The San Diego Padres (50-50) visit the Cleveland Guardians (59-37) at 7:10 PM ET Saturday for a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. For the favored Padres (-111), Luis Arraez is batting .312 this year, fifth in the league, while Steven Kwan ranks first in the majors with a .354 average for the underdog Guardians. Dylan Cease will get the ball for San Diego while Cleveland will counter with Gavin Williams.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $38.02
Padres to win vs Guardians -111
Padres vs. Guardians Betting Lines
- Favorite: Padres (-111)
- Underdog: Guardians (-108)
- Over/under: 8
Padres vs. Guardians Betting Insights
- The Padres have been victorious in 30, or 51.7%, of the 58 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- San Diego has a record of 29-28 when favored by -111 or more this year.
- The Padres have an implied victory probability of 52.6% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Guardians have won 50% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (15-15).
- When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -108 or longer, Cleveland has a 15-15 record (winning 50% of its games).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Guardians have an implied win probability of 51.9%.
Padres vs. Guardians Hitting Leaders
- Jurickson Profar is batting .301 this season with a team-high 14 home runs and 59 RBI.
- Of all MLB hitters, Profar is 12th in batting average, ninth in on-base percentage, and 36th in slugging.
- Jake Cronenworth has 94 hits and an OBP of .327 to go with a slugging percentage of .432 this season.
- Jose Ramirez paces the Guardians in home runs (23) and runs batted in (79).
- Ramirez ranks sixth in homers and second in RBI among all batters in MLB.
- Josh Naylor is batting .243 with 16 doubles, 22 home runs and 36 walks.
Padres vs. Guardians Pitching Rankings
- The Padres have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fifth-best in baseball.
- The Padres have the 20th-ranked ERA (4.20) in the majors this season.
- The Padres have a combined WHIP of 1.270 as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Guardians has a collective nine K/9, the third-best in the majors.
- Cleveland’s 3.68 team ERA ranks sixth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Guardians pitchers combine for the No. 9 WHIP in the majors (1.219).