Data Skrive:
The New York Mets (67-61), led by Mark Vientos on a 10-game hitting streak, will meet the San Diego Padres (72-57) Saturday at PETCO Park. The Padres are -152 favorites for the matchup, which starts at 8:40 p.m. ET on SDPA. San Diego’s Michael King and New York’s David Peterson have been named the starters for this contest.
Take a look at our betting preview for this tilt, and uncover all of our MLB picks, too!
Odds to Win
Bet $20, Payout $33.16
Padres to win vs Mets -152
Padres vs. Mets Betting Lines
- Favorite: Padres (-152)
- Underdog: Mets (+127)
- Over/under: 7.5
Padres vs. Mets Betting Insights
- The Padres have been chosen as favorites in 80 games this year and have walked away with the win 46 times (57.5%) in those games.
- This season San Diego has been victorious 23 times in 35 chances when named as a favorite of at least -152 on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Padres have a 60.3% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Mets have won 44.9% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (22-27).
- New York has a 9-6 record (winning 60% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +127 or longer.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Mets’ implied win probability is 44.1%.
Padres vs. Mets Hitting Leaders
- Jurickson Profar is batting .290 this season with a team-high 20 home runs and 77 RBI.
- Among all MLB hitters, Profar is 17th in batting average, seventh in on-base percentage, and 27th in slugging.
- Jackson Merrill is batting .289 with an OBP of .319 and a slugging percentage of .486 this season.
- Francisco Lindor leads the Mets in runs batted in (73) and has racked up a team-high batting average of .268.
- Lindor’s home run total ranks 19th in the majors, and he is 24th in RBI.
- Pete Alonso has shown off his power as he leads his team with 27 home runs.
Padres vs. Mets Pitching Rankings
- The Padres have a 9.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, third-best in baseball.
- The Padres have the 15th-ranked ERA (4.02) in the majors this season.
- The Padres have a combined WHIP of 1.241 as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- The Mets pitching staff is fifth in the majors with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
- New York has a 4.13 team ERA that ranks 19th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Mets average MLB’s 22nd-ranked WHIP (1.297).