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Progressive Field, Cleveland
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Sun 16 Aug 2026, 2:41 PM ET
San Diego Padres
VS
Cleveland Guardians

San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction & Picks

Our model graded 70 markets for San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians and backs Cleveland Guardians -3 hardest, a long shot, and $100 on it returns about $518.

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Game markets graded
50
Props graded
The model's one call for this gamethe prediction, first Free
Cleveland Guardians
to win by more than 3 runs
Cleveland Guardians -3 Spread
You bet$10 If it wins$51.80Best price+418
Our confidenceLong-shot
Chance to win35.0%
The price says19.3%

The model graded 70 markets for San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians (MLB) and this is the one it backs hardest — a long shot. A $100 bet returns about $518 if it lands. This one is free — every other market and all player props are Pro. Tip-off Sun 16 Aug 2026, 2:41 PM ET at Progressive Field.

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The rest of this game's boardgraded market by market
Spread Cleveland Guardians -3 Long-shot35% chance +418
Spread Members only Long-shot28% chance Members
Total Runs Members only Long-shot35% chance Members
Moneyline Members only Lean46% chance Members
Pitcher - Hits Allowed × 2 props Highup to 88% Members
Batter - Hits + Runs + RBIs × 9 props Highup to 86% Members
Batter - Hits × 3 props Highup to 83% Members
Batter - Singles × 11 props Highup to 88% Members
Batter - Total Bases × 6 props Highup to 86% Members
Pitcher - Walks × 1 prop Highup to 82% Members
Batter - Runs Scored × 6 props Highup to 89% Members
Batter - Walks × 8 props Highup to 96% Members
Pitcher - Earned Runs × 2 props Highup to 81% Members
Batter - RBIs × 2 props Highup to 93% Members
High = 60%+ chance to win · Lean = 40–60% · Long-shot = under 40%

San Diego Padres and Cleveland Guardians last met on Sun 16 Aug 2026: San Diego Padres won 5-0. Their next game gets a fresh preview here the moment it is priced. Today's board: every MLB game priced right now.

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Spread
Cleveland Guardians
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Calibrated model vs market

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Injuries & who's out

Injuries & availability

San Diego Padres

  • Rodolfo Duran COut
  • Ramon Laureano LFOut
  • Luis Rengifo LFOut
  • Lucas Giolito SPOut
  • Bryan Hoeing RPOut

Cleveland Guardians

  • Kahlil Watson RFOut
  • Colin Holderman RPOut
  • Andrew Walters RPOut
Availability updated Oct 22, 5:30PM UTC · refreshed roughly every 4 hours.

Weather & injury impact for this fixture

Conditions · who's out · how it moves the number
For San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians: Ballpark wind and temperature can swing the run total, though the live per-park feed isn't wired into this page yet, and 8 players are listed out or questionable across both sides.
FactorThis fixture
Ballpark weatherWind and temperature at the park move run totals, but our ballpark weather module is pending a file-to-table persistence job.
Availability8 listed out or questionable (see Who's out above)

General rule: wind blowing out and warm air help the ball carry (more runs and home runs), while wind in and cold air suppress scoring; the starting pitchers listed above are the single biggest driver of the run total.

Ballpark weather module pending a file-to-table persistence job (owner). We won't show a wind/temperature number until it's persisted to the database.

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Player props

GOOD PRICE in green
PlayerTeamStat
Tanner Bibee Pitcher - Hits Allowed
Xander Bogaerts SDP Batter - Hits + Runs + RBIs
Gavin Sheets CHW Batter - Hits
Jackson Merrill Batter - Singles
Jackson Merrill Batter - Hits + Runs + RBIs

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Betting angles

Markets & form
MoneylineCleveland GuardiansNo line posted
3-2L5 record
L5 RF3.2L5 RA3.0Home L53-2vs San Diego Padres L52-3

Cleveland Guardians moneyline form: last five 3-2, 3.2 runs/gm.

Run LineCleveland Guardians run lineNo line posted
3-2L5 record
L5 RF3.2L5 RA3.0Home L53-2vs San Diego Padres L52-3

Cleveland Guardians spread form: last five 3-2, 3.2 runs/gm.

Total RunsGame total · Cleveland Guardians vs San Diego PadresNo line posted

Cleveland Guardians total runs form: last five 3-2, 3.2 runs/gm.

Team Total RunsCleveland Guardians team totalNo line posted
2.7runs we expect
L5 RF3.2L5 RA3.0Home L53-2vs San Diego Padres L52-3

Cleveland Guardians team total runs form: last five 3-2, 3.2 runs/gm.

San Diego Padres @ Cleveland Guardians — what the model found

Our model graded 70 betting markets for San Diego Padres at Cleveland Guardians — 20 on the game itself and 50 on individual players. One pick is free on this page.

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Game markets graded
50
Player bets graded

The model checked every betting market for this game and graded 70 of them. One pick is free on this page — the one the model likes most. Scroll down to see it.

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San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians — recent results

Cleveland Guardians have won 1 of their last 5 games; San Diego Padres have won 2 of their last 5.

Cleveland Guardians — last 5
ResultScoreOpponentWhere
L3–7TBAway
L3–7TBHome
L1–3TBHome
W3–2TBHome
L1–3TBAway
San Diego Padres — last 5
ResultScoreOpponentWhere
L1–3MILHome
W4–3MILHome
L2–3MILAway
L3–4MILAway
W4–1CHCHome

San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians — recent meetings

These two have met 5 times recently: Cleveland Guardians won 2, San Diego Padres won 3.

DateCleveland GuardiansSan Diego PadresWinner
Aug 1605San Diego Padres
Aug 1561Cleveland Guardians
Aug 1457San Diego Padres
Mar 1458San Diego Padres
Mar 771Cleveland Guardians

Who’s out or in doubt

8 players are listed as out or in doubt for this game.

Cleveland Guardians
PlayerStatus
Kahlil Watson RFOUT
Colin Holderman RPOUT
Andrew Walters RPOUT
San Diego Padres
PlayerStatus
Rodolfo Duran COUT
Ramon Laureano LFOUT
Luis Rengifo LFOUT
Lucas Giolito SPOUT
Bryan Hoeing RPOUT

The full availability report — with what each missing player means for the bets — is further down this page.

San Diego Padres @ Cleveland Guardians — model preview

Our San Diego Padres at Cleveland Guardians prediction for August 17, 2026, plus every bet we like in the game and how confident we are in each.

On August 17, 2026 our model has run San Diego Padres at Cleveland Guardians and priced every market it can. Our strongest call is Rhys Hoskins (PHI) Under 0.5 RBIs (-294), which we rate HIGH confidence. We walk through all 6 bets we like in this game below. Everything below is our own number against the price the book is offering, written in plain English with how confident we are in words.

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About this matchup

How we read the game

This page tracks the Bet Better model's pick history and predictions for San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians in the MLB. You may also see this matchup written as Padres vs Guardians, or as Guardians vs Padres. The most recent game between them was Sunday 16 August 2026 at Progressive Field. The model has generated 20 game picks and 50 player props for this matchup. Review the picks and historical data above to guide your MLB betting strategy for this matchup.

San Diego Padres vs Cleveland Guardians head-to-head record

Final scores · 18 meetings on record
San Diego Padres 12–6 across the last 18 meetings · these games average 9.1 runs (meetings on record since 2023)

Last meeting: Sun 16 Aug 2026, San Diego Padres at Cleveland Guardians: the Padres won 5-0.

DateGameScoreWinner
16 Aug 2026San Diego Padres @ Cleveland Guardians0–5San Diego Padres
15 Aug 2026San Diego Padres @ Cleveland Guardians6–1Cleveland Guardians
14 Aug 2026San Diego Padres @ Cleveland Guardians5–7San Diego Padres
14 Mar 2026Cleveland Guardians @ San Diego Padres8–5San Diego Padres
7 Mar 2026San Diego Padres @ Cleveland Guardians7–1Cleveland Guardians
2 Apr 2025Cleveland Guardians @ San Diego Padres5–2San Diego Padres
1 Apr 2025Cleveland Guardians @ San Diego Padres7–0San Diego Padres
31 Mar 2025Cleveland Guardians @ San Diego Padres7–2San Diego Padres
22 Mar 2025San Diego Padres @ Cleveland Guardians12–8Cleveland Guardians
8 Mar 2025Cleveland Guardians @ San Diego Padres7–2San Diego Padres

Table shows the last 10 — the record above counts all 18 meetings on file.

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