#Jorge Alfaro

Believe it or not, Red Sox spring training opens in just about five weeks. The roster is not complete quite yet, but the large majority of the 2023 team has already been put together, and it looks quite different than the group that last took the field at Fenway Park in early October. Boston's chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom entered the winter…

The Padres host the Diamondbacks for the rubber match! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Diamondbacks-Padres prediction and pick. The Dbacks took Game 1 on Tuesday and almost took the series last night if it weren't for the Padres' comeback. Arizona stormed out to a 5-0 lead in the 5th inning but in the bottom half of the inning, the…

The San Diego Padres, annually known as one of the most aggressive clubs on the trade market thanks to GM AJ Preller, are gearing up for yet another action-packed deadline this season. The club has made its interest known in superstars of all kinds including Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, Luis Castillo of the Reds, Juan Soto of the Nationals, Frankie…

The San Diego Padres host the San Francisco Giants for the 2nd of a 4-game series! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Giants-Padres prediction and pick. "LFGSD." - Jorge Alfaro. The San Diego Padres won last night's ballgame by the score of 2-1 thanks to Alfaro's walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning. That was Alfaro's…

The last day of spring training has arrived. It's time to do one more roster prediction, since I hate to pass up a chance to show how wrong I can be. (Plus, hours after my last roster projection arrived in your inboxes, the Padres traded for Luke Voit. You're welcome.) There is a decent chance at least one more move is coming before Thursday's…

The 2020 Miami Marlins were easily Major League Baseball's surprise team. Now it's time to see how they follow it up. After losing 105 games and finishing last in the National League East in 2019, Miami turned the corner in Year Three of the rebuild in a shortened 60-game season by going 31-29. Extrapolated to a 162-game season, that translates to…

CLEVELAND, Ohio. - Cal Quantrill and the Guardians take on MacKenzie Gore and the Padres in Game 2 of a doubleheader. Where: Progressive Field, 5:10 p.m. TV/radio: Bally Sports Great Lakes, WTAM 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM and the Guardians Radio Network. Teams: Guardians (10-13) vs. Padres (16-8). Starting pitchers: RHP Cal Quantrill (1-1, 3.27) vs.…

The Minnesota Twins enter the 2021 offseason with numerous questions across the board, and with a large number of positions with major question marks, it's not so easy for Twins fans and writers to make real predictions at what could happen. With that being said, we're going to give it our best at breaking down each position on the roster and what…

We had a bit of a blip yesterday; we lost our only MLB Best Bet. It was such an excruciating game to watch. The Braves had many chances to capitalize on Matthew Liberatore, but he ultimately made a solid start. They seemed to have baserunners every inning but couldn't drive them home. That's baseball, and it happens. It was good to see the…

The San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies round out a four-game set today in the Mile High City. The Padres have a chance to leave the series with a split after dropping two of the first three. "Winning is fun. Winning at homr is funer." - Rockies Pitching today are Blake Snell for the Padres and Kyle Freeland for the Rockies. Sell is having the…

Yesterday, we took the day off to celebrate Mother's Day. Saturday was another winning day. The Plane Bathroom picks went 2-1, bringing plane bathroom picks to 9-5 all time. If you are unfamiliar with what I'm talking about, check us out on Tik Tok. We took the White Sox to win against the Red Sox, winning 3-1 in the 10th innings. We also took the…

The Miami Marlins (25-22) and Boston Red Sox (18-32) play the third game of a three-game set Thursday at Marlins Park at 1:10 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Red Sox-Marlins MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets. Series: Tied 1-1. RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. RHP Jose Urena Eovaldi: 2-2 with a 4.82 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 8.9 K/9 and 1.4 BB/9 in 37…

The Miami Marlins (9-9) open up a five-game series against the rival Washington Nationals (9-12), Friday, at Nationals Park. The first pitch is set for 6:05 p.m. ET. We analyze the Marlins-Nationals betting odds and lines, with MLB picks and best bets. RHP Elieser Hernandez vs. RHP Patrick Corbin Hernandez: 0-0, 1.84 ERA, 0.750 WHIP, 19 K, 2 BB, 14…

World Series Odds: +3000 Pennant Odds: +1300 Regular Season Record: 89-73 Pythagorean Record: 86-76 Team wRC+ (Rank): 102 (13th) Starting Pitching xFIP (Rank): 3.87 (13th) Bullpen xFIP (Rank): 3.84 (12th) Odds via FanDuel Pythagorean record via Baseball Reference Stat rankings via FanGraphs It's been a strange ride for this version of the Padres.…

The National League Division Series is headed to the West Coast. The Padres disposed of the Mets in three games and will now fly back to California and face the Dodgers. These teams have plenty of familiarity as they played 19 times this season. Unfortunately for the Padres, the Dodgers won 14 of those games. In those games, the Dodgers outscored…

Who: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres When: Thursday, Sept. 29 Time: 9:40 p.m. EDT Where: Petco Park (San Diego, CA) Betting Odds Summary Moneyline: Dodgers -142, Padres+120 Runline: Dodgers -1.5 (+122), Padres+1.5 (-146) Total: Over/Under 8.0 Runs (-118/-104) The Los Angeles Dodgers left 11 runners on base in Wednesday night's game, but…

As in any combination of four Padres wins or four Brewers losses will punch the team's ticket to a full-season postseason for the first time since 2006. Sure, anything can still happen but the folks at Baseball Prospectus project the Padres' playoff odds at 98.9 percent after shaving two wins off their magic number with eight games left in the…

Back-to-back losses have dropped the Padres' playoff odds, according to Baseball Prospectus, from 96 percent before Thursday's game down to 83 percent heading into Saturday. That's because both the Phillies and the Brewers have won each of the last two days, dropping the Padres into the No. 6 seed, just two games ahead of the Brewers. First pitch…

The San Diego Padres will host the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third game of their series in the National League West from Petco Park on Wednesday night. The weather is expected to be mildly humid with a 52.59% chance of rain and 6 miles per hour winds. The San Diego Padres are coming off of a 1 run win against the Arizona Diamondbacks in their…

I am stepping in to do several previews that would have otherwise been written by the witty Jack Sommers, so don't slam me for the lack of professionalism in this write up. Besides, you know who I am. :) The last time we played the Padres was before the trade deadline. We got swept at Petco Park...no, wait! We actually won a game, because Merrill…

These clubs have already completed over half of their scheduled meetings with each other this year, with the Dodgers winning eight of those ten clashes. It would take San Diego winning the remainder of its regular season tilts with the Dodgers to put itself in a position to win the rivals' season series, something it hasn't done since 2010. Let's…