San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 9/2/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres

Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Odds/Point Spread: San Francisco (+140) San Diego (-166)

The San Francisco Giants (70-64) are traveling to Petco Park on Saturday where they will compete against the San Diego Padres (62-73). The odds on this game have San Francisco at +140 while San Diego opens at -166. The over/under is 8. The expected starting pitchers are Kyle Harrison and Blake Snell.

San Francisco is slugging .387 and have been rung up 1,262 times, while being walked on 441 occasions. They have earned 559 RBI's in addition to 1,074 base knocks on the season, and their batting average comes in at .239. The Giants have recorded 214 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 144 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 580 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .314. As a team, the San Francisco Giants are notching 4.3 runs per contest, which is 21st in the league.

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The Giants have compiled a team earned run average of 3.93 for the season (8th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,153 hitters. Giants pitchers have given up 142 home runs in addition to 572 runs in total (11th in baseball). They have walked 344 hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.90 as a squad on the year. San Francisco has surrendered 1,140 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 521 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 3.35 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.24.

The Giants have dispatched 415 relief pitchers to the mound this season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 169 base runners this season with 32.5% of them crossed home plate. They have accumulated 45 saves on the campaign and have blown 23 of their 68 save chances. The Giants bullpen have a save rate of 66.2% and has stepped onto the mound in 137 save situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 67 holds on the campaign (20th in the league). Giants bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 124 times as well as having 142 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Giants have converted 68.0% of balls in play into outs in their 10,728 innings on the field, ranking them 26th in pro baseball. The Seattle Mariners have earned a total of 3,576 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,324 assists and 90 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .982 which is 28th in baseball, and have a total of 121 double plays.

Harrison has taken the hill for 9 frames and has racked up 16 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Harrison (1-0 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 2.54 while going up against 40 opposing batters in the majors. His ERA is 1.86 (2 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.138. He has given up 8 hits (7.4 hits per 9 innings) with 3 free passes.

The Padres have a team slugging % of .407 and they average 4.47 runs per game (17th in the league). They have hit 225 two-baggers, while taking a walk 546 times and notching 604 runs. San Diego has hit 168 long balls on the year to go along with 579 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,104 instances (20th in the league) and have tallied 1,068 base knocks. The San Diego Padres have compiled a team OBP of .326 and a team batting average of .239 for the year.

The San Diego pitching staff have given up 555 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 3.84 (511 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 149 dingers and they allow 4.17 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Padres have a team WHIP of 1.274 and have a FIP of 4.19 as a staff so far this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 9.00 (1,191 strikeouts vs 455 bases on balls). They rank 7th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,070.

San Diego has had relief pitchers take the mound in 55 save opportunities and they have walked away with 30 saves. They rank 23rd in MLB holding a save percentage of 54.5%, and they have sent 423 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 128 times in high leverage situations and on 94 occasions with runners on. San Diego relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 40.6% of 143 inherited runners. Sitting with 128 save situations, the Padres have earned 72 holds and also 25 blown saves.

Out of their 10,773 innings on the diamond, the Padres hold a efficiency on defense of 69.9% (8th in professional baseball). The San Diego Padres have turned 111 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .987 (8th in professional baseball). The Padres have recorded 1,200 assists, 64 errors and are sitting with 3,591 putouts so far this year.

In his MLB career, Snell has conceded 762 base knocks while he has earned 1,182 strikeouts in 961 frames. He has conceded 351 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.247 and a FIP of 3.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.70 and he has gone up against 3,998 batters during his MLB career. Snell (68-55 career win-loss record) has a 3.28 ERA and has conceded 7.1 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Diego (-166)

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