Game Time:  8:05 PM ET, Monday, June 13th,  2022 

Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Where to Watch: MLBN Alt.

DraftKings: Moneyline: 

 Caesars: Moneyline:  Padres -135, Cubs +115; O/U 8.5

PointsBet: Moneyline: 

Opening Lines: Padres -120, Cubs +100; O/U 8.5

Padres: 37-24, 2nd place National League West

Cubs: 23-36, 4th place National League Central

A National League matchup between a West team that is contending for 1st place…. And a Central team that is contending for last place.  Both have a good shot at meeting their fate as a result of this game.  The San Diego Padres have had to shelve their manager for a few days after a recent positive Covid test.  They shouldn’t be affected much.  The Cubs could have 3 managers if they wanted it wouldn’t affect them much either.  

The San Diego Padres have won 7 of their last 10 games.  Going 6 Over and 4 Under.  They went 2-2 against the Colorado Rockies, 2-1 against the New York Mets,  and 3-0 against the Milwaukee Brewers.  The Padres are the real deal… beating the Brewers and the Mets in a 5 out of 6 game stretch should put the whole league on notice.  It should also send the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants back to the drawing board.  The NL West will be tight and entertaining all year. The Padres are an average batting team with some hot pitching helping them along to wins. They could go off like a rocket when Fernando Tatis Jr returns to the line-up in late June.  If he raises the level of batting the Padres will have something very special this season.

The Chicago Cubs have won only 3 of their last 10 games.  They are on a 6 game losing streak.  They are really a bottom of the barrel team.  They are circling the drain.  If this were the NBA we would already be talking about how they are “tanking” and ruining the sport.  They went 0-3 against the New York Yankees, 0-1 against the Baltimore Orioles, 2-3 against the St Louis Cardinals, and 1-0 against the Milwaukee Brewers.  

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The Padres are 15th in scoring with 4.39 runs per game, 22nd in batting average with .234, 18th in OBP with .311.

The Cubs are 19th in scoring with 4.29 runs per game, 15th in batting average with .242, and 8th in OBP with .320

The Padres pitchers are 5th in ERA with 3.31, 4th in WHIP with 1.13, and the fielders are ranked 1st in (best) in errors with only 21 on the season so far.

The Cubs pitchers are 26th in ERA with 4.59, 22nd in WHIP with 1.32, and 29th in quality starts with only 11.  

Our prediction for Monday June 13th is…  Padres 5 - Cubs 2

The San Diego Padres will win against the Cubs… If these teams played 100 games in a row… the Cubs would be lucky to get 20 of them.  The Cubs are bad.  So bet the Padres AND the Under.

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Padres’ Pitcher Yu Darvish is 0 Over and 7 Under when the money-line is -100 to -150.

The Padres are +10.8 Units on the moneyline this year (37-23) 

The Cubs are -10.2 Units on the moneyline this year (23-35)

Padres: LF W. Meyers (knee) Out ** SS Fernando Tatis Jr (wrist) Out ** M. Beaty (shoulder) Out

Cubs: 2B N. Madrigal (groin) Out ** 3B D. Bote (shoulder) Out ** LF S. Suzuki (finger) Out

Padres: RHP Yu Darvish, 5-3, 3.61 ERA, 54 strikeouts in 67 innings pitched, 1.01 WHIP.  Yu has been extremely effective for the Padres.

Cubs: LHP Justin Steele, 1-5, 4.79 ERA, 47 strikeouts in 47 innings pitched.  The 26 years old was drafted as a teenager 8 years ago… He made his Big League debut last year.  This season it has been a struggle to find the win column.  With a WHIP and an ERA bordering on laughable Justin may need some more seasoning.

Padres: LF Jurickson Profar, 2B Jake Cronenworth, 3B Manny Machado, DH Luke Voit, 1B Eric Hosmer, RF Nomar Mazara, C Jorge Alfaro, CF Trent Grisham, SS Ha-Seong Kim

Cubs: CF Christopher Morel, C Wilson Contreras, DH Ian Happ, 1B Frank Schwindel, 3B Patrick Wisdom, 2B Jonathan Villar, SS Nico Hoerner, RF Jason Heyward, LF Rafael Ortega

Padres: Bob Melvin… Who will be played by Ryan Christenson as Bob is on the Covid List

Cubs: David Ross

 

Scattered Thunderstorms.  82*, Humidity 69%, wind 12 mph.  The sort of weather that may cause sweaty, damp grossness.  Also the chance of delays and even cancellation is high because of lightning.