Milwaukee Brewers vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 4/15/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs San Diego Padres

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Petco Park is the location where the San Diego Padres (7-6) will play the Milwaukee Brewers (8-4) on Saturday. The expected starting pitchers will be Freddy Peralta and Seth Lugo.

The Brewers have tallied 13 two-baggers as a team and have hit 15 baseballs out of the park. Milwaukee owns a slugging percentage of .418 and have been rung up 114 times, while being walked on 52 occasions. As a unit, the Milwaukee Brewers are earning 4.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 12th in baseball. They have accrued 58 RBI's as well as 103 base knocks on the year, while their batting average sits at .264. They have accumulated 58 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .350.

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The Brewers are sitting with a team earned run average of 2.83 this year (4th in the league), and the staff has struck out 85 batters. They have walked 39 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.28 as a unit for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.18 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.18. Brewers pitchers have surrendered 10 long balls and 34 runs in total (4th in baseball).

The Brewers relief pitchers have a save percentage of 100.0% and has entered the game in 8 save situations. The relievers have inherited 10 base runners for the season and 10.0% of those runners crossed the plate. Brewers relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 7 times as well as having 6 appearances in high leverage situations. The Brewers have sent 36 relievers to the hill on the season. The relievers have accumulated 6 holds over the course of the season (16th in baseball). They have 2 saves this year and have blown 0 of 2 chances to get a save.

The Brewers have converted 73.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of 945 innings on the field, which has them sitting 3rd in baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers have a total of 315 putouts thus far, in addition to 117 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .984 which puts them in 17th in professional baseball, and they have twisted 10 double plays.

Peralta has taken the hill for 427 innings and has racked up 553 punch outs in his MLB career. Peralta (32-17 mark in his career) has a FIP of 3.37 while he has gone up against 1,773 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.73 (177 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.124. He has surrendered 302 base knocks (6.4 hits per 9 innings) with 178 walks.

The Padres have a SLG% of .411 and they score 4.31 runs per outing (21st in MLB). They have recorded 25 doubles, while taking a walk 55 times and putting up 56 runs. San Diego has 17 home runs this season to go along with 52 RBIs. They have been rung up on 108 occasions (15th in baseball) and have a total of 96 base hits. The San Diego Padres have accumulated an OBP of .322 in addition to a team batting average of .229 on the campaign.

The San Diego pitching staff have surrendered 54 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 4.18 (53 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 12 dingers and they concede 4.26 runs per 9 innings (9th in MLB). The Padres have a team WHIP of 1.392 with a FIP of 4.30 as a unit so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.17 (115 strikeouts against 53 free passes). They are currently ranked 15th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 106.

Sitting with 17 save situations, the Padres have 10 holds and also 3 blown saves. San Diego has had relief pitchers enter the game in 7 save opportunities and they have come away with 4 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 15 times in high leverage situations in addition to 8 occasions with runners on. San Diego bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 38.9% out of 18 inherited runners. They are currently ranked 21st in the league holding a save rate of 57.1%, and they have sent 37 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond over the course of the season.

Out of their 1,032 innings on the diamond, the Padres have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 68.8% (15th in professional baseball). The San Diego Padres have turned 14 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .991 (6th in professional baseball). The Padres have 121 assists, 4 errors and have earned a total of 344 putouts this year.

Lugo (34-24 win-loss record in his career) holds a 3.42 earned run average while allowing 7.9 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.69 and he has faced 2,097 batters in his career. He has allowed 193 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.160 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. So far in his MLB career, Lugo has surrendered 448 hits while he has earned 520 K's in 507 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego

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