Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 6/5/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres

Date: Monday, June 5, 2023

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+135) San Diego (-155)

The San Diego Padres (27-31) will take on the Chicago Cubs (25-32) at Petco Park on Monday. The moneyline on this game has the Cubs at +135 while the Padres are sitting at -155. The over/under is set at 9. The men taking the mound will be Kyle Hendricks and Blake Snell.

As a unit, the Chicago Cubs are recording 4.4 runs per game, which puts them at 19th in baseball. They are sitting with 250 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .328. The Cubs have accumulated 83 doubles as a squad and have smacked 67 baseballs out of the park. They have 242 RBI's and 480 base knocks for the season, and their average at the plate sits at .249. Chicago is slugging .404 and have been called out on strikes 531 times, while being walked on 217 occasions.

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The Cubs have an ERA of 4.21 over the course of the season (15th in the league), and they have rung up 478 hitters. Cubs pitchers have surrendered 55 home runs and also 250 total runs (12th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 176 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.98 as a unit this season. Chicago has surrendered 463 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 236 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.72 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.27.

The Cubs have dispatched 183 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 79 runners this season with 24.1% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have tallied 8 saves over the course of the season and have blown 6 out of their 14 save chances. The Cubs relief pitchers have a save rate of 57.1% and has entered the game in 41 save situations. The relievers have a total of 26 holds on the year (26th in baseball). Cubs relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 48 times as well as having 44 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Cubs have converted 69.3% of baseballs in play into outs in their 4,536 innings on the field, which has them sitting 15th in the majors. The Chicago Cubs have notched a total of 1,512 putouts this season, in addition to 514 assists and 27 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .987 which ranks 13th in pro baseball, and have a total of 57 double plays.

Hendricks (87-62 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.80 while facing 5,417 opposing batters in the majors. He has allowed 1,228 base knocks (8.4 hits per nine innings) and has 299 free passes. His ERA is 3.46 (508 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.155. Hendricks has taken the ball for 1,322 innings and has tallied 1,087 K's in his pro baseball career.

San Diego has tallied 67 home runs on the season and 229 runs batted in. They have 98 doubles, while taking a walk 242 times as well as putting up 241 runs. The San Diego Padres have accounted for a team OBP of .314 and a team batting average of .222 for the season. The Padres have a team slugging % of .384 and they tally 4.16 runs per contest (24th in the league). They have been rung up on 522 occasions (11th in baseball) and have earned 419 hits.

The Padres are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.241 with a FIP of 4.16 as a team over the course of the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (489 strikeouts vs 193 bases on balls). They sit at 2nd in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 445. They have yielded 60 homers and they allow 3.99 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The San Diego pitching staff have given up 228 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.78 (216 earned runs conceded).

San Diego has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 25 save chances and they have converted 15 saves. They rank 18th in baseball with a save rate of 60.0%, and they have dispatched 175 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this year. Their relievers have come in 60 times in high leverage situations and on 38 occasions with runners on. San Diego relievers hold an inherited score rate of 38.3% of 60 inherited runners. With 58 save situations, the Padres have amassed 33 holds and also 10 blown saves.

The San Diego Padres have turned 47 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .989 (4th in MLB). The Padres have 507 assists, 22 errors and have accounted for 1,543 putouts this season. Out of their 4,629 innings on the diamond, the Padres have a efficiency on defense of 71.2% (2nd in the majors).

Thus far in his career, Snell has allowed 710 hits and he has 1,050 strikeouts in 868 innings. He has conceded 336 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.262 and a FIP of 3.6. His K/BB ratio is 2.72 and he has faced 3,625 opposing batters during his career. Snell (58-52 career win-loss mark) has a 3.48 ERA while allowing 7.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Chicago (+135)

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