Padres vs Guardians Prediction, Odds, Picks - Apr. 2
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The Padres have a veteran core, multiple key players approaching free agency and other teams circling with trade interest.
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Fernando Tatis Jr. leads the Padres with one home runs while putting up a team-best batting average of .409.
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Tatis Jr. leads the Padres in hits (7), runs (5), stolen bases (3), and home runs (1) this season. The 26-year-old has been a major reason why San Diego has gone 4-0 so far. The 2025 MLB season carrie...
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The San Diego Padres are 5-0 for the first time in franchise history after beating the Cleveland Guardians 7-2 on Monday night.
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Kolek will go to Triple-A El Paso to stay on a starter's schedule in case anyone else gets dinged up. At some point Darvish (elbow) and knuckleballer Matt Waldron (oblique) are expected to re-join the club. When they're healthy the Padres hope to have enough depth to make it through the grind of a 162-game season.
They are not going undefeated this season. They won’t get 10 hits every night. Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill will not continue to hit .400 for six months. The bullpen will eventually allow a run again.
The San Diego Padres are off to not just an electric start in 2025, but a historic one for this organization. More news: Padres Predicted to Make 6-Player Bloc
However, the amazing start has been overshadowed by San Diego's signing of 21-year-old center fielder Jackson Merrill to a nine-year, $135 million extension on Wednesday, keeping him with the team through 2035.
After having elbow inflammation, the San Diego Padres will be without right-hander Yu Darvish to start the season.
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Padres star OF could take next step toward superstardom in 2025San Diego Padres star outfielder Jackson Merrill sees himself reaching new heights in 2025. Per MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell, Merrill had this to say about how he sees his game evolving next season (h/t San Diego Padres on SI’s Gabe Smallson):
Ben Lively made an emergency opening day start for the Guardians on March 27 in Kansas City. Scheduled starter Tanner Bibee was stricken with food poisoning and Lively arrived from the team’s spring training site in Goodyear,
MLB player prop bets and odds for Jackson Merrill on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, as the San Diego Padres take on the Cleveland Guardians.
Right-hander Nick Pivetta'sSan Diego Padres debut went just about perfectly. On Sunday night at Petco Park, Pivetta suffocated the Atlanta Braves with seven shutout innings in which he allowed one hit,
The Guardians and Padres wrap up their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon at Petco Park. First pitch is at 4:10 p.m. Eastern. While the game will be streamed on CleGuardians.TV, several streaming services will also broadcast the game live,
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