22 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 17th in the league with a save percentage of 57.1%, and they have dispatched 51 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season.

The San Diego Padres have gotten 17 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .992 (3rd in baseball). The Padres have racked up 165 assists, 5 errors and have earned a total of 455 putouts this season. In 1,365 innings on the diamond, the Padres have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 68.9% (17th in pro baseball).

During his pro baseball career, Martinez has conceded 565 hits while he has totaled 343 K's in 539 innings. He has surrendered a total of 272 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.417 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.72 and he has gone up against 2,351 hitters so far in his career. Martinez (21-35 mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.54 ERA while conceding 9.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Diego (-120)

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