San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 6/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Friday, June 17, 2022

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

Coors Field is the site where the Colorado Rockies (27-36) will take on the San Diego Padres (40-24) on Friday. The men taking the mound are MacKenzie Gore and Kyle Freeland.

The Padres have tallied 112 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 52 balls out of the stadium. San Diego has a slugging percentage of .376 and have been called out on strikes 538 times, while being walked on 226 occasions. As a squad, the San Diego Padres are scoring 4.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 9th in MLB. They have accounted for 293 RBI's in addition to 528 hits so far this year, while their average at the plate sits at .242. They have a total of 303 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .318.

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The Padres hold a team ERA of 3.33 on the season (5th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 570 batters. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.94 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.14. Padres pitchers have relinquished 54 long balls and 231 runs (4th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 194 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.53 as a team over the course of the season.

The Padres bullpen have recorded a save rate of 67.7% and has come into the game in 69 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 72 runners so far this year and 47.2% of those runners earned a run for their team. Padres relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 51 times as well as having 79 appearances in high leverage situations. The Padres have dispatched 189 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season. The bullpen have tallied 34 holds on the campaign (17th in baseball). They have earned 21 saves for the season and have missed out on 10 of 31 save opportunities.

The San Diego Padres have a total of 1,730 putouts thus far, as well as 602 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .991 which is 1st in professional baseball, and have a total of 54 double plays. The Padres have converted 72.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 5,190 innings, which has them sitting 3rd in the majors.

Gore has thrown 50 innings and has accumulated 60 strikeouts during his MLB career. His ERA is 2.50 (14 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.192. He has given up 39 hits (7.0 hits per nine innings) and has 21 free passes. Gore (4-2 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 2.39 and he has gone up against 207 opposing hitters in the majors.

The Rockies have a team slugging percentage of .388 and they earn 4.48 runs per contest (13th in the league). They have hit 101 doubles, while walking 185 times as well as scoring 282 runs. Colorado has accumulated 54 home runs this year to go along with 265 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 505 occasions (20th in the league) and have earned 559 hits. The Colorado Rockies have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .320 as well as a team batting average of .257 so far this season.

The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.451 in addition to having a FIP of 4.17 as a staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.22 (458 strikeouts vs 206 walks). They are sitting at 29th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 605. They have yielded 62 long balls and they allow 5.62 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB). The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 349 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 5.01 (311 earned runs relinquished).

Colorado bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 38.2% out of 89 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 76 times in high leverage situations and also on 53 occasions with runners on. With 50 save situations, the Rockies have earned 26 holds in addition to 6 blown saves. They sit at 3rd in baseball holding a save rate of 75.0%, and they have dispatched 205 relief pitchers to the mound this season. Colorado has called on relievers to enter the game in 24 save opportunities and they have converted 18 saves.

The Colorado Rockies have turned 63 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (29th in baseball). The Rockies have accrued 623 assists, 52 errors and have accounted for 1,677 putouts on the campaign. In 5,031 innings on the diamond, the Rockies have a defensive efficiency of 66.2% (30th in professional baseball).

Freeland (42-45 career record) has a 4.21 earned run average while giving up 9.5 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.19 and he has gone up against 3,116 hitters during his career. He has allowed a total of 337 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.408 and a FIP of 4.5. So far in his career, Freeland has conceded 758 hits while he has accumulated 558 K's in 719 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego

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