Cleveland Guardians vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 6/15/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs San Diego Padres

Date: Thursday, June 15, 2023

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (+140) San Diego (-165)

The San Diego Padres (32-34) will play the Cleveland Guardians (31-35) at Petco Park on Thursday. The moneyline on this contest has Cleveland at +140 and San Diego is priced at -165. The betting total is set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Logan Allen and Yu Darvish.

As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are earning 3.8 runs per game, which has them at 27th in baseball. They have racked up 253 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .309. The Guardians have compiled 123 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 43 balls out of the stadium. They have compiled 236 RBI's in addition to 538 base knocks for the season, and their batting average is at .242. Cleveland has a slugging % of .366 and have been rung up 471 times, while taking a walk on 206 occasions.

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The Guardians are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.77 for the year (6th in the league), and the staff has struck out 514 batters. Guardians pitchers have allowed 64 home runs and 274 runs in total (8th in the league). They have walked 190 batters and their FIP comes in at 4.00 as a team over the course of the season. Cleveland has given up 557 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 249 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.71 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.26.

The Guardians have sent 213 relievers to the hill on the campaign. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 71 base runners for the year with 22.5% of them earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 23 saves for the season and have blown 14 of their 37 chances to save the game. The Guardians relief pitchers have a save percentage of 62.2% and has entered the game in 76 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 39 holds for the season (9th in baseball). Guardians bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 56 times in addition to having 88 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Cleveland Guardians have accumulated 1,782 putouts this season, in addition to 617 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .986 which ranks 16th in baseball, and have a total of 44 double plays. The Guardians have turned 70.0% of baseballs in play into outs out of 5,346 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 8th in professional baseball.

Allen has taken the ball for 96 innings and has 68 punch outs in his career. Allen (5-10 career record) has a FIP of 5.62 and he has gone up against 438 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 5.89 (63 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.661. He has surrendered 118 base hits (11.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 42 walks.

The Padres hold a slugging percentage of .392 and they are scoring 4.24 runs per game (22nd in baseball). They have hit 114 two-baggers, while walking 269 times and recording 280 runs. San Diego has compiled 77 HRs on the campaign and 267 RBIs. They have struck out on 581 occasions (15th in the league) and have notched a total of 493 base knocks. The San Diego Padres have tallied a team OBP of .317 as well as a batting average of .228 for the season.

The Padres are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.227 with a FIP of 4.17 as a pitching staff for the season. They come in at 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 504. The San Diego pitching staff have surrendered 258 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.76 (245 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.70 (567 strikeouts against 215 bases on balls). They have relinquished 72 home runs and they relinquish 3.96 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league).

Sitting with 67 save situations, the Padres have compiled 38 holds and 11 blown saves. San Diego has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 29 save opportunities and they have converted 18 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 66 times in high leverage situations and on 41 occasions with runners on base. San Diego relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 39.1% out of their 64 inherited runners. They sit at 17th in the league holding a save rate of 62.1%, and they have sent 202 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The San Diego Padres have turned 55 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .990 (2nd in professional baseball). The Padres have accrued 590 assists, 24 errors and have earned a total of 1,758 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 5,274 innings played, the Padres hold a defensive efficiency of 71.3% (3rd in MLB).

Darvish (100-79 career win-loss record) has earned a 3.54 earned run average and has surrendered 7.2 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.72 and he has gone up against 6,386 hitters so far in his MLB career. He has conceded a total of 612 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.127 and a FIP of 3.5. So far in his pro baseball career, Darvish has surrendered 1,253 hits while tallying 1,862 punch outs in 1,557 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland (+140)

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