Cleveland Guardians vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 4/1/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs San Diego Padres

Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Padres.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (+172) San Diego (-210)

The Cleveland Guardians (2-1) are en route to Petco Park on Tuesday where they will go up against the San Diego Padres (4-0). The line on this contest has Cleveland at +172 while San Diego is coming in at -210. The total has been set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Logan Allen and Michael King.

The Guardians have tallied 5 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 5 balls out of the park. Cleveland has a slugging percentage of .485 and have struck out 16 times, while drawing a walk on 13 occasions. As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are compiling 5.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 7th in MLB. They have 16 runs batted in in addition to 26 hits so far this year, while their team batting average sits at .263. They have notched a total of 16 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .336.

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The Guardians have a team earned run average of 2.67 this year (10th in the league), and the staff has struck out 20 batters. Guardians pitchers have yielded 2 long balls in addition to 10 total runs (8th in the league). They have walked 7 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.11 as a unit on the season. Cleveland has surrendered 22 base hits (7.3 per 9 innings) and 8 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.86 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.07.

Guardians relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 5 times in addition to having 9 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have earned 5 holds for the season (7th in baseball). The Guardians bullpen have a save rate of 33.3% and has stepped onto the mound in 8 save situations. They have earned 1 save on the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 7 runners on the year with 42.9% of those players crossed the plate. The Guardians have dispatched 13 relievers to the hill this season.

The Guardians have transformed 73.3% of balls in play into outs out of 243 innings, which has them ranked 16th in MLB. The Cincinnati Reds have notched a total of 81 putouts thus far, as well as 21 assists and 2 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which is 22nd in pro baseball, and they have turned 2 double plays.

Allen has taken the hill for 222 innings and has 198 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.66 (115 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.481. He has surrendered 240 hits (9.7 hits per nine innings) and has 89 walks. Allen (15-13 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.59 and he has faced 969 opposing hitters in the majors.

The Padres have a slugging percentage of .418 and they are scoring 4.25 runs per outing (12th in the league). They have 9 doubles, while getting a free base 12 times and recording 17 runs. San Diego has accounted for 3 home runs on the season and 17 RBIs. They have been rung up on 28 instances (16th in MLB) and have tallied 33 base hits. The San Diego Padres have earned an OBP of .336 and a team batting average of .270 over the course of the season.

The Padres have a team WHIP of 0.944 and have a FIP of 3.05 as a staff on the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.00 (36 strikeouts against 16 walks). They rank 5th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 18. They have surrendered 3 home runs and they concede 1.75 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The San Diego pitching staff have yielded 7 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 1.75 (7 earned runs yielded).

With 6 save situations, the Padres have earned 3 holds and also 0 blown saves. San Diego has had relief pitchers take the mound in 3 save chances and they have walked away with 3 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 8 times in high leverage situations and on 3 occasions with base runners. San Diego bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 0.0% out of their 5 inherited runners. They rank 6th in the league with a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have sent 15 relief pitchers onto the field on the campaign.

The San Diego Padres have turned 4 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .993 (7th in professional baseball). The Padres have recorded 35 assists, 1 error and have amassed 108 putouts during this campaign. In 324 innings on the field, the Padres are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 81.2% (1st in baseball).

So far in his pro baseball career, King has surrendered 356 hits while earning 483 K's in 421 frames. King (26-26 career win-loss record) holds a 3.21 earned run average and has given up 7.6 hits per nine innings. He has given up 150 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.192 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.31 and he has gone up against 1,761 opposing hitters during his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland (+172)

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