San Diego Padres vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 7/28/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Sunday, July 28, 2024

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: Padres.TV

The San Diego Padres (55-50) are traveling to Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Sunday where they will play the Baltimore Orioles (61-41). The pitchers taking the mound are Randy Vasquez and Cade Povich.

San Diego is slugging .408 and have been called out on strikes 706 times, while being walked on 295 occasions. They have tallied 460 RBI's and 934 base knocks on the campaign, while their average at the plate is sitting at .262. The Padres have tallied 153 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 115 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 476 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .323. As a team, the San Diego Padres are notching 4.5 runs per contest, which puts them at 13th in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.11 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.23. Padres pitchers have given up 114 home runs and also 447 runs (17th in MLB). San Diego has surrendered 851 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and also 416 earned runs. The Padres are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.03 on the year (18th in the league), and their staff has rung up 915 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 294 batters and their FIP sits at 3.84 as a team this year.

Padres relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 104 times in addition to having 81 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have recorded 49 holds for the year (20th in MLB). The Padres relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 64.1% and has entered the game in 89 save situations. They have compiled 25 saves for the year and have not converted 14 of their 39 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 157 runners this year and 38.9% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Padres have sent 338 relief pitchers to the hill this year.

The San Diego Padres have accounted for 2,786 putouts thus far, in addition to 829 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .986 which ranks 11th in MLB, and have accumulated 81 double plays. The Padres have converted 69.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 8,358 innings, which has them ranked 20th in the majors.

Vasquez has pitched in 107 frames and is sitting with 77 punch outs in his career. Vasquez (5-7 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.65 while he has gone up against 463 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.70 (44 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.403. He has surrendered 117 base knocks (9.9 hits per nine innings) with 33 walks.

The Orioles hold a team slugging % of .451 and they earn 4.96 runs per game (1st in MLB). They have recorded 175 doubles, while taking a walk 284 times as well as putting up 506 runs. Baltimore has hit 160 long balls this season to go along with 489 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 830 occasions (21st in MLB) and have recorded 891 hits. The Baltimore Orioles have recorded an on-base percentage of .314 as well as a batting average of .253 over the course of the season.

The Baltimore pitching staff have conceded 420 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 3.73 (379 earned runs yielded). They have yielded 104 homers and they concede 4.14 runs per 9 innings (9th in MLB). The Orioles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.198 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.82 as a team this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.60 (877 strikeouts against 306 free passes). They have a ranking of 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 789.

With 127 save situations, the Orioles have 79 holds in addition to 16 blown saves. Baltimore has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 48 save chances and they have come away with 32 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 108 times in high leverage situations and on 114 occasions with runners on. Baltimore relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 30.0% out of their 160 inherited runners. They sit at 10th in the league with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 342 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the campaign.

The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 55 double plays and have a fielding rate of .987 (6th in pro baseball). The Orioles have recorded 859 assists, 46 errors and have 2,743 putouts during this campaign. In 8,229 innings on the diamond, the Orioles have earned a efficiency on defense of 71.4% (5th in MLB).

Povich (1-4 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 6.27 earned run average while surrendering 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.33 and he has faced 149 opposing batters during his pro baseball career. He has allowed a total of 23 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.545 and being the owner of a FIP of 6.2. In his MLB career, Povich has given up 33 base knocks and he has 24 strikeouts in 33 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego

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