San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 5/22/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Sunday, May 22, 2022

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

Oracle Park is the location where the San Francisco Giants (22-16) will try to beat the San Diego Padres (25-14) on Sunday. The expected starting pitchers are Mike Clevinger and Alex Wood.

The Padres have tallied 58 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 31 baseballs out of the stadium. San Diego has a slugging percentage of .356 and have been rung up 332 times, while drawing a walk on 142 occasions. As a team, the San Diego Padres are notching 4.4 runs per game, which is 11th in MLB. They have accounted for 166 runs batted in and 296 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is .229. They have tallied 173 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .310.

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The Padres have an earned run average of 3.60 on the season (10th in MLB), and they have struck out 361 batters. They have walked 116 opposing players and their FIP is 3.60 as a unit on the year. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.11 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.16. Padres pitchers have given up 39 home runs and also 154 total runs (11th in the league).

The Padres relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 70.8% and has entered the game in 58 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 47 runners this year with 51.1% of those players ended up scoring. Padres bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 32 times in addition to having 52 appearances in high leverage situations. The Padres have sent 123 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The relief pitchers have racked up 30 holds this year (2nd in MLB). They have accumulated 17 saves for the year and have blown 7 out of their 24 chances to save the game.

The San Diego Padres have a total of 1,050 putouts on the year, in addition to 344 assists and 14 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .990 which has them sitting 1st in pro baseball, and have earned 30 double plays. The Padres have turned 71.5% of balls in play into outs in their 3,150 innings, which ranks them 8th in the majors.

Clevinger has taken the hill for 556 innings and is sitting with 618 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. Clevinger (45-23 career record) holds a FIP of 3.52 while he has gone up against 2,265 batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.19 (197 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.185. He has given up 447 hits (7.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 212 free passes.

San Francisco has a total of 42 home runs so far this season as well as 185 RBIs. They have 56 two-baggers, while taking a walk 149 times and putting up 196 runs. The San Francisco Giants are sitting with an OBP of .330 and a team batting average of .248 on the campaign. The Giants hold a team SLG% of .395 and they are scoring 5.16 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 314 instances (20th in the league) and have a total of 316 base hits.

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.299 and have a FIP of 3.24 as a team for the season. They are sitting at 28th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 334. The San Francisco pitching staff have given up 162 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.98 (149 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.10 (322 strikeouts vs 104 bases on balls). They have given up 27 home runs and they yield 4.33 runs per 9 innings (19th in the league).

San Francisco has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 15 save opportunities and they have recorded 10 saves. They rank 20th in the league holding a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 148 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 39 times in high leverage situations and on 36 occasions with runners on. San Francisco relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 30.0% out of their 50 inherited runners. With 35 save situations, the Giants have recorded 20 holds and 5 blown saves.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 33 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (9th in pro baseball). The Giants have recorded 364 assists, 18 errors and have earned 1,012 putouts on the campaign. In 3,036 innings on the diamond, the Giants have earned a defensive efficiency of 66.9% (29th in professional baseball).

Wood (66-50 career record) holds a 3.51 ERA while surrendering 8.5 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.31 and he has gone up against 4,280 hitters thus far in his career. He has surrendered 400 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.231 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. So far in his pro baseball career, Wood has conceded 968 hits while earning 970 K's in 1,024 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego

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