San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 4/5/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Friday, April 5, 2024

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

The San Diego Padres (4-5) are hitting the road to Oracle Park on Friday where they will play the San Francisco Giants (2-5). The pitchers who are expected to start will be Dylan Cease and Jordan Hicks.

San Diego has a slugging percentage of .450 and have been called out on strikes 65 times, while drawing a walk on 31 occasions. They have amassed 48 runs batted in and 84 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .274. The Padres have tallied 19 doubles as a squad and have hit 11 baseballs out of the park. They have a total of 52 runs while holding a team OBP of .346. As a team, the San Diego Padres are putting up 5.8 runs per outing, which puts them at 9th in baseball.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 2.08 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.54. Padres pitchers have relinquished 10 home runs and 54 total runs (29th in the league). San Diego has given up 85 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) as well as 49 earned runs. The Padres are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.44 on the season (26th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 83 hitters. They have walked 40 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.71 as a squad this season.

Padres bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 15 times as well as having 9 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have accumulated 7 holds this season (2nd in baseball). The Padres relievers have compiled a save rate of 60.0% and has come into the game in 13 save situations. They have 3 saves for the year and have blown 2 of their 5 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 21 runners so far this year and 47.6% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Padres have dispatched 36 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year.

The Padres have turned 65.1% of balls in play into outs out of 729 innings on the field, ranking them 24th in professional baseball. The San Diego Padres have notched a total of 243 putouts so far this season, in addition to 78 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .982 which has them sitting 19th in baseball, and have a total of 10 double plays.

Cease has pitched in 662 innings and has accumulated 798 punch outs thus far in his career. His earned run average is 3.83 (282 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.302. He has surrendered 567 base knocks (7.7 hits per nine innings) and has 296 walks. Cease (43-36 career mark) has a FIP of 3.85 while facing 2,839 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The San Francisco Giants have an OBP of .321 and a team batting average of .246 so far this season. They have struck out on 63 occasions (9th in the league) and are sitting with 58 hits. San Francisco has recorded 10 home runs for the year as well as 36 RBIs. The Giants hold a slugging percentage of .415 and they are earning 5.14 runs per game (12th in the league). They have hit 10 doubles, while taking a walk 25 times and scoring 36 runs.

The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 46 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 6.52 (42 earned runs conceded). They have surrendered 11 dingers and they give up 7.14 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB). The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.552 with a FIP of 5.07 as a unit for the season. Their K/BB ratio is 8.70 (56 strikeouts vs 22 bases on balls). They sit at 26th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 68.

With 3 save situations, the Giants have amassed 2 holds and 1 blown save. San Francisco has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 1 save opportunity and they have tallied 0 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 4 times in high leverage situations and also on 6 occasions with runners on. San Francisco relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 45.5% out of 11 inherited base runners. They sit at 27th in the league holding a save rate of 0.0%, and they have dispatched 23 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the year.

Out of their 522 innings on the field, the Giants hold a efficiency on defense of 65.2% (23rd in baseball). The San Francisco Giants have gotten 7 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .991 (7th in professional baseball). The Giants have accrued 57 assists, 2 errors and have amassed 174 putouts for the season.

During his MLB career, Hicks has allowed 186 base knocks while accumulating 261 K's in 248 frames. Hicks (12-21 career mark) holds a 3.77 ERA while giving up 6.7 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 104 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.289 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.95 and he has gone up against 1,061 opposing batters during his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco

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