San Diego Padres vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 8/26/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Saturday, August 26, 2023

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-102) Milwaukee (-118)

The San Diego Padres (61-67) are hitting the road to American Family Field on Saturday where they will try to beat the Milwaukee Brewers (70-57). The moneyline on this game has San Diego at -102 and Milwaukee is opening at -118. The total comes in at 9. The expected starting pitchers are Pedro Avila and Freddy Peralta.

San Diego has a slugging rate of .408 and have struck out 1,046 times, while drawing a walk on 517 occasions. They have 553 runs batted in in addition to 1,005 base knocks on the year, while their batting average sits at .237. The Padres have accumulated 217 doubles as a squad and have hit 161 balls out of the park. They have earned 576 runs scored while having a team OBP of .324. As a team, the San Diego Padres are compiling 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 15th in MLB.

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The Padres hold a team ERA of 3.78 for the year (3rd in the league), and they have struck out 1,136 hitters. Padres pitchers have allowed 141 home runs in addition to 514 runs (2nd in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 428 batters and their FIP sits at 4.17 as a team over the course of the season. San Diego has given up 1,011 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and 477 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.65 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.27.

Padres pitchers have entered the game with runners on 88 times in addition to having 118 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 68 holds so far this season (14th in MLB). The Padres bullpen have a save rate of 56.9% and has come into the game in 120 save situations. They have accumulated 29 saves so far this year and have blown 22 of their 51 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 134 base runners this year and 38.8% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Padres have dispatched 403 relievers to the mound on the season.

The Padres have turned 70.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 10,233 innings on the field, which ranks them 6th in MLB. The San Diego Padres have notched a total of 3,411 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,133 assists and 55 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .988 which has them ranked 6th in the majors, and have 104 double plays.

Avila has taken the ball for 36 innings and has racked up 43 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Avila (0-1 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.51 while he has faced 158 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 1.73 (7 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.211. He has allowed 29 base hits (7.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 15 free passes.

The Milwaukee Brewers have tallied a team OBP of .314 and a batting average of .235 this year. They have been called out on strikes on 1,116 instances (14th in baseball) and have earned a total of 989 base hits. Milwaukee has recorded 134 HRs for the year to go along with 530 runs batted in. The Brewers hold a team SLG% of .380 and they average 4.35 runs per game (21st in the league). They have recorded 187 doubles, while taking a walk 453 times as well as scoring 552 runs.

The Brewers hold a team WHIP of 1.220 in addition to having a FIP of 4.33 as a unit over the course of the season. They have a ranking of 1st in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 988. The Milwaukee pitching staff have given up 542 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.98 (499 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.80 (1,098 strikeouts against 388 bases on balls). They have given up 160 dingers and they concede 4.32 runs per 9 innings (10th in MLB).

Milwaukee has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 58 save chances and they have tallied 39 saves. They are ranked 9th in the league with a save percentage of 67.2%, and they have sent 405 relievers onto the field so far this year. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 140 times in high leverage situations and also on 97 occasions with runners on base. Milwaukee relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.3% of 133 inherited base runners. With 137 save situations, the Brewers have earned 78 holds in addition to 19 blown saves.

The Milwaukee Brewers have gotten 94 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (13th in the majors). The Brewers have 1,084 assists, 64 errors and have notched a total of 3,386 putouts on the campaign. In their 10,158 innings played, the Brewers are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 71.2% (1st in the majors).

Thus far in his career, Peralta has surrendered 404 hits while he has totaled 707 strikeouts in 548 innings. Peralta (40-25 record in his career) has earned a 3.85 ERA while giving up 6.6 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 235 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.141 and having a FIP of 3.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.18 and he has faced 2,282 opposing batters during his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Milwaukee (-118)

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