{"id":360671,"date":"2025-08-02T15:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T19:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=360671"},"modified":"2025-08-02T15:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T19:35:50","slug":"cardinals-vs-padres-predictions-august-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/cardinals-vs-padres-predictions-august-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals vs. Padres SGP predictions Aug. 2: San Diego should extend win streak to seven games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With eyes on a seventh consecutive win, the San Diego Padres host the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> St. Louis sends Michael McGreevy to the mound to face San Diego for a second time in seven days. The Padres torched McGreevy for seven runs over 4.2 innings last time, and they&#8217;re favoured to win the rematch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Cardinals vs. Padres <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">predictions<\/a>, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/brendan_donovan\/batting-stats\">Brendan Donovan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/ryan_o_hearn\/batting-stats\">Ryan O&#8217;Hearn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cardinals vs. Padres predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Padres ML | Donovan over 0.5 hits | O&#8217;Hearn over 1.5 bases (+370)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Padres moneyline (-148)<\/a>:<\/strong> The Padres have pushed their chips in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General manager A.J. Preller was busy at the trade deadline, as he often is, added to the rotation, the bullpen and the heart of San Diego&#8217;s lineup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flurry of activity was a vote of confidence in a squad that has now won six games in a row, sitting just 3.0 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Diego has looked like a dangerous team lately, posting the best ERA since the all-star break (2.68). The Padres are eighth in wRC+ in that span, too (114).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the same timeframe, St. Louis is 18th in ERA (4.43) and 24th in wRC+ (87).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cardinals have lost five of their past six games, and three of those defeats came against the Padres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since May 1, San Diego is 12-3 with starter Randy Vasquez on the mound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:116555\">Embed: #116555<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-10146156-2d6b-49a8-b097-37743fd550b5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/baseball\/mlb?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLB SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Donovan over 0.5 hits<\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>(-275)<\/a>: <\/strong>Donovan has been cold at the plate in the past week or so, but I still think he&#8217;s a promising choice to get a hit on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The left-hitting infielder will have a platoon advantage vs. Vasquez, who has allowed a .276 BA and an .833 OPS to LHHs this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donovan is batting .312 with an .838 OPS vs. RHPs. He also has a hit in 70 of 102 games this year (68.6%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Baseball Savant, Donovan has a .296 xBA (94th percentile).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\"><strong><strong><strong>O&#8217;Hearn over 1.5 total bases<\/strong><\/strong> (+128)<\/strong>:<\/a><\/strong> Tonight should be O&#8217;Hearn&#8217;s first start for San Diego after the team traded for him on deadline day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What the Padres traded for is a power bat that can really punish right-handed pitching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O&#8217;Hearn cashed this bet in each of his final four starts for Baltimore. He has a .293\/.385\/.488 slash line vs. RHPs this year, and all 13 of his homers have come against righties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McGreevy, who uses all three fastball variations, throws fastballs about 65% of the time to left-hitting players. That&#8217;s good news for this prop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O&#8217;Hearn is slugging .550 \u2014 with a .643 xSLG \u2014 against fastballs from righties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cardinals vs. Padres predictions made at 3:15 p.m. ET on 08\/02\/2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"thestar\">Looking to get started? <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNzQxMyZsPTEzNTI3NDExJnA9MjMyNDM%3D\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With eyes on a seventh consecutive win, the San Diego Padres host the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. The pregame narrative: St. Louis sends Michael McGreevy to the mound to face San Diego for a second time in seven days. 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