Toronto Blue Jays vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 4/20/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs San Diego Padres

Date: Saturday, April 20, 2024

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Padres.TV

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

Petco Park is where the San Diego Padres (11-10) will play the Toronto Blue Jays (10-9) on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has the Blue Jays at -102 while the Padres are sitting at -116. The total comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Jose Berrios and Randy Vasquez.

Toronto is slugging .363 and have been rung up 143 times, while drawing a walk on 78 occasions. They have recorded 67 RBI's and 143 hits on the year, while their batting average comes in at .233. The Blue Jays have earned 32 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 16 balls out of the park. They have tallied 73 runs scored while having a team OBP of .325. As a unit, the Toronto Blue Jays are putting up 3.8 runs per game, which ranks them 21st in MLB.

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The Blue Jays are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.72 this season (27th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 169 batters. Blue Jays pitchers have surrendered 29 long balls and 90 runs in total (20th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 68 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.79 as a team this year. Toronto has surrendered 160 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and 87 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.49 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.37.

The Blue Jays have dispatched 59 relievers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 30 base runners on the year and 33.3% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They have compiled 5 saves this season and have blown 1 of their 6 save chances. The Blue Jays bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 83.3% and stepped onto the hill in 16 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 10 holds for the year (20th in the league). Blue Jays bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 22 times and also have had 10 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Toronto Blue Jays have 498 putouts on the year, in addition to 156 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which puts them in 9th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 21 double plays. The Blue Jays have turned 68.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of 1,494 innings on the field, which has them ranked 20th in pro baseball.

Berrios (86-66 career record) has earned a FIP of 4.04 while he has gone up against 5,222 hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 1,164 base knocks (8.5 hits per nine innings) with 370 walks. His ERA is 4.08 (562 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.238. Berrios has taken the hill for 1,239 innings and is sitting with 1,211 punch outs in his pro baseball career.

The Padres hold a team slugging percentage of .418 and they are earning 5.19 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have hit 31 two-baggers, while taking a walk 75 times and recording 109 runs. San Diego has compiled 24 home runs so far this year and 103 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 151 instances (18th in the league) and have 183 hits. The San Diego Padres have an on-base percentage of .333 as well as a batting average of .258 this season.

The San Diego pitching staff have allowed 97 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 3.99 (83 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 19 homers and they surrender 4.67 runs per 9 innings (18th in baseball). The Padres hold a team WHIP of 1.304 and have a FIP of 4.19 as a team so far this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (178 strikeouts vs 84 bases on balls). They are sitting at 21st in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 160.

San Diego has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 9 save chances and they have recorded 6 saves. They rank 14th in baseball with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have sent 76 relievers to the mound for the year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 23 times in high leverage situations and on 26 occasions with runners on. San Diego relievers have an inherited score rate of 44.7% out of their 38 inherited runners. With 21 save situations, the Padres have 11 holds in addition to 3 blown saves.

In 1,686 innings on the field, the Padres have a defensive efficiency of 70.6% (9th in pro baseball). The San Diego Padres have turned 18 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (22nd in baseball). The Padres have accrued 171 assists, 14 errors and have notched a total of 562 putouts over the course of the season.

So far in his MLB career, Vasquez has allowed 30 hits while he has earned 33 punch outs in 37 innings pitched. Vasquez (2-2 career mark) holds a 2.87 earned run average while giving up 7.2 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 12 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.274 and a FIP of 5.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.83 and he has faced 166 batters so far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Toronto (-102)

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