NL West rivals crash on Sunday Night Baseball as the Los Angeles Dodgers (74-33) host the San Diego Padres (61-49) in the series finale, with the first pitch set for 7:08 p.m. Los Angeles is listed as the -135 favorite (risk $135 to win $100) on the money line in the latest Padres vs. Dodgers odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over-under for total runs scored is 8.5 (see up-to-date'odds for every game this week on our MLB odds page).
Before making any Padres vs. Dodgers picks, you NEED to check out the MLB predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every MLB game 10,000 times, and it enters Week 18 on a 20-14 roll on top-rated'MLB picks, returning almost $400 for $100 players. This is the same model that pegged the 2021 Atlanta Braves at 10-1 as one of three best bets to win it all last season. Anybody who has followed it has seen profitable returns.
The model knows San Diego's newly acquired first baseman Josh Bell is a nice offensive addition. Bell owns natural run-producing abilities as a switch hitter. The 29-year-old can smack the ball into the gaps and out of the yard with consistency. He's batting .301 with 14 dingers and 58 RBIs. On Aug. 4, he went 2-for-3 with two base hits, and one run was driven in.'