Game Time:  4:10 pm ET, Wednesday,  August 10th, 2022

Venue:  Petco Park, San Diego, California

Where to Watch:  MLB.tv

DraftKings:  Moneyline odds:  Giants +155, Padres -179; O/U 7.5

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Giants: 54-55,3rd place NL West

Padres: 61-51, 2nd place National League West 

The Giants kept the Padres losing streak going.  A simple 1-0 win over the Padres in the opening game of this series.  These teams will have to desperately rely on pitching… They have not as of recently shown an ability to power through for wins.  The Padres feel like they are holding their breath until Fernando Tatis Jr returns from injury.  That is a mistake… that is a desperate manager firing mistake.  Without some wins now… and I mean now… there will be nothing for Fernando to fix when he returns.  A big part of the problem is where they are batting Manny machado and Juan Soto.  Soto should not bat 2nd and Machado should not bat 3rd… That order should be reversed.  It is Soto who has to prove he can drive in Machado, not the other way around.  It will eventually get tossed around… but c’mon.  The changes need to be implemented now.

Ultimately this matchup only benefits the Los Angeles Dodgers… If these two can beat up on each other a bit… The Dodgers pull further away in the standings.  The Padres need these wins if they have any hope of getting on track this season.

A National League West Matchup between the 2nd best and the 3rd best National League West teams.  However it is not that close.  The Dodgers keep spanking the Padres in their series that still has a Sunday afternoon game to play.  The Giants have the cakewalk of playing the Oakland A’s that same Sunday afternoon.  It is all a matter of levels.  The Padres are good, but not nearly Dodger good…. While the Giants are bad… but not nearly as bad as the Diamondbacks and Rockies.  The National League West is not in play!  That is clearly Los Angeles Dodgers territory.  However, as the Padres have picked up Juan Soto and are expecting the return of Fernando Tatis Jr… The result will be a separation between the top two and the rest of the NL West.   This series gives the Giants a chance to delay that separation. Let’s see how this all plays out… and while it does let’s make some money off of wagers.

The San Francisco Giants have won just 4 of their last 10 games.  They went 1-0 against the Oakland A’s (with one more to play), 0-4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-1 against the Chicago Cubs, and 0-1 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Giants are a team that has dreams of yesterday and a hope for tomorrow.  This season has been a struggle so far.  The hitters are not what they were last season… the pitching is not what it was last season.  The re3sult is a team struggling to hold on to a .500 record… while falling behind that struggle.  The Giants are poised to resurrect from these doldrums with a single good off-season… or they could be on a decade-long downswing if they don’t get it all right soon.

The San Diego Padres have won 6 of their last 10 games.  Curiously the Padres have lost 3-games straight since trading for 23 year old Center Fielder Juan Soto, who happens to be the best hitter in baseball.  Winning takes the right roster and time.  The Padres are very close to the right roster.  If only Fernando Tatis Jr could come back from injury AND not be rusty.  They went 0-2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-1 against the Colorado Rockies, and 2-1 against the Minnesota Twins.  The Padres are poised… for what I have no idea.  They could jump up once Fernando returns and Soto finds his stride next to Machado… or they could fall of a cliff if any hitch in their giddyup hits hard.  They have the immediate advantage in this matchup… but let’s check the pitching matchup before the wager.

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The Giants are 5th in scoring with 4.65 runs per game, 24th in batting average with .234, 11th in OBP with .317.

The Padres are 15th in scoring with 4.41 runs per game, 17th in batting average with .241, and 10th in OBP with .318.

 

The Giants pitchers are 15th in ERA with 3.91, 18th in WHIP with 1.29, and 24th in fielding errors with 63 on the season so far.

The Padres pitchers are 9th in ERA with 3.81, 6th in WHIP with 1.21, and 3rd with 46 errors.

Our Prediction for Wednesday, August 10th is…. Giants 4 - Padres 3

This is the make or break game… and each time the Padres hit that whether it is against the Dodgers, or the Colorado Rocikes, or the Arizona Diamondbacks, or even THESE San Francisco Giants… they always disappoint.  I can see the Padres easily dropping further in the standings and simply waiting for health and pitching signings to approach next season… There is a little thing of Juan Soto’s $450 million contract over the next 11 seasons in the way… but maybe… just maybe the Padres want to win in the future.

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The Padres are 22-17 against the Giants over the last 3 seasons.

The Padres are 6-4 against the Giants this season.

Giants: C J. Bart (undisclosed) Out ** 3B Evan Longoria (hamstring) Out ** SS Brandon Crawford (knee) Out ** 3B C Walker (shoulder) Out *8 C C. Casali (oblique) Out ** 

Padres: SS Fernando Tatis Jr (wrist) still OUT ** 1B M Beaty (shoulder) Out

Giants: RHP Jakob Junis, 4-3, 3.05 ERA, 53 strikeouts in 62 innings pitched.  1.10 WHIP.  His nickname is “June Bug”... His teammates must see how short-lived his major league career will be.

Padres: LHP Sean Manaea, 6-6, 4.74 ERA, 118 strikeouts in 114 innings pitched. 1.32 WHIP.  The longer this season goes… the worse the Manealator’s ERA becomes.  He needs a big win and a big day… he doesn’t seem ready for either.  Nice hair though.

Giants: 3B Tommy La Stella, LF Joc Pederson, 2B Wiklmer Flores, 1B Brandon belt, RF Luis Gonzalez, SS THairo Estrada, CF Mike Yastremski,. DH LaMonte Wade jr, C Austin Wynns

Giants: Gabe “ look at these eyebrows” Kapler

Padres: Bob “um ma ma” Melvin

 

Partly Cloudy, Humidity 61%, Wind 9 mph, no rain… no hindrance.  Let’s just enjoy a muggy August day in San Diego.  And if you have the time, get some pizza from San Diego’s little Italy.