Guardians vs. Padres Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 21, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians (59-38) are favored on the moneyline (-112) in Sunday’s contest against the San Diego Padres (51-50). Game time is at 1:40 PM ET on SDPA. The Padres, with +156 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5). Ben Lively will get the ball for Cleveland while San Diego will counter with Michael King.

Here is our betting primer for this matchup, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Guardians vs. Padres Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-112)
• Underdog: Padres (-107)
• Over/under: 8

Guardians vs. Padres Betting Insights

• The Guardians have been favorites in 65 games this season and have come away with the win 44 times (67.7%) in those contests.
• This season Cleveland has come away with a win 40 times in 61 chances when named as a favorite of at least -112 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 52.8% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Padres are 21-21 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 50% of those games).
• San Diego is 21-18 (winning 53.8% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of -107 or longer.
• The Padres have an implied moneyline win probability of 51.7% in this matchup.

Guardians vs. Padres Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs (23) and runs batted in (79) this season while batting .271.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Ramirez’s home run total ranks him sixth and his RBI tally ranks him second.
• Josh Naylor has 82 hits and an OBP of .322 to go with a slugging percentage of .482 this season.
• Jurickson Profar paces the Padres in home runs (14) and runs batted in (59).
• In all of MLB, Profar is 53rd in home runs and 25th in RBI.
• Jake Cronenworth has shown his power as he paces his team with 14 home runs.

Guardians vs. Padres Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians strike out nine batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-best in MLB.
• The Guardians have pitched to a 3.68 ERA this season, which ranks sixth in baseball.
• Guardians pitchers have a 1.222 WHIP this season, 10th-best in the majors.
• The pitching staff for the Padres has a collective nine K/9, the third-best in the majors.
• San Diego’s 4.16 team ERA ranks 19th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Padres average baseball’s 15th-ranked WHIP (1.260).