Padres Vs Diamondbacks: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – August 14, 2021

The Arizona Diamondbacks (37-80) host the San Diego Padres (66-52) on Saturday at 8:10 PM ET. San Diego’s (-220 to win) Joe Musgrove starts against Arizona’s (+180) Tyler Gilbert.

The betting insights and predictions in this article reflect betting data from DraftKings as of August 14, 2021, 1:00 AM ET. See table below for current betting odds and CLICK HERE to bet at DraftKings Sportsbook.

Padres vs Diamondbacks Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Padres Probable Starter Joe Musgrove

• The Padres will send Musgrove (8-7) to make his 23rd start of the season. He is 8-7 with a 2.81 ERA and 147 strikeouts in 128 1/3 innings pitched.
• The right-hander last appeared in relief on Wednesday, when he threw 2/3 innings against the Marlins while giving up hits.
• The opposing Diamondbacks offense has the 28th-ranked slugging percentage (.376) and is 29th in MLB play with 102 home runs. They have a collective .234 batting average, and are 15th in the league with 924 total hits and 21st in MLB play scoring 488 runs.
• The Padres are 16-7 in Musgrove’s 23 starts this season with San Diego as the moneyline favorite.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of August 14, 2021 at 1:19 AM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Diamondbacks Stats vs Musgrove

Diamondbacks Probable Starter Tyler Gilbert

• The Diamondbacks will send out Gilbert for his first start of the season.
• The 27-year-old lefty will start for the first time this year after pitching in relief .
• The left-hander did not pitch as the moneyline underdog last season.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of August 14, 2021 at 1:19 AM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Padres Stats vs Gilbert

Padres Betting Trends

• The Padres score an average of 5.1 runs per road game compared to 4.5 per contest at home.
• The Padres are the ninth-highest scoring team in MLB action averaging 4.7 runs per game (559 total).
• The Padres have won 58 of the 96 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (60.4%).
• When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -220 or shorter, San Diego has a 15-11 record (winning 57.7% of its games).
• San Diego has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 64 times this season for a 64-51-3 record against the over/under.
• San Diego was favored on the moneyline in eight of its last 10 games, and finished 4-4 in those matchups.

Diamondbacks Betting Trends

• The Diamondbacks have scored the 21st-most runs in the league this season with 488 (4.2 per game).
• In 58 home games this season, they’ve scored 4.6 runs per contest compared to the 3.7 per game they score away from Chase Field.
• The Diamondbacks have entered the game as underdogs 99 times this season and won 27, or 27.3%, of those games.
• Arizona has a record of 4-21, a 16% win rate, when they’re set as an underdog of +180 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• Arizona and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 61 of their 116 opportunities.
• Arizona has played as the underdog in 10 of its past 10 games and has gone 4-6 in those contests.

Padres Players to Watch

• Manny Machado leads the Padres in home runs (21) and runs batted in (78).
• Among the qualifying hitters in MLB action, Machado’s 78 RBI rank sixth.
• Jake Cronenworth has 26 doubles, six triples, 16 home runs and 36 walks while hitting .277.
• Cronenworth ranks 19th in hits (119), and 18th in SLG (.477) among the qualifying hitters in baseball.

Padres Batting Stats (2021)

Diamondbacks Players to Watch

• Josh Rojas leads Arizona with 10 home runs this season. He’s batting .275 with 30 RBI.
• Rojas falls outside of league leaders in hits and batting average among qualified hitters in MLB.
• Pavin Smith has 102 hits and an OBP of .324 to go with a slugging percentage of .415 this season.

Diamondbacks Batting Stats (2021)

Padres vs Diamondbacks Player Props

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