San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 5/20/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Friday, May 20, 2022

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-115) San Francisco (-105)

Oracle Park is the site where the San Francisco Giants (22-15) will play the San Diego Padres (23-14) on Friday. The moneyline on this game has San Diego at -115 while San Francisco is opening at -105. The betting total is set at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Sean Manaea and Jakob Junis.

San Diego owns a slugging percentage of .356 and have struck out 316 times, while drawing a walk on 140 occasions. They have accounted for 157 RBI's as well as 275 base knocks on the campaign, while their average at the plate is sitting at .226. The Padres have accrued 55 doubles as a unit and have hit 30 baseballs out of the park. They have a total of 163 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .311. As a unit, the San Diego Padres are notching 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 12th in MLB.

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The Padres are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.64 over the course of the season (11th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 344 hitters. They have a K/BB ratio of 3.13 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.15. Padres pitchers have surrendered 37 home runs in addition to 147 total runs (9th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 110 batters and their FIP is 3.60 as a team on the season.

Padres relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 29 times in addition to having 46 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 28 holds for the year (3rd in baseball). The Padres relievers have a save percentage of 71.4% and has entered the game in 53 save situations. They have recorded 15 saves so far this season and have blown 6 of their 21 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 45 base runners on the season and 53.3% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Padres have dispatched 117 relievers to the mound so far this year.

The San Diego Padres are sitting with 993 putouts for the season, as well as 330 assists and 14 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .990 which has them sitting 3rd in professional baseball, and have a total of 29 double plays. The Padres have transformed 71.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 2,979 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 7th in MLB.

Manaea has taken the hill for 770 frames and has accumulated 691 punch outs during his MLB career. Manaea (52-44 career win-loss mark) sits with a FIP of 3.92 while he has faced 3,199 opposing batters in the majors. His ERA is 3.86 (330 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.199. He has surrendered 729 hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 194 free passes.

The San Francisco Giants have recorded a team OBP of .330 as well as a batting average of .248 on the year. They have been rung up on 305 occasions (20th in baseball) and have earned a total of 306 base knocks. San Francisco has accumulated 40 HRs over the course of the season and 178 runs batted in. The Giants hold a slugging % of .393 and they average 5.11 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have recorded 54 two-baggers, while taking a walk 144 times and earning 189 runs.

The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 154 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 3.91 (142 earned runs allowed). They have conceded 26 long balls and they concede 4.24 runs per 9 innings (16th in the league). The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.302 and have a FIP of 3.23 as a squad this year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.07 (316 strikeouts vs 103 free passes). They are sitting at 28th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 323.

San Francisco bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 30.6% of 49 inherited runners. Their relievers have taken the field 36 times in high leverage situations in addition to 34 occasions with runners on base. With 35 save situations, the Giants have compiled 20 holds in addition to 5 blown saves. They sit at 19th in the league with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 143 relievers to the hill so far this year. San Francisco has had relievers enter the contest in 15 save chances and they have walked away with 10 saves.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 32 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .987 (9th in the majors). The Giants have racked up 352 assists, 18 errors and have a tally of 982 putouts on the season. In their 2,946 innings on the field, the Giants hold a defensive efficiency of 66.8% (29th in baseball).

Junis (30-36 win-loss mark in his career) holds a 4.70 earned run average while giving up 9.6 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.28 and he has gone up against 2,313 hitters in his pro baseball career. He has given up a total of 280 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.338 and a FIP of 4.7. Thus far in his career, Junis has allowed 569 hits and he has 486 strikeouts in 536 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego (-115)

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