San Diego Padres vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 5/30/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Monday, May 30, 2022

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-115) St. Louis (+100)

The St. Louis Cardinals (26-21) welcome the San Diego Padres (29-17) at Busch Stadium on Monday. The moneyline on this contest has the Padres at -115 while the Cardinals are coming in at +100. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Nick Martínez and Jake Woodford.

San Diego is slugging .354 and have struck out 385 times, while taking a walk on 173 occasions. They have recorded 188 runs batted in and 358 hits this year, while their team batting average is at .233. The Padres have accrued 72 doubles as a squad and have knocked 33 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 196 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .315. As a squad, the San Diego Padres are notching 4.3 runs per contest, which is 15th in MLB.

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The Padres are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.41 so far this year (7th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 425 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 140 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.61 as a unit on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.04 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.13. Padres pitchers have surrendered 44 home runs and also 171 runs (5th in baseball).

The Padres have sent 142 relievers to the hill on the campaign. The relievers have inherited 50 runners on the year and 52.0% of those runners ended up scoring. They have accumulated 19 saves this season and have blown 8 out of their 27 save chances. The Padres relievers have a save rate of 70.4% and has entered the game in 63 save situations. The relievers have 32 holds over the course of the season (9th in baseball). Padres relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 35 times and also have had 63 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Padres have converted 72.3% of baseballs in play into outs in their 3,726 innings on the field, which has them sitting 3rd in baseball. The San Diego Padres are sitting with 1,242 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 416 assists and 16 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .990 which ranks 1st in professional baseball, and they have turned 38 double plays.

Martinez has taken the hill for 455 innings and has 278 punch outs in his career. Martinez (19-32 career mark) holds a FIP of 5.29 while facing 1,992 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.69 (237 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.442. He has given up 490 hits (9.7 hits per nine innings) and has 166 free passes.

The St. Louis Cardinals have compiled a team OBP of .322 and a team batting average of .254 for the year. They have been called out on strikes on 333 instances (28th in MLB) and have earned 399 hits. St. Louis has accumulated 45 home runs on the campaign as well as 215 RBIs. The Cardinals hold a team slugging % of .400 and they are recording 4.85 runs per game (4th in baseball). They have 82 doubles, while walking 145 times and putting up 223 runs.

The Cardinals have a WHIP of 1.266 and have a FIP of 4.30 as a unit so far this season. They rank 13th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 363. The St. Louis pitching staff have surrendered 175 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.70 (167 earned runs allowed). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.21 (333 strikeouts against 151 free passes). They have yielded 47 homers and they allow 3.88 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

St. Louis relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.4% out of 74 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 34 times in high leverage situations in addition to 47 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 34 save situations, the Cardinals have amassed 20 holds and also 3 blown saves. They rank 2nd in baseball holding a save percentage of 78.6%, and they have dispatched 148 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the campaign. St. Louis has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 14 save chances and they have converted 11 saves.

In their 3,654 innings played, the Cardinals have earned a defensive efficiency of 71.4% (8th in MLB). The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 46 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (14th in the majors). The Cardinals have 488 assists, 24 errors and have amassed 1,218 putouts this season.

So far in his MLB career, Woodford has given up 97 base knocks while he has earned 75 punch outs in 101 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 46 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.308 and a FIP of 4.8. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.08 and he has faced 431 batters during his MLB career. Woodford (5-4 career record) is the owner of a 4.07 earned run average and has allowed 8.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (+100)

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