San Diego Padres vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 9/27/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: San Diego Padres vs Arizona Diamondbacks
Date: Friday, September 27, 2024
Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ
TV: DBACKS.TV
The San Diego Padres (91-67) are on their way to Chase Field on Friday where they will compete against the Arizona Diamondbacks (88-71). The starting pitchers are Martin Perez and Merrill Kelly.
The Padres have tallied 251 doubles as a unit and have smacked 187 balls out of the stadium. San Diego is slugging .421 and have been called out on strikes 1,048 times, while drawing a walk on 451 occasions. As a unit, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.7 runs per outing, which is 8th in the league. They have amassed 713 RBI's as well as 1,424 hits on the season, while their team batting average is at .264. They are sitting with 746 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .326.
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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.16 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.22. Padres pitchers have yielded 163 home runs and also 648 runs in total (8th in the league). San Diego has conceded 1,261 base knocks (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 598 earned runs. The Padres have an earned run average of 3.83 this year (11th in baseball), and they have struck out 1,426 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 451 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.73 as a unit so far this year.
Padres bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 159 times in addition to having 146 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 82 holds over the course of the season (16th in the league). The Padres relief pitchers have a save percentage of 65.2% and has entered the game in 150 save situations. They have compiled 43 saves for the season and have blown 23 of their 66 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 242 runners on the season with 33.5% of those players ended up scoring. The Padres have dispatched 527 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.
The San Diego Padres have a total of 4,216 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,260 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .987 which puts them in 6th in pro baseball, and they have turned 115 double plays. The Padres have turned 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of 12,648 innings on the diamond, ranking them 17th in the majors.
Perez has pitched in 1,571 innings and has earned 1,106 punch outs thus far in his career. His ERA is 4.42 (772 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.444. He has surrendered 1,702 base hits (9.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 566 walks. Perez (90-86 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.36 while he has faced 6,822 opposing batters in the major leagues.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have compiled an OBP of .337 in addition to a team batting average of .263 so far this year. They have been called out on strikes on 1,245 occasions (24th in the league) and have earned a total of 1,428 base hits. Arizona is sitting with 207 home runs on the season as well as 831 RBIs. The Diamondbacks have a team slugging % of .440 and they are recording 5.48 runs per game (1st in the league). They have 266 two-baggers, while walking 561 times as well as earning 872 runs.
The Diamondbacks have a team WHIP of 1.356 and have a FIP of 4.10 as a team on the campaign. They are currently ranked 29th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,444. The Arizona pitching staff have allowed 776 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 4.64 (730 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.20 (1,286 strikeouts vs 476 bases on balls). They have surrendered 178 dingers and they surrender 4.93 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league).
With 152 save situations, the Diamondbacks have accumulated 87 holds and also 26 blown saves. Arizona has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 63 save opportunities and they have walked away with 37 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 163 times in high leverage situations and on 148 occasions with runners on base. Arizona relievers hold an inherited score rate of 39.4% of 213 inherited runners. They are ranked 24th in the league holding a save rate of 58.7%, and they have sent 524 relief pitchers onto the field so far this year.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have turned 137 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .989 (1st in pro baseball). The Diamondbacks have accrued 1,429 assists, 61 errors and have a tally of 4,249 putouts this year. In their 12,747 innings on the diamond, the Diamondbacks are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.1% (27th in baseball).
Kelly (53-43 win-loss mark in his career) holds a 3.79 ERA and has conceded 8.2 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.93 and he has faced 3,368 hitters during his pro baseball career. He has given up a total of 345 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.214 and a FIP of 3.7. In his MLB career, Kelly has given up 742 base knocks while earning 736 punch outs in 818 innings.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Diego
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