San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 7/21/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Sunday, July 21, 2024

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Progressive Field is the site where the Cleveland Guardians (58-37) will attempt to defeat the San Diego Padres (50-49) on Sunday. The pitchers taking the mound are Michael King and Ben Lively.

As a unit, the San Diego Padres are earning 4.5 runs per contest, which has them at 13th in the league. They have earned a total of 448 runs and have an OBP of .322. The Padres have recorded 143 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 109 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 432 RBI's as well as 876 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate is at .261. San Diego has a slugging percentage of .408 and have been called out on strikes 662 times, while being walked on 276 occasions.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.05 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.27. Padres pitchers have surrendered 113 home runs and 436 total runs (18th in the league). San Diego has given up 826 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) and 405 earned runs. The Padres have an ERA of 4.16 so far this year (20th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 870 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 285 hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.96 as a unit on the campaign.

Padres pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 99 times in addition to having 78 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 47 holds on the campaign (20th in MLB). The Padres bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 63.2% and has come into the game in 86 save situations. They have compiled 24 saves for the year and have not converted 14 of 38 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 149 base runners this year with 38.3% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Padres have sent 324 relievers to the mound this season.

The Padres have turned 68.9% of balls in play into outs out of their 7,881 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 24th in professional baseball. The San Diego Padres are sitting with 2,627 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 770 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .986 which ranks 13th in baseball, and they have turned 74 double plays.

King has taken the hill for 358 innings and has tallied 411 punch outs during his MLB career. King (20-23 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.34 while he has faced 1,503 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.39 (135 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.206. He has conceded 307 hits (7.7 hits per nine innings) and has 125 free passes.

Cleveland has knocked in 109 home runs for the year to go along with 424 runs batted in. They have notched 160 doubles, while taking a walk 287 times and scoring 454 runs. The Cleveland Guardians have tallied a team on-base percentage of .316 and a batting average of .243 so far this year. The Guardians hold a team SLG% of .405 and they average 4.78 runs per game (9th in MLB). They have struck out on 695 occasions (27th in the league) and have earned a total of 765 base hits.

The Cleveland pitching staff have surrendered 369 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 3.71 (347 earned runs given up). They have surrendered 109 home runs and they concede 3.95 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Guardians hold a team WHIP of 1.222 in addition to having a FIP of 4.03 as a pitching staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio is 9.00 (842 strikeouts against 296 free passes). They rank 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 732.

Cleveland has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 46 save opportunities and they have earned 34 saves. They are currently ranked 3rd in baseball holding a save rate of 73.9%, and they have dispatched 345 relievers onto the diamond over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 125 times in high leverage situations and on 97 occasions with runners on. Cleveland relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 23.9% out of 134 inherited base runners. With 126 save situations, the Guardians have compiled 78 holds and also 12 blown saves.

In their 7,569 innings on the diamond, the Guardians have earned a efficiency on defense of 70.4% (10th in the majors). The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 83 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (14th in baseball). The Guardians have racked up 819 assists, 49 errors and have 2,523 putouts during this campaign.

Lively (16-22 career win-loss mark) has earned a 4.61 ERA while conceding 9.3 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.66 and he has faced 1,262 hitters in his career. He has conceded 152 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.337 and having a FIP of 4.5. In his pro baseball career, Lively has given up 308 hits while accumulating 237 punch outs in 297 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Diego

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