The San Diego Padres (12-12) and Chicago Cubs'(12-9) open up a 3-game set at Wrigley Field Tuesday. First pitch is at 7:40 p.m. ET (MLB Network). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Padres vs. Cubs odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: First meeting; Padres won 5-2 in 2022.
The Padres are hitting their groove, winners of 4 of the last 5 before Monday’s off-day. The crazy thing is they’re doing it despite that OF Fernando Tatis Jr. (.167), OF Juan Soto (.198) and 3B Manny Machado (.220) are failing to hit for a respectable batting average. The Friars are 7-4 on the road thus far.
The Cubs got off to a hot start but lost 3 of 4 to the Dodgers over the weekend. They’ve been playing well on both sides of the field, ranking 2nd in BA (.280) and OPS (.796); and 2nd in OBA (.214), 7th in runs/9 allowed (3.91) and 3rd in pitcher strikeouts (9.83).