Miami Marlins at San Diego Padres 5/31/19 – MLB Pick, Prediction, Preview
The Marlins are a team that has not really looked good at all this season and that definitely will prove to be a problem for the Marlins in this series on the road against the Padres. The Miami squad was not really projected to do much on the year this season and that is definitely showing up as the Marlins have not really impressed anyone. The Padres, are a team that has actually started to showcase the talent they do have on the roster, but overall, the Padres are a team that needs to start to figure out how to play a lot more consistently on the season if the team is going to be taken seriously on the season so far.
Miami Marlins Preview
The Marlins on the year have ended up getting a total of 409 hits and only 39 homers on the season. The Marlins have ended up getting an average of .231 on the season, but has managed to score a total of 168 runs this year. Jorge Alfaro leads the Marlins in the home run category with 8 homers. Neil Walker has been able to hit at a clip of .299 on the season while Brian Anderson has managed to bring home 21 runners.
The pitching staff for the Marlins has a 4.50 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP while keeping the opponent to a hitting average of .246. The Marlins have walked a total of 197 batters while striking out a total of 453 batters on the season. Caleb Smith is the pitcher the Marlins are planning on putting on the mound in this game. Smith has a 3-2 record and a 3.05 ERA. He has thrown 56 innings while striking out 72 hitters on the year and has walked 16 batters while giving up 38 hits.
San Diego Padres Preview
The Padres are coming into the game with 428 hits and a lot more power as they have managed to find the stands 81 times this year. The Padres have ended up scoring total of 221 runs on the year while hitting at a clip of .233 so far this season. With the Padres they have ended up relying on Franmil Reyes who has ended up getting a total of 15 homers. Eric Hosmer has managed to get a total of 33 runners driven in with an average of .297 on the season.
With the pitching staff, the Padres have allowed the opponent to hit only at a clip of .239 while posting a 4.01 ERA and has a 1.20 WHIP. The Padres have walked a total of 141 batters and struck out quite a few more at 506 batters going back to the pine. Joey Lucchesi is the pitcher who will be going to the mound for the Padres. He has a 3-3 record and a 4.25 ERA on the year. He has thrown a total of 55 innings on the year while striking out 57 batters but has allowed 51 hits and 14 walks on the year.
Marlins at Padres Line:
My FREE MLB Pick: San Diego Padres
The Padres are playing at home and that will definitely help them out quite a bit. The Padres are also putting Lucchesi on the mound and he has done decent for the Padres this season. The Marlins, while they have done decent pitching and will continue to pitch well in this game as Smith is able to shut down the Padres offense for the most part, but the lack of offense for the Marlins is costly in this game. Final Score, San Diego Padres win 3-2.
