San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros Prediction, 9/8/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros

Date: Friday, September 8, 2023

Location: Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (+114) Houston (-135)

The San Diego Padres (66-75) are en route to Minute Maid Park on Friday where they will attempt to defeat the Houston Astros (80-61). The odds on this game have San Diego at +114 and Houston is sitting at -135. The over/under is set at 9. The men taking the mound are Blake Snell and Hunter Brown.

San Diego has a slugging percentage of .410 and have struck out 1,142 times, while being walked on 565 occasions. They have compiled 610 runs batted in in addition to 1,120 hits this season, while their batting average is at .240. The Padres have earned 235 doubles as a team and have knocked 178 balls out of the park. They have a total of 637 runs scored while having a team OBP of .326. As a unit, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.5 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 17th in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.58 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.28. Padres pitchers have relinquished 155 long balls and 573 runs in total (5th in baseball). San Diego has allowed 1,119 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) as well as 529 earned runs. The Padres have compiled a team ERA of 3.81 on the campaign (4th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,246 hitters. They have walked 483 hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.20 as a squad for the season.

The Padres bullpen have a save rate of 54.5% and has come into the game in 128 save situations. The relievers have inherited 147 runners on the year with 39.5% of them ended up scoring. Padres relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 97 times in addition to having 128 appearances in high leverage situations. The Padres have dispatched 441 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The relief pitchers have racked up 72 holds so far this year (17th in the league). They have recorded 30 saves on the campaign and have blown 25 of 55 save opportunities.

The Padres have transformed 69.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 11,259 innings, which ranks them 7th in MLB. The San Diego Padres are sitting with 3,753 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,245 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .987 which is 8th in professional baseball, and they have twisted 117 double plays.

Snell has taken the hill for 967 innings and is sitting with 1,190 K's in his pro baseball career. Snell (69-55 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.48 while he has faced 4,023 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 3.26 (351 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.246. He has allowed 765 hits (7.1 hits per nine innings) with 441 walks.

Houston has hit 196 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 706 runs batted in. They have notched 241 doubles, while walking 481 times as well as putting up 729 runs. The Houston Astros have accounted for an OBP of .333 in addition to a team batting average of .260 on the year. The Astros have a SLG% of .437 and they are earning 5.17 runs per game (5th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 1,087 occasions (28th in MLB) and have earned a total of 1,265 hits.

The Astros hold a team WHIP of 1.287 and have a FIP of 4.33 as a unit over the course of the season. They have a ranking of 16th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,158. The Houston pitching staff have given up 607 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 3.92 (549 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.00 (1,265 strikeouts vs 462 bases on balls). They have allowed 176 home runs and they relinquish 4.34 runs per 9 innings (11th in MLB).

Houston has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 56 save chances and they have converted 39 saves. They are ranked 5th in the league with a save rate of 69.6%, and they have dispatched 445 relievers onto the field so far this year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 136 times in high leverage situations in addition to 84 occasions with runners on base. Houston relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.4% out of 136 inherited base runners. Sitting with 131 save situations, the Astros have earned 74 holds and 17 blown saves.

The Houston Astros have turned 129 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (14th in baseball). The Astros have recorded 1,188 assists, 71 errors and are sitting with 3,778 putouts so far this season. In their 11,334 innings played, the Astros have a efficiency on defense of 69.4% (12th in professional baseball).

Brown (12-10 career mark) is the owner of a 4.06 earned run average while giving up 8.8 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.31 and he has faced 661 batters so far in his MLB career. He has conceded a total of 71 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.322 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.7. Thus far in his career, Brown has given up 154 base hits while earning 179 punch outs in 157 frames.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Diego (+114)

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