San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 7/14/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Thursday, July 14, 2022

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-140) Colorado (+120)

Coors Field is the location where the Colorado Rockies (39-49) will try to beat the San Diego Padres (50-39) on Thursday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Padres at -140 while the Rockies are coming in at +120. The total comes in at 12. The pitchers expected to start will be Blake Snell and Kyle Freeland.

San Diego is slugging .373 and have been called out on strikes 739 times, while taking a walk on 310 occasions. They have accrued 374 runs batted in as well as 724 hits this year, while their average at the plate sits at .240. The Padres have compiled 155 doubles as a unit and have knocked 73 baseballs out of the stadium. They are sitting with 387 runs and hold an OBP of .316. As a squad, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.4 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 15th in MLB.

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Padres pitchers have yielded 87 home runs in addition to 350 runs in total (9th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 273 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.73 as a unit this season. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.90 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.18. The Padres are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.67 this season (7th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 792 batters.

The Padres have sent 251 relievers to the mound on the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 102 runners on the season with 41.2% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have recorded 29 saves for the season and have not converted 13 of their 42 save opportunities. The Padres bullpen have earned a save percentage of 69.0% and has entered the game in 85 save situations. The relievers are sitting with 39 holds for the year (23rd in the league). Padres bullpen pitchers have entered the game with players on base 71 times as well as having 93 appearances in high leverage situations.

The San Diego Padres have a total of 2,368 putouts this season, in addition to 802 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .990 which has them ranked 2nd in baseball, and have accumulated 66 double plays. The Padres have turned 71.5% of baseballs in play into outs in their 7,104 innings on the field, ranking them 5th in baseball.

Snell has taken the mound for 731 frames and has earned 879 K's during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.50 (284 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.261. He has given up 596 hits (7.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 326 free passes. Snell (50-41 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.57 while he has gone up against 3,045 batters during his time in the majors.

The Rockies have a team slugging percentage of .401 and they tally 4.44 runs per game (14th in MLB). They have hit 149 two-baggers, while walking 256 times and notching 391 runs. Colorado has compiled 82 HRs for the year as well as 371 runs batted in. They have struck out on 682 occasions (24th in MLB) and have tallied 775 base knocks. The Colorado Rockies hold a team on-base percentage of .320 in addition to a team batting average of .257 this year.

The Rockies are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.434 with a FIP of 4.36 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They come in at 30th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 827. The Colorado pitching staff have conceded 468 runs for the season while having an ERA of 4.94 (425 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.15 (610 strikeouts vs 284 walks). They have surrendered 96 long balls and they surrender 5.43 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league).

Sitting with 65 save situations, the Rockies have recorded 33 holds and 7 blown saves. Colorado has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 32 save chances and they have walked away with 25 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 95 times in high leverage situations in addition to 68 occasions with runners on. Colorado relievers hold an inherited score rate of 33.3% out of 114 inherited base runners. They are ranked 3rd in the league with a save percentage of 78.1%, and they have dispatched 273 relievers onto the field on the campaign.

In 6,894 innings played, the Rockies have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 67.5% (30th in the majors). The Colorado Rockies have turned 85 double plays and have a fielding rate of .982 (29th in the majors). The Rockies have racked up 853 assists, 59 errors and have 2,298 putouts for the year.

So far in his pro baseball career, Freeland has allowed 792 hits while he has tallied 576 strikeouts in 751 frames. He has given up a total of 356 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.402 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.20 and he has faced 3,251 hitters so far in his MLB career. Freeland (44-47 mark in his career) has earned a 4.26 ERA while allowing 9.5 hits per nine innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+120)

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