Padres vs Cubs Picks and Prediction – 5/6/2024

Cubs vs Padres Prediction

The San Diego Padres open a three-game series on the road Monday versus the Chicago Cubs. San Diego is 18-18 following its 13-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. Newly acquired Luis Arraez had four hits in his debut with the Padres. San Diego has won four straight and is second in the National League West, 4 ½ games behind first place Los Angeles. Make sure you stay up to date with all the MLB action, with our MLB picks.

Jurickson Profar is batting .347 to lead San Diego and has team highs in hits with 41 and on-base percentage at .435. Fernando Tatis Jr is the leader in home runs with seven and Jake Cronenworth is the leader in RBI with 25. San Diego has a team batting average of .258 and slugging percentage of .410. On Monday, San Diego will send Yu Darvish to the mound. The right-hander is 1-1 with a 3.45 ERA, 25 Ks and 10 BBs.

The Chicago Cubs improved to 20-14 following a 6-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. Chicago hit three home runs including a lead-off homer by Nico Hoerner, which was the first of that type in his career. Christopher Morel hit this third home run in three games. Chicago is second in the National League Central, just one game behind first place Milwaukee. 

Nico Hoerner is batting .286 to lead Chicago and has a team high 36 hits, while Christopher Morel is the leader in home runs with seven and RBI with 20. Mike Tauschman is the leader in on-base percentage at .400. Chicago has a team batting average of .236 and slugging percentage of .390. On Monday, Chicago will send Shota Imanaga to the mound. The left-hander is 5-0 with a 0.78 ERA, 35 Ks and 4 BBs.