Miami Marlins vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 5/29/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Marlins vs San Diego Padres

Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Padres.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Miami (-102) San Diego (-116)

Petco Park is the site where the San Diego Padres (29-28) will meet the Miami Marlins (19-36) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has Miami at -102 and San Diego is sitting at -116. The total comes in at 7.5. The starting pitchers will be Braxton Garrett and Yu Darvish.

Miami has a slugging percentage of .349 and have been rung up 419 times, while being walked on 125 occasions. They have accounted for 196 RBI's as well as 429 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average is .232. The Marlins have recorded 72 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 44 balls out of the stadium. They have 202 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .288. As a unit, the Miami Marlins are knocking in 3.7 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 29th in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.25 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.38. Marlins pitchers have surrendered 53 home runs and also 281 runs in total (29th in baseball). Miami has allowed 471 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and 250 earned runs. The Marlins have a team ERA of 4.60 this year (27th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 457 batters. They have walked 203 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.12 as a team this year.

The Marlins have dispatched 183 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 79 base runners for the season with 36.7% of those players crossed home plate. They have compiled 9 saves on the campaign and have blown 11 out of their 20 save opportunities. The Marlins bullpen have a save percentage of 45.0% and has entered the game in 43 save situations. The bullpen have recorded 23 holds over the course of the season (26th in the league). Marlins pitchers have come into the game with players on base 54 times and also have had 57 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Marlins have converted 68.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 4,401 innings on the field, which ranks them 27th in baseball. The Miami Marlins have earned 1,467 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 522 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .980 which ranks 28th in professional baseball, and have a total of 43 double plays.

Garrett (15-17 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 3.78 while he has gone up against 1,303 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 306 base knocks (8.9 hits per 9 innings) and has 81 walks. His ERA is 3.94 (135 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.256. Garrett has pitched in 308 frames and has earned 305 K's in his pro baseball career.

The San Diego Padres hold a team on-base percentage of .322 in addition to a team batting average of .255 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 410 instances (25th in MLB) and are sitting with 491 base hits. San Diego has knocked in 54 long balls on the season as well as 240 runs batted in. The Padres have a team SLG% of .389 and they score 4.39 runs per contest (14th in the league). They have 81 doubles, while walking 178 times and racking up 250 runs.

The Padres are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.203 and have a FIP of 3.90 as a team for the year. They have a ranking of 18th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 442. The San Diego pitching staff have conceded 241 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.91 (220 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.10 (512 strikeouts vs 167 free passes). They have relinquished 65 dingers and they relinquish 4.29 runs per 9 innings (12th in the league).

San Diego has had relief pitchers enter the game in 23 save opportunities and they have converted 17 saves. They are ranked 5th in MLB with a save rate of 73.9%, and they have dispatched 183 relievers to the mound for the year. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 48 times in high leverage situations and on 62 occasions with base runners. San Diego relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.3% out of their 87 inherited runners. Sitting with 48 save situations, the Padres have accrued 24 holds and also 6 blown saves.

In 4,557 innings played, the Padres are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (10th in baseball). The San Diego Padres have turned 42 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (10th in MLB). The Padres have recorded 451 assists, 29 errors and have earned a total of 1,519 putouts on the season.

So far in his MLB career, Darvish has conceded 1,368 hits while he has tallied 1,980 K's in 1,677 innings pitched. Darvish (107-87 mark in his career) has a 3.57 ERA and has conceded 7.3 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 666 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.135 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.69 and he has faced 6,890 opposing hitters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego (-116)

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