Detroit Tigers vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 9/2/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs San Diego Padres

Date: Monday, September 2, 2024

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Padres.TV

Petco Park is the location where the San Diego Padres (76-60) will meet the Detroit Tigers (68-67) on Monday. The expected starting pitchers are Brant Hurter and Joe Musgrove.

Detroit is slugging .389 and have been rung up 1,187 times, while drawing a walk on 380 occasions. They have accrued 550 runs batted in as well as 1,062 hits so far this season, and their average at the plate is .234. The Tigers have compiled 204 doubles as a team and have knocked 140 baseballs out of the park. They are sitting with 571 runs while holding a team OBP of .298. As a squad, the Detroit Tigers are notching 4.2 runs per contest, which has them at 19th in the league.

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The Tigers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.78 this season (8th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,140 batters. Tigers pitchers have yielded 134 home runs and 556 total runs (10th in the league). They have walked 358 batters and their FIP comes in at 3.74 as a unit so far this year. Detroit has allowed 1,072 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) as well as 504 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.18 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.19.

The Tigers relievers have compiled a save rate of 60.8% and stepped onto the hill in 112 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 201 runners on the season and 24.9% of them earned a run for their team. Tigers relief pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 145 times and also have had 125 appearances in high leverage situations. The Tigers have dispatched 413 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The relief pitchers are sitting with 60 holds this year (25th in baseball). They have accumulated 31 saves this year and have missed out on 20 of their 51 save chances.

The Detroit Tigers have accounted for 3,597 putouts this season, as well as 1,144 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .985 which puts them in 14th in baseball, and they have turned 106 double plays. The Tigers have turned 70.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of 10,791 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 14th in pro baseball.

Hurter has thrown 22 innings and has accounted for 21 K's during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.65 (9 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 0.901. He has given up 17 base knocks (6.9 hits per 9 innings) and has had 3 walks. Hurter (2-1 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.59 and he has faced 90 hitters during his time in the majors.

The San Diego Padres have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .325 and a team batting average of .265 so far this season. They have been rung up on 891 occasions (30th in the league) and have recorded 1,226 hits. San Diego has hit 155 long balls so far this season to go along with 618 RBIs. The Padres have a SLG% of .417 and they earn 4.73 runs per contest (11th in the league). They have notched 209 doubles, while taking a walk 377 times as well as scoring 643 runs.

The Padres are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.241 and have a FIP of 3.77 as a pitching staff so far this season. They are sitting at 18th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,112. The San Diego pitching staff have relinquished 578 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 3.96 (531 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.10 (1,225 strikeouts vs 385 walks). They have yielded 144 HR's and they relinquish 4.31 runs per 9 innings (12th in MLB).

San Diego has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 53 save opportunities and they have tallied 34 saves. They are ranked 14th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.2%, and they have sent 450 relievers to the hill so far this season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 118 times in high leverage situations in addition to 136 occasions with runners on base. San Diego relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 37.0% out of their 208 inherited base runners. Sitting with 117 save situations, the Padres have 62 holds in addition to 19 blown saves.

The San Diego Padres have turned 99 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in baseball). The Padres have accrued 1,079 assists, 64 errors and have a total of 3,619 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 10,857 innings played, the Padres hold a efficiency on defense of 69.1% (22nd in professional baseball).

Musgrove (64-61 career mark) has a 3.77 ERA while giving up 8.3 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.92 and he has faced 4,270 hitters during his career. He has allowed 430 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.173 and a FIP of 3.7. So far in his pro baseball career, Musgrove has allowed 947 hits while he has totaled 1,012 strikeouts in 1,027 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego

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