St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 9/24/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres

Date: Sunday, September 24, 2023

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (+200) San Diego (-245)

The St. Louis Cardinals (67-87) are headed to Petco Park on Sunday where they will meet the San Diego Padres (76-78). The odds on this game have the Cardinals at +200 and the Padres are at -245. The total comes in at 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Drew Rom and Michael Wacha.

As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are recording 4.5 runs per contest, which ranks them 18th in MLB. They have tallied 685 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .326. The Cardinals have tallied 246 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 205 baseballs out of the stadium. They have compiled 664 runs batted in in addition to 1,317 hits for the season, and their team batting average is .251. St. Louis is slugging .419 and have struck out 1,266 times, while drawing a walk on 535 occasions.

Get all of our MLB Parlay Picks

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.30 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.45. Cardinals pitchers have allowed 168 long balls in addition to 780 runs (24th in the league). St. Louis has conceded 1,465 hits (9.7 per 9 innings) as well as 718 earned runs. The Cardinals are sitting with a team ERA of 4.76 for the season (25th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 1,155 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 502 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.41 as a unit so far this year.

The Cardinals relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 55.7% and has entered the game in 148 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 258 runners over the course of the season with 31.8% of them ended up scoring. Cardinals relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 162 times and also have had 156 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 458 relievers to the mound so far this year. The relievers have a total of 85 holds over the course of the season (12th in baseball). They have tallied 34 saves this season and have blown 27 of 61 chances to save the game.

The Cardinals have transformed 67.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of 12,216 innings, which has them ranked 30th in professional baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have 4,072 putouts this year, in addition to 1,524 assists and 61 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .989 which has them ranked 3rd in baseball, and they have turned 144 double plays.

Rom has taken the hill for 26 innings and has earned 21 punch outs thus far in his career. Rom (1-3 record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 5.88 while he has faced 125 opposing batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 6.92 (20 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.846. He has surrendered 33 base hits (11.4 hits per 9 innings) with 15 free passes.

The San Diego Padres are sitting with an OBP of .328 and a team batting average of .243 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 1,243 instances (23rd in baseball) and are sitting with 1,241 base hits. San Diego has accounted for 200 long balls on the year to go along with 685 runs batted in. The Padres have a team slugging % of .415 and they average 4.66 runs per outing (13th in baseball). They have 258 doubles, while getting a free base 617 times as well as notching 717 runs.

The Padres hold a team WHIP of 1.281 with a FIP of 4.18 as a pitching staff for the season. They are currently ranked 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,222. The San Diego pitching staff have given up 633 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 3.86 (585 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.00 (1,372 strikeouts vs 526 walks). They have given up 169 home runs and they relinquish 4.17 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league).

San Diego has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 59 save opportunities and they have come away with 33 saves. They rank 24th in MLB with a save percentage of 55.9%, and they have sent 481 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond over the course of the season. Their relievers have come in 142 times in high leverage situations in addition to 107 occasions with runners on. San Diego relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 40.7% out of their 167 inherited base runners. With 138 save situations, the Padres have accrued 78 holds and 26 blown saves.

The San Diego Padres have gotten 124 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in the majors). The Padres have accrued 1,359 assists, 71 errors and have earned a total of 4,095 putouts on the campaign. In 12,285 innings on the diamond, the Padres have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (9th in pro baseball).

So far in his MLB career, Wacha has conceded 1,242 base knocks while totaling 1,132 punch outs in 1,274 frames. Wacha (86-54 win-loss record in his career) holds a 3.99 earned run average and has conceded 8.8 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 565 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.297 and a FIP of 4.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.75 and he has faced 5,393 batters during his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (+200)

Get $60 worth of FREE premium member picks. No Obligation. No Salesman. No Credit Card. Fast Sign up with Instant Access Click Here