San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 6/5/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-102) Los Angeles (-116)

The San Diego Padres (32-31) are traveling to Angel Stadium on Wednesday where they will go up against the Los Angeles Angels (22-38). The odds on this game have the Padres at -102 while the Angels are at -116. The total is set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Dylan Cease and Jose Soriano.

San Diego has a slugging percentage of .393 and have been called out on strikes 438 times, while drawing a walk on 193 occasions. They have earned 267 RBI's as well as 553 hits on the season, while their team batting average is .260. The Padres have accumulated 92 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 59 baseballs out of the stadium. They have racked up 277 runs while holding a team OBP of .325. As a unit, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which has them at 12th in baseball.

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The Padres are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.93 on the campaign (17th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 553 batters. Padres pitchers have surrendered 68 long balls and also 267 runs in total (17th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 177 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.81 as a squad this year. San Diego has yielded 496 base knocks (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 244 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.12 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.21.

The Padres have sent 201 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 98 base runners over the course of the season with 35.7% of them ended up scoring. They have recorded 18 saves so far this season and have blown 7 of 25 save chances. The Padres bullpen have a save percentage of 72.0% and has entered the game in 55 save situations. The relievers have recorded 29 holds for the year (19th in the league). Padres pitchers have come into the game with players on base 68 times as well as having 54 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Padres have turned 70.2% of balls in play into outs in their 5,028 innings, which has them sitting at 10th in baseball. The San Diego Padres have a total of 1,676 putouts so far this season, as well as 503 assists and 33 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which puts them in 12th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 45 double plays.

Cease has pitched in 729 frames and has accounted for 879 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Cease (48-39 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.75 while he has gone up against 3,102 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.79 (307 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.273. He has surrendered 613 base hits (7.6 hits per 9 innings) and has had 315 free passes.

The Angels hold a team slugging percentage of .388 and they earn 4.08 runs per outing (21st in MLB). They have put up 87 doubles, while walking 165 times and scoring 245 runs. Los Angeles has recorded 68 home runs on the season and 228 runs batted in. They have struck out on 519 occasions (11th in MLB) and have a total of 481 base hits. The Los Angeles Angels hold an on-base percentage of .298 and a batting average of .237 for the year.

The Angels have a WHIP of 1.328 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.50 as a unit for the season. They rank 9th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 472. The Los Angeles pitching staff have surrendered 299 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 4.59 (272 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.30 (493 strikeouts against 236 bases on balls). They have surrendered 71 home runs and they allow 5.05 runs per 9 innings (27th in the league).

Los Angeles relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.8% out of their 81 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 47 times in high leverage situations in addition to 51 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 46 save situations, the Angels have tallied 24 holds in addition to 9 blown saves. They are currently ranked 19th in the league holding a save percentage of 59.1%, and they have dispatched 183 relievers to the hill so far this year. Los Angeles has had relievers step onto the mound in 22 save opportunities and they have come away with 13 saves.

The Los Angeles Angels have turned 47 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (14th in MLB). The Angels have accrued 520 assists, 33 errors and have a tally of 1,600 putouts so far this year. In 4,800 innings on the diamond, the Angels have earned a defensive efficiency of 71.1% (5th in baseball).

Soriano (3-8 win-loss mark in his career) holds a 3.77 earned run average and has surrendered 7.1 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.29 and he has gone up against 431 opposing hitters in his career. He has conceded a total of 42 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.266 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.9. In his pro baseball career, Soriano has given up 79 base hits and he has 110 K's in 100 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-116)

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