Data Skrive:
Two of the league’s top hitters will meet Friday when the Cleveland Guardians (58-37) and San Diego Padres (50-49) take to the field at 7:10 PM ET, live on Apple TV+. Steven Kwan is batting .352 for the Guardians (-112 favorites on the moneyline) while Luis Arraez leads the underdog Padres (-107) with a .310 average. Neither team has named a starting pitcher for the contest.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $37.86
Guardians to win vs Padres -112
Guardians vs. Padres Betting Lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-112)
- Underdog: Padres (-107)
Guardians vs. Padres Betting Insights
- The Guardians have been victorious in 43, or 68.3%, of the 63 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- This season Cleveland has been victorious 39 times in 59 chances when named as a favorite of at least -112 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 52.8% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Padres are 20-20 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 50% of those games).
- San Diego is 20-17 (winning 54.1% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of -107 or longer.
- The Padres have a 51.7% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Guardians vs. Padres Hitting Leaders
- Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs with 23 and runs batted in with 77.
- Ramirez’s home runs rank him sixth in baseball, and he is second in RBI.
- Josh Naylor has 82 hits and an OBP of .325 to go with a slugging percentage of .491 this season.
- Jurickson Profar has put up a team-best 14 home runs and 59 runs batted in.
- In all of MLB, Profar ranks 49th in home runs and 23rd in RBI.
- Jake Cronenworth is batting .257 with 19 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 30 walks.
Guardians vs. Padres Pitching Rankings
- The Guardians average 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-most in the league.
- Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.72 this year, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Guardians have a combined 1.223 WHIP as a pitching staff, ninth-lowest in MLB.
- The 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Padres pitching staff ranks fifth in MLB.
- San Diego has the 19th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.16).
- Pitchers for the Padres combine for the 16th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.268).