San Diego Padres vs Oakland Athletics Prediction 6-10-24 Picks

The Oakland A’s and the San Diego Padres meet Monday in MLB action from Petco Park. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this Game. Here’s an San Diego Padres vs Oakland Athletics Prediction.

Starting Pitching Matchup

The Oakland A’s will send out Joey Estes for the start here and Estes is 2-1 with a 4.67 ERA and 25 strikeouts this season. This will be Estes’ first career start against San Diego. The San Diego Padres will start Dylan Cease and Cease is 5-5 with a 3.51 ERA and 93 strikeouts this season. In his last five starts against Oakland, Cease is 2-1 with a 4.88 ERA and 32 strikeouts.

Oakland A’s Recap

The Oakland A’s come into this series looking to bounce back from another series loss after a 6-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in Sunday’s series finale. The loss to Toronto followed series losses to Seattle and Atlanta in the last week.

A’s Struggling At The Dish

Brent Rooker leads the A’s with 40 RBIs along with 13 home runs this season while Abraham Toro has a team-high 66 hits and 23 RBIs. JJ Bleday has a team-high 18 doubles, 56 hits and 24 RBIs and Toro has a .270 batting average. Rooker also has the unfortunate title of leading strikeout bat with 74 K’s at the dish this season. Shea Langeliers has also chipped in 12 home runs and 30 RBIs.

Why the Oakland Athletics will win

• The Padres have lost four of their last five games as favorites against American League opponents.
• The Athletics have won four of their last five games as underdogs following a home loss.
• The road team has covered the run line in each of the last six games between the Athletics and Padres.
• The Padres have failed to cover the run line in seven of their last eight night games against American League opponents.
• The Padres have lost the first inning in three of their last four games as home favorites against American League opponents.
• The Padres have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last four Monday night games as home favorites.
• The Athletics have led after 3 innings in each of their last three games at Petco Park.

San Diego Padres Recap

The San Diego Padres will try to build some momentum back up after being forced to settle for a series split with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday following a 9-3 loss. The loss prevented the Padres from bouncing back after being swept by the Angels to start the week.

Padres Also Inconsistent At The Plate

Jurickson Profar leads the Padres with 76 hits along with a .325 batting average and 12 doubles with 10 homers and 43 RBIs. Jake Cronenworth has 44 RBIs while Fernando Tatis Jr. has belted a team-high 12 home runs this season. Manny Machado has 6 home runs and 32 RBIs but also has 53 strikeouts while Ha-Seong Kim has 51 hits with 3 triples, 8 doubles, 9 home runs, 32 RBIs and a team-high 13 stolen bases. Tatis Jr. also has a team-high 60 strikeouts and 7 stolen bases as well this season.

Why the San Diego Padres will win

• The Padres have won each of their last seven home games against AL West opponents.
• The Athletics have lost each of their last 10 games as underdogs following an extra innings loss.
• The Padres have covered the run line in each of their last seven games as home favorites against AL West opponents.
• The Athletics have failed to cover the run line each of their last seven games against NL West opponents that held a losing record.
• The Athletics have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last five night games against NL West opponents.
• The Athletics have lost the first inning in each of their last four games against National League opponents that held a losing record.
• The Athletics have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last seven games against National League opponents.

San Diego Padres vs Oakland Athletics Prediction

I’m on the under here. I’m leaning towards the A’s and the plus money for a side, but ultimately I think the under is the better play here. I don’t trust the Padres for much of anything and at this price no less, and Oakland has been struggling to plate 3 or more runs more often than not. This just feels like an ugly first to 3 wins kind of Game to me, so give me the under.