Chicago White Sox vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 9/21/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago White Sox vs San Diego Padres

Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

The San Diego Padres (87-66) will go up against the Chicago White Sox (36-117) at Petco Park on Saturday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Chris Flexen and Martin Perez.

As a unit, the Chicago White Sox are notching 3.1 runs per game, which puts them at 30th in MLB. They have 473 runs while having a team OBP of .279. The White Sox have accumulated 213 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 124 balls out of the park. They have 452 runs batted in in addition to 1,126 hits over the course of the season, and their average at the plate is at .222. Chicago is slugging .340 and have been rung up 1,325 times, while drawing a walk on 374 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.13 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.45. White Sox pitchers have yielded 194 home runs and also 786 total runs (29th in baseball). Chicago has conceded 1,335 base knocks (9.0 per 9 innings) and also 712 earned runs. The White Sox have a team ERA of 4.78 this season (29th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,286 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 603 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.60 as a unit over the course of the season.

White Sox relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 167 times in addition to having 152 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have 60 holds for the season (29th in the league). The White Sox relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 35.2% and has stepped onto the mound in 117 save situations. They have compiled 19 saves on the campaign and have not converted 35 out of their 54 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 261 base runners for the season with 34.1% of those players ended up scoring. The White Sox have dispatched 505 relievers to the mound this year.

The White Sox have converted 68.3% of balls in play into outs out of their 12,069 innings, which has them ranked 26th in professional baseball. The Chicago White Sox have accumulated 4,023 putouts this season, as well as 1,211 assists and 89 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .983 which is 26th in professional baseball, and they have turned 106 double plays.

Flexen (29-48 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.91 and he has gone up against 2,799 opposing batters in the majors. He has given up 708 hits (10.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 243 free passes. His ERA is 4.99 (352 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.497. Flexen has thrown 635 innings and is sitting with 456 K's so far in his MLB career.

The Padres have a team SLG% of .420 and they tally 4.75 runs per contest (8th in MLB). They have tallied 238 two-baggers, while walking 436 times as well as putting up 726 runs. San Diego has 180 HRs on the campaign and 693 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,008 occasions (30th in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,386 base hits. The San Diego Padres have earned an on-base percentage of .327 in addition to a batting average of .265 over the course of the season.

The Padres have a WHIP of 1.223 and have a FIP of 3.76 as a team so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.10 (1,376 strikeouts against 435 bases on balls). They are sitting at 16th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,229. They have allowed 160 home runs and they surrender 4.21 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The San Diego pitching staff have conceded 636 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 3.88 (587 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 137 save situations, the Padres have accumulated 73 holds and 22 blown saves. San Diego has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 62 save chances and they have walked away with 40 saves. Their relievers have taken the field 139 times in high leverage situations and also on 152 occasions with runners on base. San Diego bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 34.6% out of 231 inherited runners. They rank 14th in MLB holding a save percentage of 64.5%, and they have dispatched 507 relief pitchers onto the field so far this year.

The San Diego Padres have gotten 109 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .987 (6th in baseball). The Padres have accrued 1,216 assists, 69 errors and have notched a total of 4,081 putouts this year. Out of their 12,243 innings on the diamond, the Padres have a efficiency on defense of 69.6% (18th in MLB).

In his MLB career, Perez has conceded 1,700 hits and he has 1,100 strikeouts in 1,566 frames. He has surrendered 771 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.446 and a FIP of 4.4. His K/BB ratio is 1.95 and he has faced 6,800 batters thus far in his career. Perez (89-86 record in his career) has earned a 4.43 earned run average while conceding 9.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Chicago

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