San Diego Padres vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 4/10/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Sunday, April 10, 2022

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Bally Sports Arizona

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-195) Arizona (+165)

The San Diego Padres (79-83 last season) are hitting the road to Chase Field on Sunday where they will take on the Arizona Diamondbacks (52-110 last year). The moneyline on this game has the Padres at -195 and the Diamondbacks are sitting at +165. The total is set at 9.5. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Blake Snell and Caleb Smith.

The Padres hit 273 two-baggers as a squad and hit 180 baseballs out of the park. San Diego had a slugging rate of .401 and were rung up 1,324 times, while drawing a walk on 586 occasions. As a team, the San Diego Padres recorded 4.5 runs per outing, which had them at 15th in MLB. They had 695 RBI's and 1,305 hits over the course of last season, while their batting average was .242. They had 729 runs scored and held an OBP of .321.

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The Padres had an earned run average of 4.10 over the course of last year (14th in baseball), and their staff rung up 1,517 hitters. Their pitching staff walked 516 opposing hitters and their FIP came in at 4.18 as a unit over the course of last year. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 2.94 and their pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.25. Padres pitchers yielded 205 home runs and 708 total runs (14th in MLB).

Padres pitchers entered the contest with players on base 123 times in addition to having 156 games in high leverage situations. The relievers racked up 91 holds for the prior year (8th in MLB). The Padres relievers accumulated a save rate of 61.4% and came into the game in 163 save situations. They accumulated 43 saves over the course of last year and did not convert 27 of 70 save opportunities. The relievers inherited 173 runners during the previous year with 35.3% of those players ended up scoring. The Padres sent 624 relief pitchers to the mound for the previous season.

The San Diego Padres earned 4,290 putouts over the course of last year, in addition to 1,399 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding percentage was previously at .986 which had them sitting 10th in professional baseball, and they twisted 139 double plays. The Padres turned 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,870 innings on the diamond, which had them ranked 12th in MLB.

Snell (49-36 record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.56 while he has gone up against 2,842 batters during his time in the majors. He has allowed 557 hits (7.3 hits per nine innings) with 301 free passes. His ERA is 3.42 (260 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.253. Snell has taken the hill for 684 innings and has accounted for 818 strikeouts in his MLB career.

Arizona knocked in 144 home runs for the prior year to go along with 644 RBIs. They hit 308 doubles, while taking a walk 537 times and putting up 679 runs. The Arizona Diamondbacks compiled an OBP of .309 in addition to a team batting average of .236 for the previous season. The Diamondbacks had a team slugging percentage of .382 and they tallied 4.19 runs per outing (25th in baseball). They were rung up on 1,465 occasions (7th in MLB) and recorded 1,297 base knocks.

The Diamondbacks had a WHIP of 1.436 and were the owners of a FIP of 4.88 as a team over the course of last year. They were ranked 29th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,480. The Arizona pitching staff allowed 893 runs last year while having an ERA of 5.11 (804 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio was 2.23 (1,238 strikeouts vs 555 walks). They relinquished 232 home runs and they allowed 5.67 runs per 9 innings (29th in baseball).

Arizona relievers held an inherited score percentage of 31.9% out of 210 inherited base runners. Their relievers came in 151 times in high leverage situations and also on 143 occasions with base runners. Ending the season with 120 save situations, the Diamondbacks tallied 68 holds in addition to 28 blown saves. They were ranked 30th in the league with a save percentage of 44.0%, and they sent 566 bullpen pitchers to the mound last year. Arizona called on relievers to take the mound in 50 save opportunities and they walked away with 22 saves.

In 12,756 innings played, the Diamondbacks earned a efficiency on defense of 68.5% (27th in baseball). The Arizona Diamondbacks turned 113 double plays and accounted for a fielding rate of .983 (26th in MLB). The Diamondbacks had 1,374 assists, 100 errors and had 4,252 putouts for the prior year.

In his career, Smith has conceded 311 base hits and he has 413 punch outs in 377 innings pitched. He has allowed 194 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.297 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.32 and he has faced 1,618 hitters in his career. Smith (19-27 career win-loss record) has earned a 4.63 ERA while giving up 7.4 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Arizona (+165)

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