San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 4/11/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Monday, April 11, 2022

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (+150) San Francisco (-170)

Oracle Park is the site where the San Francisco Giants (107-55 last year) will try to beat the San Diego Padres (79-83 last season) on Monday. The line on this matchup has San Diego at +150 and San Francisco is sitting at -170. The betting total comes in at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Nick Martínez and Alex Wood.

As a unit, the San Diego Padres scored 4.5 runs per game, which had them sitting at 15th in the league. They racked up 729 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .321. The Padres compiled 273 doubles as a team and hit 180 balls out of the stadium. They compiled 695 runs batted in and 1,305 base knocks last season, while their batting average finished at .242. San Diego had a slugging percentage of .401 and were rung up 1,324 times, while drawing a walk on 586 occasions.

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The Padres had an earned run average of 4.10 over the course of last year (14th in the league), and their staff struck out 1,517 batters. Their strikeout to walk ratio was at 2.94 and their pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.25. Padres pitchers conceded 205 long balls and also 708 runs in total (14th in the league). Their pitching staff walked 516 hitters and their FIP came in at 4.18 as a team in the prior season.

The Padres relievers had a save percentage of 61.4% and entered the game in 163 save situations. The bullpen inherited 173 base runners over the course of the prior season and 35.3% of those players earned a run for their team. Padres relief pitchers entered the game with runners on 123 times as well as having 156 outings in high leverage situations. The Padres had dispatched 624 relievers to the hill for the prior year. The bullpen racked up 91 holds over the course of last season (8th in MLB). They earned 43 saves in the previous season and blew 27 out of their 70 chances to save the game.

The San Diego Padres accumulated 4,290 putouts last year, in addition to 1,399 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding rate finished at .986 which had them ranked 10th in the majors, and earned 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 sitting 12th in pro baseball.

Martinez (17-30 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 5.36 while going up against 1,825 opposing hitters in the majors. He has surrendered 454 hits (9.8 hits per nine innings) and has had 148 walks. His ERA is 4.77 (220 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.449. Martinez has taken the ball for 415 frames and has accumulated 237 K's so far in his pro baseball career.

The San Francisco Giants earned a team on-base percentage of .329 in addition to a batting average of .249 in the prior season. They struck out on 1,461 occasions (9th in baseball) and earned 1,360 base hits. San Francisco accumulated 241 home runs over the course of last year and 768 runs batted in. The Giants held a team slugging % of .440 and they averaged 4.96 runs per game (6th in MLB). They tallied 271 doubles, while walking 602 times as well as notching 804 runs.

The San Francisco pitching staff given up 594 runs in the previous season while having a team ERA of 3.24 (524 earned runs surrendered). They relinquished 151 dingers and they relinquished 3.67 runs per 9 innings (2nd in MLB). The Giants held a team WHIP of 1.148 and were the owners of a FIP of 3.55 as a pitching staff for the previous season. Their K/BB ratio was 3.43 (1,425 strikeouts vs 416 free passes). They finished at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,254.

San Francisco called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 85 save chances and they walked away with 56 saves. They were ranked 6th in the league with a save rate of 65.9%, and they dispatched 599 relievers to the mound last season. Their relief pitchers came in 213 times in high leverage situations in addition to 130 occasions with runners on base. San Francisco relief pitchers had an inherited score percentage of 33.3% out of their 189 inherited runners. Wrapping up the year with 202 save situations, the Giants recorded 114 holds in addition to 29 blown saves.

In 13,095 innings played, the Giants accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (6th in professional baseball). San Francisco Giants turned 122 double plays and had a fielding rate of .986 (7th in professional baseball). The Giants accrued 1,471 assists, 80 errors and had 4,365 putouts for the previous season.

So far in his career, Wood has given up 930 hits and he has 935 strikeouts in 990 innings. He has allowed a total of 385 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.225 and a FIP of 3.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.30 and he has faced 4,131 hitters so far in his career. Wood (63-48 career mark) has a 3.50 earned run average and has allowed 8.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco (-170)

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