Its Monday, April 14 and the Cubs (11-7) are in San Diego to take on the Padres (13-3).
Jameson Taillon is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Dylan Cease for San Diego.
Both these teams come into the series playing well. Just up the 405, the Cubs won two of three against the Dodgers outscoring them by a combined 20-2 Saturday and Sunday. The Padres swept the Rockies and shut them out in each of the three games.
Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.
We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.
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Game details & how to watch Cubs at Padres
- Date: Monday, April 14, 2025
- Time: 9:40PM EST
- Site: Petco Park
- City: San Diego, CA
- Network/Streaming: MARQ, SDPA
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Odds for the Cubs at the Padres
The latest odds as of Monday:
- Moneyline: Cubs (+140), Padres (-167)
- Spread: Padres -1.5
- Total: 7.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Cubs at Padres
- Pitching matchup for April 14, 2025: Jameson Taillon vs. Dylan Cease
- Cubs: Jameson Taillon (1-1, 6.06 ERA)
Last outing: 4/8 vs. Texas – 6IP, 3ER, 5H, 1BB, 6Ks - Padres: Dylan Cease (1-1, 7.98 ERA)
Last outing: 4/8 at Athletics – 4IP, 9ER, 9H, 3BB, 4Ks
- Cubs: Jameson Taillon (1-1, 6.06 ERA)
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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Cubs at Padres
- The Cubs are 7-3 in their last 10 games
- Kyle Tucker is hitting .324 with 5 HRs and 18 RBIs this season
- Kyle Tucker was 4-12 (.333) against the Dodgers this past weekend
- The Padres have won 4 in a row
- The Padres have allowed just 1 run in their last 4 games
- The Padres lost 2 of 3 at Wrigley earlier this month to the Cubs
- The Padres have covered in 4 of their last 5 games showing a profit of 2.67 units
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Expert picks & predictions for tonight’s game between the Cubs and the Padres
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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.
Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.
Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Monday’s game between the Cubs and the Padres:
- Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the San Diego Padres on the Moneyline.
- Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Chicago Cubs at +1.5.
- Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 7.0.
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