Cardinals vs. Padres Player Props | Yadier Molina | Tuesday

Claudio Fortuna
Updated: September 20, 2022 2:08 PM

The St. Louis Cardinals visit the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, taking the field at 9:40pm ET on Tuesday September 20th. The St. Louis Cardinals are 0.5-run underdogs in the game, and the Over/Under is set at 8 runs.

Welcome to the BestOdds betting breakdown where we identify performance trends in order to analyze teams’ chances in the upcoming game.

Today, we are looking at St. Louis Cardinals player Yadier Molina as the Cardinals face the San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball action.

The Padres and Cardinals have met three times this season, with the Padres winning none and the Cardinals winning three times. Their most recent matchup on June 1, 2022 ended 5-2 with the St. Louis Cardinals taking the win.

Yadier Molina Season Stats

  • Games Played: 72 | Home Runs: 5 | RBI: 22 | Runs: 19 | Batting Average: .222 | OBP: .243 | SLG: .315 | OPS: .558.
  • Molina’s Hits line for tonight’s matchup vs. San Diego Padres is set at 0.5 which is 0.26 less than than his season average of 0.76.
  • Molina’s Runs Scored line for tonight’s matchup vs. San Diego Padres is set at 0.5 which is 0.24 more than than his season average of 0.26.
  • Molina’s RBIs line for tonight’s matchup vs. San Diego Padres is set at 0.5 which is 0.19 more than than his season average of 0.31.
  • Molina’s Home Runs line for tonight’s matchup vs. San Diego Padres is set at 0.5 which is 0.43 more than than his season average of 0.07.

Yadier Molina Stats vs. San Diego

AB HR RBI R AVG OBP SLG OPS
8 0 1 0 .125 .125 .250 .375
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Yadier Molina Notable Teammates

Name GP HR RBI R AVG OBP SLG OPS
Yadier Molina 72 5 22 19 .222 .243 .315 .558
Nolan Arenado 137 29 98 70 .296 .358 .543 .901
Paul Goldschmidt 139 35 112 103 .322 .411 .599 1.010
Brendan Donovan 113 4 40 55 .282 .391 .373 .764
Dylan Carlson 114 8 39 49 .240 .316 .387 .703

The The San Diego Padres are 3-2 in their last five games, while the St. Louis Cardinals are heading into this matchup with a record of 3-2 in their last five contests.

The Cardinals’ 87-61 record in 2022 puts them in 1st place in the NL Central with a 44-24 division record and 4th place in the National League with a 77-51 league record.

The San Diego Padres are 81-66, sitting in 2nd place in the NL West with a 36-31 division record and 5th place in the National League with a 74-56 league record.

San Diego Padres Stat Rankings

STAT Rank
Team ERA 3.90 17
Team Batting Avg .240 19
HR 140 20
RBI 622 12
R 643 13
OBP .318 8
SLG .382 23
OPS .700 17

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