Braves vs Padres: Game 4, prediction, odds and picks

Braves vs Padres: Game 4, prediction, odds and picks | March 30, MLB 2025

Modified Mar 30, 2025 13:54 GMT

The Braves seek their first win of the season against the Padres (Getty)

The Atlanta Braves are yet to register a win to start the 2025 season. The National League East mainstays have gotten off to a sluggish start with key players like Ronald Acuna Jr., Spencer Strider and Sean Murphy still out injured.

On the other hand, business is booming for the San Diego Padres. In spite of the ugly ownership battle, the team has started the year with three straight wins.

Braves vs Padres recent form and records

Atlanta finished the 2024 season with an 89-73 record, good for the fifth seed in the National League. As a result, the two teams met during the 2024 postseason with San Diego earning the fourth seed with a 93-69 clip.

San Diego swept Atlanta in the National League Wild Card Series, 2-0. The Friars would then face the eventual World Series champion Dodgers in the divisional round. They would give the Dodgers a run for their money as they went the full five games before ultimately losing.

Players to watch

Starting Pitchers

ATL: AJ Smith-Shawver (1-0, 3.64 ERA) vs SD: Nick Pivetta (56-71, 4.76 ERA) (career stats)

Must-watch Hitters

Atlanta Braves

Surprisingly enough, former Padre Jurickson Profar has the most hits collected this year for Atlanta. He has three base hits in 12 at-bats and is batting .250, a far better average than the majority of his teammates.

San Diego Padres

Second-year Padre Jackson Merrill is off to a sensational start to the year. The 2024 All-Star and Silver Slugger has four RBIs on five base hits in just nine at-bats. In a team filled with stars left and right, Merrill has cemented his place as the team's core piece for the future.

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Braves vs Padres Baseball betting odds

Sunday, 3/30	Money Line	Run Line	Total Runs
ATL	+104	+1.5, -202	O 7.5, -127
SD	-123	-1.5, +164	U 7.5, +102

Braves vs Padres expert picks and game prediction

Even though the Braves are still searching for their first win, the injury-embattled squad has managed to keep the games against the Padres competitive. Atlanta has compiled seven runs against San Diego's 12 through three games.

On the other hand, the Padres are seemingly on cruise control. The team has taken advantage of the opposition's lack of healthy stars. Jackson Merrill, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jake Cronenworth have led the charge in the team's batting order.

Given Atlanta's situation, expect San Diego to sweep in the series.

Run Line: -1.5, +164

Total Runs: U 7.5, +102

Prediction: SD W, 4-1

About the author

Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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