Padres vs. Athletics Prediction, Odds, Picks - April 8

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Brent Rooker and the Athletics face the San Diego Padres on Tuesday at Sutter Health Park. Dylan Cease will be on the mound for San Diego, with first pitch at 10:05 p.m. ET. The Padres are the favorite in this one, at -146, while the underdog Athletics have +123 odds to play spoiler. The Padres are a 1.5-run favorite (at +116 odds). The matchup’s total is listed at 8.5 runs.

Here is everything you need to know from a betting perspective on the Padres-Athletics game, regarding the run line, moneyline and total, plus expert picks.

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Padres vs. Athletics Game Information & Odds

When: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10:05 p.m. ET
Where: Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California
How to watch on TV: NBCS-CA and SDPA

Favorite Favorite Moneyline Underdog Moneyline Total Over Total Odds Under Total Odds Run Line Favorite Run Line Odds Underdog Run Line Odds Padres -146 +123 8.5 -109 -111 -1.5 +116 -138

Padres vs. Athletics Prediction

Score Prediction: Padres 6, Athletics 4
Total Prediction: Over 8.5 runs
Win Probabilities: Padres 58%, Athletics 42%

Padres vs. Athletics Betting Insights

The Padres have been favored in five games this season and picked up the win in all of them.
The Padres have played as a favorite of -146 or more twice this season and won both games.
The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 59.3% chance of a victory for the Padres.
The Athletics have been underdogs in eight games this season and have come away with the win three times (37.5%) in those contests.
This season, the Athletics have come away with a win one time in four chances when named as an underdog of at least +123 or worse on the moneyline.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Athletics have a 44.8% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.

Padres Player Insights

Fernando Tatis Jr. has a double, a home run and six walks while batting .368.
Tatis’ home runs put him 82nd in the majors, and he ranks 52nd in RBI.
Jackson Merrill has hit three home runs with 10 RBI while hitting .378. Those stats all lead his team.
Merrill ranks 17th in homers and 13th in RBI in the majors.
Manny Machado has three doubles and three walks while batting .316.
Machado will look to build on his two-game hitting in this game. In his last five games he is batting .300 with two walks.
Luis Arraez is hitting .256 with a double, a home run and two walks.
Arraez is riding a two-game hitting streak into this one. In his last five games he is hitting .429 with a double, a home run, a walk and three RBI.

Athletics Player Insights

Tyler Soderstrom leads the Athletics in home runs (four), runs batted in (eight) and has put up a team-high batting average of .359.
In all of the big leagues, Soderstrom ranks sixth in home runs and 29th in RBI.
Soderstrom takes a hitting streak of three games into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .350 with a double, a home run, two walks and four RBI.
Jacob Wilson is hitting .351 with two doubles and two home runs.
Wilson is 42nd among all hitters in the majors in home runs, and 42nd in RBI.
Shea Langeliers is hitting .250 with three home runs and six walks.
Lawrence Butler has three doubles, a home run and six walks while hitting .289.