Padres vs. Nationals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 25, 2024

Dylan Cease will take the mound for the San Diego Padres (53-50) Thursday looking for his 10th win of the season in a matchup with the Washington Nationals (47-54). The Padres are -181 favorites to pick up the win in the contest, which starts at 12:05 PM ET on MASN2, live from Nationals Park. San Diego’s Cease gets the start, and he’ll go against Washington’s Patrick Corbin.

Here is our betting preview for this matchup, and find all of our MLB picks, too!

Padres vs. Nationals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Padres (-181)
• Underdog: Nationals (+151)
• Over/under: 8.5

Padres vs. Nationals Betting Insights

• The Padres have come away with 30 wins in the 58 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• This season San Diego has come away with a win five times in 10 chances when named as a favorite of at least -181 on the moneyline.
• The Padres have an implied victory probability of 64.4% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Nationals have won 37 of the 82 games they were the underdog on the moneyline this season (45.1%).
• When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +151 or longer, Washington has a record of 13-15 (46.4%).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Nationals a 39.8% chance to win.

Padres vs. Nationals Hitting Leaders

• Jurickson Profar is batting .299 this season with a team-high 15 home runs and 60 RBI.
• Of all MLB batters, Profar ranks 13th in batting average, eighth in on-base percentage, and 36th in slugging.
• Luis Arraez leads San Diego in batting with a .309 average while slugging three homers and driving in 26 runs.
• C.J. Abrams paces the Nationals with 15 home runs and 49 runs batted in.
• Among all batters in the big leagues, Abrams ranks 48th in homers and 53rd in RBI.
• Jesse Winker has 18 doubles, 11 home runs and 51 walks while batting .258.

Padres vs. Nationals Pitching Rankings

• The Padres strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fifth-best in MLB.
• The Padres have the 18th-ranked ERA (4.08) in the majors this season.
• The Padres rank 11th in MLB with a combined 1.246 WHIP this season.
• The pitching staff for the Nationals has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 21st in the majors.
• Washington’s 4.13 team ERA ranks 20th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Nationals combine for the 20th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.292).