Mets vs. Padres Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 15, 2024

The San Diego Padres (37-36) will look to Jackson Merrill, with homers in two straight games, to pull off an upset win over the New York Mets (31-37) Saturday at Citi Field. The Mets are -120 moneyline favorites for the game, which starts at 4:10 PM ET live on SDPA. Jose Quintana gets the starting nod for New York while Adam Mazur is San Diego’s starter for the contest.

Be sure to check out our betting preview for this game, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Mets vs. Padres Betting Lines

• Favorite: Mets (-120)
• Underdog: Padres (+100)
• Over/under: 8.5

Mets vs. Padres Betting Insights

• The Mets have been victorious in 16, or 51.6%, of the 31 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This season New York has been victorious 11 times in 24 chances when named as a favorite of at least -120 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Mets have a 54.5% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• The Padres are 12-14 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 46.2% of those games).
• San Diego is 7-9 (winning 43.8% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +100 or longer.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Padres have an implied win probability of 50%.

Mets vs. Padres Hitting Leaders

• Francisco Lindor leads New York in runs batted in with 32 and has a batting average of .229.
• Of all batters in MLB, Lindor’s home run total ranks him 36th and his RBI tally places him 63rd.
• Pete Alonso leads New York in home runs with 14 and runs batted in with 32.
• Jurickson Profar has a team-high 45 runs batted in.
• In all of MLB, Profar is 46th in home runs and 16th in RBI.
• Fernando Tatis Jr. has hit 13 home runs to lead his team.

Mets vs. Padres Pitching Rankings

• The Mets strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, eighth-best in MLB.
• Mets pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.16 this year, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• The Mets have a combined WHIP of 1.318 as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
• The Padres pitching staff is fifth in the majors with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• San Diego has a 3.88 team ERA that ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Padres have the ninth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.215).