The San Diego Padres take on the New York Mets in the opening contest of a three-game series at Citi Field in Queens, New York, so here’s the best Padres vs Mets betting pick for Friday, July 22. Back in June, the Padres beat the Mets 2-1 in a three-game set at Petco Park in San Diego, while the Mets are 10-8 in their previous 18 contests against the Pads.
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Padres vs Mets Betting Pick
This game will be played at Citi Field at 7:10 PM ET on Friday, July 22, 2022.
Why Bet The Mets:
✅ Max Scherzer will toe the rubber for the Mets, and the 37-year-old right-hander is 6-1 with a pristine 2.22 ERA, 2.37 FIP, and 0.88 WHIP in 11 starts (69 innings pitched) in 2022. Scherzer has been outstanding through his first three outings in July, surrendering just three runs on 13 hits while punching out 31 across 19.1 innings of work.
✅ The current Padres have only 32 hits and .329 OPS in 170 at-bats against Max Scherzer. Manny Machado, who’s been the Padres’ best player so far this season, is 8-for-47 versus Scherzer. Jorge Alfaro is 4-for-23, while Trent Grisham has two hits in 14 at-bats against the Mets’ righty.
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✅ The Padres are 6-10 in July. Their pitching staff has thrown 140 innings so far this month, tallying a pedestrian 5.21 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, and .264 opposing batting average. On the other side of the ball, the Padres have scored just 50 runs in that 16-game stretch while slashing an underwhelming .235/.302/.352.
San Diego Padres
The Padres have won only one of their previous seven series. They finished the first half of the season with a 2-1 series victory to the Arizona Diamondbacks, improving to 52-42 on the season. San Diego occupies the second spot in the NL West and holds the middle wild card in the National League.
Yu Darvish will get the starting call Friday at Citi Field. The 35-year-old righty is 8-4 with a solid 3.41 ERA, 3.45 FIP, and 0.99 WHIP in 17 starts (108.1 IP) this season. Darvish has surrendered 12 earned runs in his previous four appearances and 26 frames of work.
New York Mets
The 58-35 Mets finished the first half of the 2022 season atop of the NL East, just two and a half games ahead of the Atlanta Braves. They’ve gone 8-4 in their previous 12 games overall and are 11-6 with a 2.36 ERA and .234/.312/.392 triple-slash in July.
The Mets’ relievers have combined to throw 57.2 innings so far this month. They’ve done a good job, racking up a 2.34 ERA, 3.18 FIP, and .260 BABIP to go with an excellent 10.3 K/9 and 2.2 BB/9.