San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 9/25/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Padres.TV

The Los Angeles Dodgers (93-63) host the San Diego Padres (90-66) at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Dylan Cease and Jack Flaherty.

As a squad, the San Diego Padres are knocking in 4.7 runs per outing, which ranks them 8th in MLB. They have a total of 739 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .326. The Padres have tallied 246 two-baggers as a team and have hit 185 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 706 RBI's and 1,412 base knocks this year, and their team batting average is at .265. San Diego is slugging .422 and have been called out on strikes 1,032 times, while being walked on 444 occasions.

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The Padres are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.84 for the season (11th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,416 batters. Padres pitchers have surrendered 163 home runs and also 642 runs in total (10th in baseball). They have walked 442 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.73 as a team on the year. San Diego has surrendered 1,244 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 593 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.20 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.21.

Padres relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 155 times and also have had 144 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 78 holds for the year (21st in baseball). The Padres bullpen have recorded a save rate of 64.6% and has stepped onto the mound in 145 save situations. They have tallied 42 saves on the campaign and have blown 23 of 65 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 236 base runners for the year with 33.9% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Padres have dispatched 518 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year.

The Padres have converted 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 12,495 innings, which has them sitting 18th in MLB. The San Diego Padres have a total of 4,165 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,242 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .987 which has them ranked 6th in MLB, and they have turned 110 double plays.

Cease has taken the mound for 842 innings and has accumulated 1,012 strikeouts in his MLB career. Cease (57-46 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.68 while he has faced 3,559 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.74 (350 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.250. He has surrendered 697 base hits (7.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 356 free passes.

The Dodgers have a team slugging percentage of .444 and they tally 5.15 runs per game (2nd in MLB). They have 276 doubles, while taking a walk 576 times as well as scoring 803 runs. Los Angeles has tallied 225 home runs this season to go along with 780 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,296 occasions (19th in the league) and have totaled 1,357 hits. The Los Angeles Dodgers have recorded a team on-base percentage of .332 and a team batting average of .255 for the season.

The Dodgers hold a team WHIP of 1.233 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.22 as a team on the season. They rank 7th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,233. The Los Angeles pitching staff have conceded 670 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.95 (611 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.60 (1,337 strikeouts against 483 bases on balls). They have given up 194 dingers and they surrender 4.33 runs per 9 innings (14th in MLB).

Los Angeles relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 33.3% of 156 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 174 times in high leverage situations and also on 115 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 179 save situations, the Dodgers have earned 100 holds and 29 blown saves. They rank 19th in MLB with a save percentage of 61.8%, and they have dispatched 543 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond this year. Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 76 save chances and they have tallied 47 saves.

In their 12,525 innings on the field, the Dodgers have a defensive efficiency of 70.9% (3rd in MLB). The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 114 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (19th in professional baseball). The Dodgers have recorded 1,319 assists, 86 errors and have 4,175 putouts so far this season.

During his MLB career, Flaherty has conceded 685 hits while accumulating 937 K's in 824 innings. He has surrendered 332 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.182 and having a FIP of 3.6. His K/BB ratio is 3.24 and he has faced 3,418 batters during his career. Flaherty (55-41 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.63 ERA and has conceded 7.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego

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