Yu Darvish and Max Scherzer will face off on Friday night as the San Diego Padres visit the New York Mets for the NL Wild Card Series. Check out our top Padres-Mets picks below.
The MLB playoffs are here with the new Wild Card Round format. The Mets are hosting the Padres in a best-of-three series with the winner moving on to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS.
It's shaping up to be a pitcher's duel in New York with Yu Darvish slated to face off against Max Scherzer in Game 1.
Here are my MLB picks and predictions for Friday's Padres vs. Mets Wild Card Game 1 (odds via BetMGM, DraftKings Sportsbook, and Unibet; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).