San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 3/29/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres

Date: Friday, March 29, 2024

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: San Francisco (+100) San Diego (-120)

The San Francisco Giants (79-83 last year) are en route to Petco Park on Friday where they will go up against the San Diego Padres (82-80 last season). The line on this matchup has the Giants at +100 while the Padres open at -120. The betting total is set at 7.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Kyle Harrison and Joe Musgrove.

As a unit, the San Francisco Giants scored 4.2 runs per contest, which was 24th in baseball. They had a total of 674 runs and held an on-base percentage of .312. The Giants accumulated 256 doubles as a squad and hit 174 balls out of the park. They had 651 runs batted in as well as 1,271 hits over the course of the prior season, while their average at the plate was .235. San Francisco had a slugging percentage of .383 and struck out 1,492 times, while drawing a walk on 544 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio was 3.37 and their pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.25. Giants pitchers conceded 173 home runs and 719 total runs (15th in the league). San Francisco gave up 1,395 base knocks (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 641 earned runs. The Giants had a team ERA of 4.02 last season (12th in MLB), and the staff rung up 1,359 batters. Their pitching staff walked 403 opposing batters and their FIP finished at 3.92 as a squad in the previous season.

The Giants dispatched 496 relievers to the mound for the previous season. The bullpen inherited 209 base runners in the previous season with 34.0% of those runners ended up scoring. They had 50 saves over the course of the prior season and blew 27 of 77 save chances. The Giants relievers had a save rate of 64.9% and entered the game in 151 save situations. The bullpen earned 72 holds over the course of the prior season (25th in baseball). Giants relief pitchers stepped onto the hill with players on base 152 times and also had 168 outings in high leverage situations.

The Giants turned 67.9% of balls in play into outs out of 12,912 innings, which had them sitting 26th in the majors. The Seattle Mariners notched a total of 4,304 putouts over the course of last year, in addition to 1,606 assists and 117 errors. Their fielding percentage finished at .987 which had them sitting 8th in professional baseball, and had a total of 143 double plays.

Harrison has thrown 34 innings and has 35 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.15 (16 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.154. He has surrendered 29 base hits (7.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 11 free passes. Harrison (1-1 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 5.53 and he has faced 147 hitters in the major leagues.

San Diego accounted for 205 home runs during the previous year to go along with 719 runs batted in. They notched 273 two-baggers, while taking a walk 653 times as well as recording 752 runs. The San Diego Padres accounted for a team OBP of .329 in addition to a team batting average of .244 in the prior season. The Padres held a team slugging percentage of .413 and they averaged 4.64 runs per contest (13th in MLB). They were rung up on 1,311 occasions (23rd in the league) and tallied 1,316 hits.

The San Diego pitching staff conceded 648 runs during the previous year while having an ERA of 3.73 (598 earned runs relinquished). They conceded 174 home runs and they surrendered 4.05 runs per 9 innings (2nd in MLB). The Padres held a team WHIP of 1.268 and were the owners of a FIP of 4.14 as a unit in the previous season. Their K/BB ratio came in at 9.00 (1,445 strikeouts against 557 walks). They ranked 3rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,270.

San Diego relief pitchers had an inherited score percentage of 39.1% of 174 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers took the field 155 times in high leverage situations in addition to 115 occasions with base runners. Ending the season with 148 save situations, the Padres compiled 83 holds and also 28 blown saves. They were ranked 24th in the league holding a save percentage of 56.3%, and they sent 508 relievers onto the diamond last year. San Diego had relief pitchers enter the game in 64 save opportunities and they walked away with 36 saves.

The San Diego Padres turned 130 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .988 (7th in professional baseball). The Padres recorded 1,444 assists, 73 errors and had 4,323 putouts in the prior season. In 12,969 innings played, the Padres held a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (6th in professional baseball).

Thus far in his career, Musgrove has allowed 883 hits while totaling 951 punch outs in 959 frames. He has surrendered 400 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.172 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.8. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.95 and he has gone up against 3,992 opposing batters during his career. Musgrove (60-57 record in his career) holds a 3.75 earned run average while surrendering 8.3 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Francisco (+100)

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