San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 7/20/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Saturday, July 20, 2024

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

The Cleveland Guardians (58-37) will compete against the San Diego Padres (50-49) at Progressive Field on Saturday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Dylan Cease and Gavin Williams.

San Diego has a slugging rate of .408 and have been called out on strikes 662 times, while being walked on 276 occasions. They have accumulated 432 RBI's as well as 876 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average is sitting at .261. The Padres have hit 143 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 109 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 448 runs while having a team OBP of .322. As a unit, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.5 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 13th in the league.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.05 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.27. Padres pitchers have surrendered 113 home runs and also 436 total runs (18th in baseball). San Diego has given up 826 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) and also 405 earned runs. The Padres have a team earned run average of 4.16 on the year (20th in baseball), and they have rung up 870 batters. They have walked 285 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.96 as a squad this year.

Padres pitchers have come into the game with runners on 99 times as well as having 78 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have 47 holds so far this season (20th in MLB). The Padres relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 63.2% and has entered the game in 86 save situations. They have earned 24 saves so far this season and have missed out on 14 of 38 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 149 runners this season with 38.3% of those runners ended up scoring. The Padres have dispatched 324 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The San Diego Padres are sitting with 2,627 putouts thus far, as well as 770 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which has them sitting 13th in MLB, and they have turned 74 double plays. The Padres have converted 68.9% of balls in play into outs out of 7,881 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 24th in the majors.

Cease (51-43 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.80 and he has faced 3,287 opposing hitters in the majors. He has given up 653 base hits (7.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 330 free passes. His ERA is 3.85 (331 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.272. Cease has thrown 773 innings and has accumulated 941 strikeouts thus far in his career.

The Cleveland Guardians have recorded an on-base percentage of .316 in addition to a batting average of .243 so far this season. They have been rung up on 695 instances (27th in the league) and have 765 base knocks. Cleveland has 109 home runs on the campaign to go along with 424 RBIs. The Guardians have a team SLG% of .405 and they are recording 4.78 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have put up 160 doubles, while taking a walk 287 times as well as putting up 454 runs.

The Cleveland pitching staff have conceded 369 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.71 (347 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 109 dingers and they relinquish 3.95 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.222 and have a FIP of 4.03 as a unit so far this season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 9.00 (842 strikeouts against 296 walks). They rank 4th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 732.

Cleveland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 23.9% out of their 134 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 125 times in high leverage situations and on 97 occasions with runners on. With 126 save situations, the Guardians have amassed 78 holds and also 12 blown saves. They are ranked 3rd in the league holding a save rate of 73.9%, and they have sent 345 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond so far this year. Cleveland has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 46 save opportunities and they have come away with 34 saves.

The Cleveland Guardians have turned 83 double plays and have a fielding rate of .986 (14th in MLB). The Guardians have accrued 819 assists, 49 errors and have a total of 2,523 putouts for the year. In their 7,569 innings on the field, the Guardians have a defensive efficiency of 70.4% (10th in professional baseball).

Williams (3-6 record in his career) holds a 3.37 ERA and has given up 7.5 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.09 and he has gone up against 407 batters during his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 36 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.280 and having a FIP of 3.3. During his pro baseball career, Williams has conceded 80 base hits while he has earned 90 strikeouts in 96 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cleveland

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