Data Skrive:
The San Diego Padres (61-52) are favorites (-163) on the moneyline when they square off against the Pittsburgh Pirates (56-55) Tuesday at 6:40 PM ET, live on SportsNet PT. San Diego’s Dylan Cease and Pittsburgh’s Bailey Falter have been named the starters for this contest.
Here is our betting preview for this matchup, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $32.27
Padres to win vs Pirates -163
Padres vs. Pirates Betting Lines
- Favorite: Padres (-163)
- Underdog: Pirates (+137)
- Over/under: 8
Padres vs. Pirates Betting Insights
- The Padres have won in 36, or 55.4%, of the 65 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- This season San Diego has come away with a win nine times in 16 chances when named as a favorite of at least -163 on the moneyline.
- The Padres have an implied victory probability of 62% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Pirates have won 47.7% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (31-34).
- Pittsburgh has an 8-11 record (winning 42.1% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +137 or longer.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Pirates’ implied win probability is 42.2%.
Padres vs. Pirates Hitting Leaders
- Jurickson Profar is batting .300 this season with a team-high 19 home runs and 71 RBI.
- Profar ranks 27th in MLB in home runs, and 15th in RBI.
- Luis Arraez leads San Diego in batting with a .305 average while slugging three homers and driving in 29 runs.
- Bryan Reynolds has put up a team-high batting average of .289, and leads the Pirates in home runs (19) and runs batted in (66).
- Reynolds is 27th in home runs and 25th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Oneil Cruz is batting .255 with 23 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 29 walks.
Padres vs. Pirates Pitching Rankings
- The Padres average nine strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-most in the league.
- The Padres have pitched to a 4.01 ERA this season, which ranks 16th in baseball.
- Padres pitchers have a 1.226 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
- The pitching staff for the Pirates has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 21st in MLB.
- Pittsburgh has a 3.83 team ERA that ranks 10th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Pirates combine for the 19th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.282).