San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 9/23/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Friday, September 23, 2022

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

The Colorado Rockies (64-85) are hosting the San Diego Padres (83-66) at Coors Field on Friday. The expected starting pitchers are Yu Darvish and Ryan Feltner.

San Diego has a slugging percentage of .382 and have been rung up 1,194 times, while taking a walk on 525 occasions. They have 627 RBI's as well as 1,201 hits on the season, while their batting average sits at .241. The Padres have compiled 251 doubles as a team and have hit 141 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 648 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .318. As a team, the San Diego Padres are knocking in 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 14th in MLB.

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The Padres have compiled a team earned run average of 3.87 this season (11th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,316 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 418 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.83 as a team on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.15 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.21. Padres pitchers have yielded 160 home runs in addition to 612 runs in total (10th in the league).

The Padres bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 71.4% and has entered the game in 131 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 185 runners this year with 40.0% of them ended up crossing the plate. Padres pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 115 times in addition to having 146 appearances in high leverage situations. The Padres have sent 435 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have recorded 64 holds on the season (24th in the league). They have recorded 45 saves so far this year and have blown 18 of their 63 save opportunities.

The Padres have turned 70.2% of balls in play into outs out of their 11,835 innings, ranking them 9th in MLB. The San Diego Padres have 3,945 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,252 assists and 72 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .986 which is 9th in professional baseball, and have 110 double plays.

Darvish (94-74 career record) has earned a FIP of 3.46 while going up against 6,053 opposing hitters in the majors. He has given up 1,182 base hits (7.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 477 free passes. His earned run average is 3.50 (574 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.124. Darvish has taken the hill for 1,476 innings and has accounted for 1,774 K's so far in his pro baseball career.

The Colorado Rockies have recorded an on-base percentage of .318 and a team batting average of .257 so far this year. They have been called out on strikes on 1,188 instances (22nd in the league) and have earned 1,302 base hits. Colorado has compiled 135 home runs this season to go along with 629 runs batted in. The Rockies hold a team slugging % of .400 and they tally 4.45 runs per game (11th in baseball). They have recorded 261 doubles, while walking 418 times and earning 658 runs.

The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.438 and have a FIP of 4.44 as a staff this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.16 (1,064 strikeouts against 492 walks). They have a ranking of 30th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 1,383. They have allowed 170 homers and they allow 5.49 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Colorado pitching staff have given up 796 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 5.03 (729 earned runs relinquished).

Colorado has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 59 save opportunities and they have walked away with 40 saves. They sit at 11th in MLB with a save rate of 67.8%, and they have sent 455 bullpen pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 172 times in high leverage situations and on 123 occasions with runners on base. Colorado bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 34.2% of 199 inherited runners. Sitting with 120 save situations, the Rockies have accumulated 61 holds and also 19 blown saves.

In 11,739 innings played, the Rockies hold a efficiency on defense of 67.5% (30th in the majors). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 147 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (26th in baseball). The Rockies have 1,487 assists, 94 errors and have a total of 3,913 putouts during this campaign.

Feltner (3-9 career win-loss mark) holds a 6.44 earned run average and has given up 10.0 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.29 and he has gone up against 390 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. He has conceded a total of 62 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.500 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.3. So far in his MLB career, Feltner has conceded 96 base hits while earning 78 K's in 86 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego

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