Padres vs. Diamondbacks odds, prediction, line, time: 2023 MLB picks, Tuesday, April 4 bets from proven model
The San Diego Padres take on the Arizona Diamondbacks in a key National League West matchup on Tuesday afternoon in San Diego. The Padres are set to make another playoff run after reaching the National League Championship Series last season, after finishing second in the division with an 89-73 mark. The Diamondbacks, meanwhile, are hoping build on last season's fourth-place finish and 74-88 overall mark. Arizona last made the postseason in 2017, but have won one World Series title since joining the league in 1998.
The game is slated to begin at 4:10 p.m. ET from Petco Park in San Diego. The Diamondbacks hit .230 as a team last year, 26th-best in MLB, while the Padres had a .241 average, 16th-best. San Diego is the -155 favorite (risk $155 to win $100) on the money line in the latest Diamondbacks vs. Padres odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over-under for total runs scored is 7. Before making any Padres vs. Diamondbacks picks, be sure to check out the latest MLB predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every MLB game 10,000 times. It went 331-285 on top-rated MLB money-line picks (+357) over the past two seasons, and it finished the 2022 MLB season on a 20-14 roll. Anybody who has followed it has seen profitable returns.
Now, the model has dialed in on Padres vs. Diamondbacks and revealed its predictions and best bets. You can visit SportsLine now to see the model's MLB picks. Here are the MLB odds and betting trends for Diamondbacks vs. Padres:
- Diamondbacks vs. Padres money line: Arizona +130, San Diego -155
- Diamondbacks vs. Padres over/under: 7 runs
- Diamondbacks vs. Padres run line: San Diego -1.5 (+140)
- ARIZ: The Diamondbacks are 4-1 in their last five Game 2s of a series
- SD: The Padres are 6-2 in their last eight Tuesday games
- Diamondbacks vs. Padres picks: See picks at SportsLine
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Why you should back the Padres
Yu Darvish is on the hill for the Padres and San Diego played well at home a year ago, going 44-37 at Petco Park, while Arizona was just 34-47 on the road. One of the reasons for that was the play of third baseman Manny Machado, who hit .298 with 37 doubles, one triple and 32 RBI. He had a .531 slugging % and .898 OPS in 150 games played. In the season-opening series against the Rockies, he had four hits and two RBI.
Second baseman Ha-Seong Kim has been red hot out of the gates, hitting .444 in the first series of the year, including two doubles. In Friday's 4-1 loss to Colorado, Kim was 3-for-3 with two doubles and a run scored. In 150 games last season for the Padres, Kim batted .251 with 29 doubles, three triples, 11 homers and 59 RBI. He feasted on Diamondbacks pitching, batting .304 in 56 at-bats with three doubles, one triple, two homers and seven RBI. He also drew seven walks and stole three bases against them.
Why you should back the Diamondbacks
Right-hander Zac Gallen will get his second start of the season for Arizona. In Thursday's season opener, he struggled, giving up five earned runs in 4.2 innings against Los Angeles. He walked three and struck out seven. Gallen was superb last year, going 12-4 with a 2.54 ERA. In 184 innings, he allowed just 52 earned runs, 121 hits and 47 walks, while striking out 192.
First baseman Christian Walker batted.429 in the season-opening series against the Dodgers, including a homer and two RBI. Walker had two hits in each of the last two games of that series. In 160 games a year ago, Walker hit .242 with 25 doubles, two triples, 36 homers and 94 RBI. In 66 plate appearances against the Padres, he hit .258 with six homers and 14 RBI.
How to make Diamondbacks vs. Padres picks
SportsLine's model is leaning Over on the run total, as the simulations have the teams combining for eight runs. It also says one side of the money line has all the value. You can only get the model's pick at SportsLine.
