San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 6/17/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (+125) Los Angeles (-150)

The Los Angeles Dodgers (43-29) are welcoming the San Diego Padres (39-31) at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has the Padres at +125 and the Dodgers are priced at -150. The betting total comes in at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Randy Vasquez and Matt Sauer.

As a team, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.2 runs/g, which is 17th in MLB. They have notched a total of 295 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .316. The Padres have compiled 103 doubles as a team and have knocked 60 baseballs out of the stadium. They have compiled 272 runs batted in as well as 581 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average sits at .249. San Diego has a slugging percentage of .378 and have been called out on strikes 496 times, while drawing a walk on 221 occasions.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.62 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.21. Padres pitchers have surrendered 70 home runs and also 270 runs in total (8th in baseball). San Diego has given up 519 base hits (7.5 per 9 innings) and 242 earned runs. The Padres have an ERA of 3.51 for the season (8th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 616 batters. They have walked 235 batters and their FIP is 3.82 as a unit on the campaign.

The Padres have sent 247 relievers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 107 runners so far this year with 34.6% of those players ended up scoring. They have compiled 24 saves on the season and have blown 9 of their 33 save opportunities. The Padres relievers have earned a save rate of 72.7% and have stepped onto the mound in 82 save situations. The relievers have tallied 48 holds this season (7th in baseball). Padres pitchers have entered the game with runners on 77 times in addition to having 102 appearances in high leverage situations.

The San Diego Padres have a total of 1,864 putouts this season, in addition to 528 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .986 which puts them in 17th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 52 double plays. The Padres have transformed 71.4% of balls hit into play into outs in their 5,592 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 6th in baseball.

Vasquez has pitched in 203 innings and is sitting with 136 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Vasquez (9-13 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 4.01 while he has faced 892 opposing hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.07 (92 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.432. He has allowed 209 base knocks (9.3 hits per nine innings) and has had 82 walks.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have an OBP of .340 in addition to a batting average of .264 on the season. They have struck out on 588 occasions (17th in MLB) and have earned 651 base hits. Los Angeles has compiled 112 HRs so far this year as well as 383 runs batted in. The Dodgers have a team SLG% of .459 and they have an average of 5.54 runs per contest (1st in the league). They have put up 120 two-baggers, while walking 275 times as well as earning 399 runs.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have yielded 328 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 4.19 (299 earned runs surrendered). They have relinquished 91 long balls and they allow 4.59 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The Dodgers hold a team WHIP of 1.317 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.28 as a unit for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.90 (639 strikeouts against 260 walks). They rank 17th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 587.

Los Angeles relievers hold an inherited score rate of 20.0% out of 80 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 77 times in high leverage situations and also on 59 occasions with base runners. With 92 save situations, the Dodgers have 56 holds in addition to 12 blown saves. They rank 13th in the league holding a save rate of 64.7%, and they have dispatched 258 relievers onto the diamond on the campaign. Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 34 save opportunities and they have tallied 22 saves.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 53 double plays and have a fielding rate of .988 (10th in professional baseball). The Dodgers have recorded 625 assists, 32 errors and have a total of 1,929 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 5,787 innings played, the Dodgers have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (16th in the majors).

Sauer (1-1 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 6.55 ERA while giving up 11.4 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 1.65 and he has gone up against 192 batters during his MLB career. He has given up a total of 30 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.675 and a FIP of 6.5. Thus far in his career, Sauer has surrendered 52 base hits while accumulating 28 K's in 41 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Diego (+125)

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