San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 9/24/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (+102) Los Angeles (-122)

The Los Angeles Dodgers (97-60) host the San Diego Padres (87-70) at Dodger Stadium on Thursday. The moneyline on this contest has San Diego at +102 and Los Angeles opens at -122. The total comes in at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Nick Pivetta and Tyler Glasnow.

San Diego has a slugging percentage of .398 and have struck out 1,267 times, while taking a walk on 538 occasions. They have compiled 665 RBI's in addition to 1,266 base knocks this year, and their team batting average comes in at .243. The Padres have compiled 228 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 179 balls out of the park. They have 690 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .318. As a team, the San Diego Padres are recording 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 19th in the league.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.40 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.29. Padres pitchers have relinquished 176 long balls and 656 runs (9th in the league). San Diego has relinquished 1,261 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) as well as 612 earned runs. The Padres have compiled a team ERA of 3.96 on the year (10th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,275 batters. They have walked 532 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.19 as a unit so far this year.

Padres relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 150 times and also have had 184 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 102 holds for the season (6th in MLB). The Padres relief pitchers have a save percentage of 71.2% and have come into the game in 172 save situations. They have recorded 47 saves so far this year and have blown 19 of 66 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 243 runners this year and 31.3% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Padres have dispatched 531 relievers to the hill this year.

The Padres have turned 70.7% of balls in play into outs out of 12,522 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 10th in baseball. The San Diego Padres have earned a total of 4,174 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,387 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .989 which puts them in 2nd in the majors, and they have turned 127 double plays.

Pivetta has taken the hill for 1,241 innings and has tallied 1,364 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.45 (613 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.260. He has conceded 1,130 base knocks (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 434 walks. Pivetta (72-78 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.38 and he has faced 5,227 opposing hitters in the majors.

The Dodgers have a team SLG% of .426 and they are scoring 5.01 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have put up 259 doubles, while taking a walk 611 times as well as putting up 787 runs. Los Angeles has a total of 199 home runs for the season to go along with 743 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,223 occasions (27th in the league) and have notched a total of 1,358 hits. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a team on-base percentage of .339 and a team batting average of .257 this year.

The Dodgers have a WHIP of 1.152 in addition to having a FIP of 3.76 as a staff on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.50 (1,460 strikeouts against 473 bases on balls). They come in at 1st in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,128. They have allowed 171 dingers and they allow 3.80 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Los Angeles pitching staff have yielded 587 runs on the season while holding an ERA of 3.60 (555 earned runs surrendered).

They are ranked 13th in the league holding a save rate of 66.7%, and they have sent 519 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the campaign. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 166 times in high leverage situations and also on 110 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 166 save situations, the Dodgers have 99 holds and also 22 blown saves. Los Angeles has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 66 save opportunities and they have tallied 44 saves. Los Angeles bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 35.0% out of 177 inherited base runners.

In 12,507 innings on the diamond, the Dodgers have earned a efficiency on defense of 72.1% (2nd in professional baseball). The Los Angeles Dodgers have turned 87 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .989 (4th in MLB). The Dodgers have accrued 1,252 assists, 63 errors and have 4,169 putouts so far this season.

Thus far in his career, Glasnow has allowed 617 hits while totaling 1,039 strikeouts in 821 innings pitched. He has allowed 339 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.132 and a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.32 and he has gone up against 3,349 batters during his MLB career. Glasnow (48-37 mark in his career) holds a 3.72 ERA while conceding 6.8 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-122)

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