Baltimore Orioles vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 8/14/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs San Diego Padres

Date: Monday, August 14, 2023

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Petco Park is the location where the San Diego Padres (56-61) will take on the Baltimore Orioles (72-45) on Monday. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Jack Flaherty and Yu Darvish.

As a unit, the Baltimore Orioles are scoring 4.9 runs per contest, which has them at 7th in the league. They are sitting with 570 runs while having a team OBP of .318. The Orioles have accounted for 220 two-baggers as a team and have hit 135 balls out of the park. They have earned 553 RBI's as well as 988 hits this season, while their batting average is sitting at .251. Baltimore is slugging .420 and have been called out on strikes 980 times, while drawing a walk on 375 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.88 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.29. Orioles pitchers have surrendered 132 home runs and also 507 total runs (13th in MLB). Baltimore has allowed 979 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 478 earned runs. The Orioles hold a team ERA of 4.10 so far this season (14th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,065 hitters. They have walked 370 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.07 as a squad this season.

The Orioles relievers have a save percentage of 60.7% and has come into the game in 149 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 216 base runners on the campaign and 37.0% of them ended up scoring. Orioles relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 143 times as well as having 153 appearances in high leverage situations. The Orioles have sent 398 relievers to the mound for the season. The bullpen have accumulated 86 holds on the campaign (1st in the league). They have compiled 37 saves this season and have blown 24 of their 61 save chances.

The Orioles have converted 69.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,441 innings, which ranks them 16th in MLB. The Baltimore Orioles have accumulated 3,147 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,013 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .989 which is 3rd in pro baseball, and they have twisted 101 double plays.

Flaherty has thrown 639 innings and has 714 strikeouts during his career. Flaherty (42-31 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.95 and he has gone up against 2,649 opposing batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.56 (253 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.183. He has allowed 512 hits (7.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 244 free passes.

The San Diego Padres have compiled an OBP of .326 in addition to a batting average of .240 so far this year. They have been called out on strikes on 971 occasions (20th in baseball) and have earned 933 hits. San Diego has a total of 150 home runs so far this year as well as 514 runs batted in. The Padres have a team slugging % of .412 and they average 4.58 runs per game (14th in the league). They have hit 198 doubles, while getting a free base 473 times as well as scoring 536 runs.

The Padres are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.273 and have a FIP of 4.21 as a staff so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 9.00 (1,034 strikeouts against 398 free passes). They come in at 5th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 925. They have allowed 130 home runs and they relinquish 4.14 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The San Diego pitching staff have allowed 478 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.82 (441 earned runs relinquished).

Sitting with 115 save situations, the Padres have tallied 65 holds and 21 blown saves. San Diego has had relievers step onto the hill in 49 save opportunities and they have tallied 28 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 113 times in high leverage situations and on 85 occasions with runners on. San Diego bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 38.9% out of 131 inherited runners. They are ranked 24th in MLB with a save percentage of 57.1%, and they have sent 373 bullpen pitchers to the mound over the course of the season.

In 9,351 innings on the diamond, the Padres have a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (7th in pro baseball). The San Diego Padres have gotten 96 double plays and have a fielding rate of .988 (6th in MLB). The Padres have racked up 1,038 assists, 50 errors and are sitting with 3,117 putouts so far this season.

Darvish (103-82 career mark) has earned a 3.57 ERA while giving up 7.3 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.69 and he has gone up against 6,581 opposing batters in his MLB career. He has allowed 635 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.134 and having a FIP of 3.5. So far in his pro baseball career, Darvish has given up 1,300 base knocks and he has 1,909 punch outs in 1,602 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Diego

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