Padres vs. Cubs Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups April 14, 2025

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Pete Crow-Armstrong leads the Chicago Cubs (11-7) into a contest against the San Diego Padres (13-3) after his two-home run outing in a 4-2 win over the Dodgers. The Padres are moneyline favorites (-164) for this game against the underdog Cubs (+138), which begins at 9:40 p.m. ET on Monday. San Diego has Dylan Cease set to start, and Chicago will counter with Jameson Taillon.

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Padres to win vs Cubs -164

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Padres vs. Cubs betting lines

  • Favorite: Padres (-164)
  • Underdog: Cubs (+138)
  • Over/under: 7.5

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

  • The Padres are 9-1 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 90% of those games).
  • San Diego has played in five games as moneyline favorites with odds of -164 or shorter and won every time.
  • The Padres have a 62.1% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
  • San Diego has played in 16 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total seven times (7-8-1).
  • The Padres have an 11-5-0 record against the spread this season.

Padres hitting info

  • Fernando Tatis Jr. paces the Padres with four home runs and has racked up a team-high batting average of .351.
  • Tatis’ home runs rank 20th in MLB and he ranks 49th in RBI in MLB.
  • Tatis has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .316 with three home runs, a walk and three RBI.
  • Manny Machado is hitting .317 with seven doubles, a home run and six walks.
  • Machado ranks 122nd in homers and 114th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
  • Luis Arraez is hitting .258 with two doubles, a home run and two walks.
  • Arraez brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .217 with .
  • Xander Bogaerts is batting .304 with five doubles and seven walks.

Padres pitching rankings

  • The 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Padres pitching staff ranks 11th in the majors.
  • San Diego has a 2.68 team ERA that ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Padres pitchers combine for the No. 2 WHIP in MLB (1.043).
  • Padres pitchers combine to surrender the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (11 total, 0.7 per game).
  • San Diego took down the Rockies 6-0 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing two hits.

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

  • The Cubs have entered the game as underdogs 10 times this season and won five of those games.
  • This season, Chicago has won two of its three games when it’s the underdog by at least +138 on the moneyline.
  • Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Cubs have a 42% chance to win.
  • Games involving Chicago have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 12 of 18 chances this season.
  • The Cubs have an ATS record of 11-7-0 in 18 games with a spread this season.

Cubs hitting info

  • Kyle Tucker is batting .324 with five home runs and 18 RBI. All three of those stats lead Chicago hitters this season.
  • Tucker ranks seventh in home runs and third in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
  • Tucker has hit safely in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .316 with three doubles, three walks and two RBI.
  • Carson Kelly has 10 hits and an OBP of .595 to go with a slugging percentage of 1.042 this season.
  • Kelly ranks 20th in homers and 13th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
  • Seiya Suzuki has 19 hits this season and a slash line of .292/.390/.538.
  • Michael Busch has 17 hits and an OBP of .393 to go with a slugging percentage of .593 this season.
  • Busch takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .412 with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI.

Cubs pitching rankings

  • The Cubs average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (7.8) in the majors this season.
  • Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.02 ERA this year, which ranks 18th in MLB.
  • The Cubs rank 21st in MLB with a combined 1.346 WHIP this season.
  • The Cubs have given up the 23rd-fewest long balls so far this season with 19 home runs allowed.
  • Last time out, Chicago defeated the Dodgers, 4-2, with 10 strikeouts and seven hits allowed.
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