Milwaukee Brewers vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 6/20/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs San Diego Padres

Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Padres.TV

The San Diego Padres (37-40) will play the Milwaukee Brewers (43-30) at Petco Park on Thursday. The expected starting pitchers will be Bryse Wilson and Max Fried.

The Brewers have accounted for 114 doubles as a team and have hit 77 balls out of the park. Milwaukee is slugging .401 and have struck out 644 times, while drawing a walk on 262 occasions. As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are earning 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 7th in baseball. They have accumulated 335 RBI's as well as 627 base knocks this season, while their team batting average sits at .253. They have accumulated 353 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .329.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 2.56 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.25. Brewers pitchers have allowed 79 long balls and 289 runs in total (8th in baseball). Milwaukee has conceded 579 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 267 earned runs. The Brewers have compiled a team earned run average of 3.72 for the year (9th in the league), and the staff has rung up 579 batters. They have walked 226 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.15 as a squad this season.

Brewers relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 73 times as well as having 84 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 40 holds on the season (13th in the league). The Brewers relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 76.5% and has stepped onto the mound in 74 save situations. They have compiled 26 saves on the season and have blown 8 of 34 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 107 runners over the course of the season and 29.0% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Brewers have dispatched 238 relievers to the mound on the year.

The Milwaukee Brewers have accumulated 1,939 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 630 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which is 9th in MLB, and have a total of 52 double plays. The Brewers have turned 71.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 5,817 innings, which ranks them 5th in the majors.

Wilson (19-20 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.59 while he has faced 1,610 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has conceded 384 base hits (9.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 125 free passes. His ERA is 4.66 (192 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.373. Wilson has taken the mound for 371 innings and is sitting with 273 punch outs in his MLB career.

San Diego has recorded 78 home runs for the season as well as 325 runs batted in. They have recorded 113 doubles, while taking a walk 233 times and putting up 338 runs. The San Diego Padres have accumulated an OBP of .323 as well as a team batting average of .257 for the year. The Padres hold a team slugging % of .397 and they average 4.39 runs per contest (13th in the league). They have struck out on 531 occasions (26th in the league) and have tallied 667 hits.

The Padres have a WHIP of 1.266 with a FIP of 3.97 as a team on the season. They come in at 24th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 631. The San Diego pitching staff have conceded 330 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.08 (307 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio is 8.90 (669 strikeouts against 226 walks). They have surrendered 87 long balls and they surrender 4.39 runs per 9 innings (14th in the league).

San Diego relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 36.2% of 116 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 63 times in high leverage situations and also on 79 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 67 save situations, the Padres have earned 38 holds in addition to 10 blown saves. They sit at 14th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.3%, and they have sent 246 relievers to the hill so far this season. San Diego has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 28 save opportunities and they have walked away with 18 saves.

In their 6,099 innings on the diamond, the Padres have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.3% (20th in MLB). The San Diego Padres have turned 55 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (11th in baseball). The Padres have recorded 605 assists, 37 errors and have a total of 2,033 putouts for the year.

So far in his MLB career, Fried has allowed 700 base knocks while he has earned 773 punch outs in 793 innings. He has given up a total of 268 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.155 and having a FIP of 3.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.58 and he has faced 3,236 opposing batters in his career. Fried (68-29 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.04 ERA and has conceded 7.9 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Milwaukee

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