San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 5/20/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Monday, May 20, 2024

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: Padres.TV

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (+102) Atlanta (-120)

The Atlanta Braves (26-15) will try to beat the San Diego Padres (23-24) at Truist Park on Monday. The line on this contest has San Diego at +102 and Atlanta is sitting at -120. The over/under is 8.5. The expected starting pitchers are Dylan Cease and Chris Sale.

San Diego has a slugging percentage of .395 and have been rung up 346 times, while drawing a walk on 151 occasions. They have amassed 204 RBI's in addition to 405 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .255. The Padres have accrued 66 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 48 baseballs out of the stadium. They are sitting with 214 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .323. As a unit, the San Diego Padres are recording 4.6 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in MLB.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.88 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.23. Padres pitchers have relinquished 53 home runs in addition to 208 total runs (17th in MLB). San Diego has yielded 367 base knocks (7.9 per 9 innings) as well as 188 earned runs. The Padres have a team ERA of 4.05 this year (17th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 414 batters. They have walked 144 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.98 as a team for the season.

The Padres relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 72.2% and has come into the game in 41 save situations. The relievers have inherited 78 base runners on the campaign with 37.2% of those runners earned a run for their team. Padres relief pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 54 times in addition to having 42 appearances in high leverage situations. The Padres have sent 155 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The bullpen have recorded 22 holds for the season (24th in the league). They have earned 13 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 5 of their 18 save chances.

The Padres have turned 70.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of 3,756 innings, which has them sitting 10th in pro baseball. The San Diego Padres have 1,252 putouts thus far, as well as 370 assists and 27 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .984 which has them sitting 17th in pro baseball, and they have turned 36 double plays.

Cease has taken the hill for 713 innings and has tallied 860 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Cease (48-38 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 3.75 while he has faced 3,028 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.72 (295 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.265. He has given up 591 base knocks (7.5 hits per nine innings) and has had 311 free passes.

Atlanta has hit 43 home runs on the campaign as well as 186 RBIs. They have recorded 82 doubles, while taking a walk 134 times as well as earning 194 runs. The Atlanta Braves have a team on-base percentage of .325 and a team batting average of .254 over the course of the season. The Braves hold a team slugging % of .410 and they score 4.73 runs per contest (8th in the league). They have struck out on 363 occasions (20th in MLB) and have notched a total of 355 hits.

The Braves are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.209 and have a FIP of 3.77 as a squad over the course of the season. They rank 3rd in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 322. The Atlanta pitching staff have surrendered 148 runs this season while holding an ERA of 3.36 (137 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.50 (349 strikeouts against 122 walks). They have allowed 40 dingers and they relinquish 3.63 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

Sitting with 41 save situations, the Braves have accumulated 22 holds in addition to 7 blown saves. Atlanta has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 19 save opportunities and they have recorded 12 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 46 times in high leverage situations and on 32 occasions with runners on. Atlanta relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 29.7% out of their 37 inherited runners. They rank 16th in MLB holding a save percentage of 63.2%, and they have dispatched 128 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

The Atlanta Braves have turned 36 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .991 (1st in the majors). The Braves have accrued 409 assists, 13 errors and have a total of 1,103 putouts this year. Out of their 3,309 innings played, the Braves hold a efficiency on defense of 70.8% (7th in professional baseball).

In his career, Sale has conceded 1,485 hits while totaling 2,250 K's in 1,830 innings pitched. Sale (126-81 career win-loss mark) has a 3.09 earned run average while allowing 7.3 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 628 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.043 and a FIP of 3.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 5.31 and he has gone up against 7,372 hitters so far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Diego (+102)

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