
San Francisco Giants
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San Diego Padres
-140O/U: 7.5
(-120/+100)+120
(-120/+100)+120
San Francisco Giants Insights
- Logan Webb – Over/Under 5.5 Strikeouts (+105/-135)With 6 hitters who share the same handedness in the opposing team’s projected batting order, Logan Webb should benefit from holding the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in today’s matchup.Explain: Right-handed pitchers perform better against right-handed hitters (and the same for lefties). Having this advantage against a lot of opposing hitters can have a huge impact on whether a pitcher will perform well or struggle on any given day.
- Luis Arraez – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+120/-155)Posting a .000 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) utilizing Statcast data) since the start of last season , Luis Arraez grades out in the 0th percentile for power.Explain: xHR uses highly advanced Statcast data to measure a player’s home run ability more accurately than actual home runs can.
- Matt Chapman – Over/Under 1.5 Total Bases (+115/-150)Matt Chapman hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (39.2% — 95th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting towards the game’s 2nd-shallowest CF fences in today’s game.Explain: This player’s skill set matches up particularly well with the park he’s in today, which may lead to better-than-usual performance.
San Diego Padres Insights
- German Marquez – Over/Under 3.5 Strikeouts (+110/-140)German Marquez has notched an 8.3% Swinging Strike% since the start of last season, ranking in the 14th percentile.Explain: Swinging Strike% measures how often a pitcher gets a batter to whiff at a pitch and is regarded to be a strong indicator of strikeout ability and overall pitching talent.
- Jake Cronenworth – Over/Under 0.5 Hits (-210/+160)Jake Cronenworth has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (50% of the time), but he is projected to hit 1st on the lineup card today.Explain: The higher in the order a player bats, the more plate appearances he will get and the more opportunities he will get to hit the Over for every market. A player who hits higher in the order than he normally does may provide extra value opportunity since the market may be based on him hitting lower.
- Per the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the team with the 5th-least strikeout-heavy lineup in today’s games is the San Diego Padres with a 20.6% underlying K%.Explain: THE BAT X analyzes each player in today’s specific lineup to figure out which teams have the least inherent strikeout potential for the opposing pitcher.
Betting Trends
- Over/Under 7.5 Game Total (-120/+100)The San Diego Padres have hit the Game Total Under in 90 of their last 161 games (+14.70 Units / 8% ROI)
- San Francisco Giants – Over/Under 4.5 Team Total (+110/-140)The San Francisco Giants have hit the Team Total Over in 24 of their last 37 games (+9.75 Units / 23% ROI)
- Ramon Laureano – Over/Under 0.5 Singles (+125/-160)Ramon Laureano has hit the Singles Under in 15 of his last 20 games (+8.00 Units / 29% ROI)
