Latest Predictions for the San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres failed to live up to preseason expectations last year - they were+900 to win it all in March 2023 - by missing the playoffs after going to the 2022 NLCS. San Diego was a -429 favorite to make the postseason after signing 2B Xander Bogaerts, but its 82-80 record obviously wasn't enough to make the cut. The Padres have made…

Although the 2024 MLB regular season begins on March 28 for most teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will get a head start on this year's campaign under the world microscope with a series in Seoul on March 20 and 21. This will be an interesting matchup, as the Dodgers went full-in to land Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and…

Expert college football handicapper Ron Marmalefsky runs down the Sooner's chances for 2023 and provides expert tips for betting on Oklahoma in 2023. Ron looks at areas to watch, favorability of schedule, offers a predicted record for Oklahoma football in 2023 and offers some handicapping tips for betting on Oklahoma this season. You get free…

History will be made this weekend as the Giants (11-14) and Padres (13-14) play the first regular season games ever in Mexico, as part of the Mexico City series. The first of two contests gets underway on Saturday, and it would be impossible to look at the MLB odds and not be shocked by the total. The over/under for this contest is currently set at…

The Major League Baseball (MLB) season is one of the most highly anticipated events for sports enthusiasts worldwide. Several teams are expected to step up their game this year and contend for the championship, while some are rebuilding their rosters. With the MLB Season 2023 about to kick off, let's look at the expectations of fans and betting…

The New York Mets and San Diego Padres both look like NL pennant contenders after the Padres won 89 games and made it to the NLCS a season ago. Meanwhile, the Mets won 101 games but exited the MLB playoffs in the first round. It was the Padres who eliminated the Mets and now New York will be looking to exact a small measure of revenge by winning a…

The San Diego Padres (3-3) and Atlanta Braves (5-1) open a 4-game series Thursday at Truist Park. First pitch is at 7:20 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's lines around the Padres vs. Braves odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets. Season series: First meeting this season. Padres won the series 4-3 in 2022. San…

As baseball fans gear up for MLB's Opening Day and the marathon of another 162-game season, new modeling predictions of NJIT mathematics professor Bruce Bukiet have already divined the winners and losers when the dust settles on the final day of the 2023 season in October. America's pastime has always been a game obsessed with numbers, and Bukiet,…

The start of Spring Training ZiPS projections for the 2023 season predicts the Los Angeles Dodgers will finish tied atop the National League West with the San Diego Padres at a 91-71 record for both clubs. The analytical model takes into account player projections and playing time, then generates a million versions of each team based on each…

In 2022, the Los Angeles Dodgers put together a well-oiled machine, racking up 111 wins just one year after they finished second in the NL West to the one-time-only juggernaut San Francisco Giants, who piled up 107 victories to LA's 106 in 2021. In both 2021 and 2022, the resulting postseason outcome proved beyond a doubt that regular-season wins…

Led by an electric pitching staff, the Milwaukee Brewers firmly established themselves as one of the league's best teams in 2021 and are one of the top contenders for a championship in 2022. Now, they have a chance to win the NL Central Division in back-to-back seasons for the first time in franchise history. Will the Brewers succeed? Our MLB…

The Texas Rangers have been stockpiling pitchers this off-season. Does that mean they think left field is set? Short answer is no. The Rangers dealt Eli White to the Atlanta Braves earlier this week signaling that they believe in Bubba Thompson. I still don't think they want Bubba to be their number one left fielder. Who is available? I believe…

Not only do the Miami Dolphins need to face the Buffalo Bills in unfavorable weather conditions at Highmark Stadium on Saturday, it's also the third consecutive road game for the'Fins. Here are our top Dolphins-Bills SGP picks for the divisional bout based on the latest odds. The Dolphins have lost consecutive games, and they've also been on…

If it seems like just yesterday that voters in Georgia were deciding the majority party in the US Senate in a runoff election, it kind of was. In January of 2021, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff both won their respective elections to attain a 51-50 majority in the US Senate. Just 18 months later, the Peach State is embroiled in yet another US Senate…

On Tuesday evening, I logged on to PredictIt, America's favorite political-betting site, to watch the Election Night chaos ensue. People were betting on control of the Senate. People were betting on who'd be elected mayor of San José, California. People were betting on whether Donald Trump would file for another run at the presidency this year. The…

Fresh off one of the most remarkable regular-season comeback stories in recent memory, the Saint Louis Cardinals hope to make their mark again in the 2022 season. Led by the ferocious combo at the corners of Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado, the Cardinals are poised to be a tough contender in the National League Central. Will they be able to take…

Last year was a coming-out party for the Chicago White Sox, who proved that their excellent performance in 2020 was not a fluke from a shortened season, but the product of one of the MLB's better teams. Now, they enter with a target on their backs, as they look to repeat as the AL Central Division winners and contend for a World Series in…

Led by the electric play of rising star Wander Franco, the always savvy Tampa Bay Rays are on the hunt for another round of playoff baseball, and a chance to finally secure their first World Series victory in franchise history. It won't be easy for the Rays, who have to contender with the always stacked AL East, led by a resurgent New York Yankees…

Tomorrow is election day for the 2022 midterm cycle, and a series of political prop bets have been unleashed upon the gambling public that gives an opportunity for profit and also grants insight into how votes will be cast. First up is an intriguing set of political parlays that are ready-made for election gamblers. Republican House & Republican…

Happy Sunday RotoBallers, it's Championship Series time and we're back for another day of MLB Postseason betting picks. Make sure you're following my Twitter, as I can't guarantee that I'll always be able to get the added plays written here in the article, but I will typically add whatever else I'm playing throughout the day. The entire RotoBaller…

Happy Sunday RotoBallers, we're back for another day of MLB Postseason betting picks. Make sure you're following my Twitter, as I can't guarantee that I'll always be able to get the added plays written here in the article, but I will typically add whatever else I'm playing throughout the day. The entire RotoBaller team has been working around the…

The new-look MLB playoffs are here. Gone is the old single-game wild-card round between the 4-seed and 5-seed. Instead, this year, for the first time, MLB features four three-game wild-card series after expanding each playoff field to six teams and three wild cards. The top two seeds in each league receive a bye to the ALDS and NLDS,…

Will the Milwaukee Brewers make the playoffs? Probably not. Could it happen? It is entirely possible. Either way, the team has nine games left in the regular season, so let's assess the club's chances heading into the final homestand of the campaign. I will begin with an admission: Back on Opening Day, I predicted that the Brewers would win 92…

Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images. Pictured: General view of Chicago Cubs flags blowing in the wind *Odds as of Wednesday morning The weather is very hot across the country and when it comes to Wrigley Field in Chicago, the winds will be whipping on Wednesday night. Wrigley Field is no stranger to windy conditions, making it of the utmost…

It's been a disappointing spring for the San Diego Padres, who only made a few notable transactions when the lockout lifted in early March. And if MLB insider Jim Bowden's prediction is correct, the disappointment will continue into the regular season, so much so that they'll end up trading away some big names and punting the season. On Monday,…