San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 9/24/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Saturday, September 24, 2022

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-250) Colorado (+210)

The San Diego Padres (83-67) are traveling to Coors Field on Saturday where they will attempt to beat the Colorado Rockies (64-86). The moneyline on this game has the Padres at -250 while the Rockies are coming in at +210. The over/under is 11. The starting pitchers will be Sean Manaea and Chad Kuhl.

The Padres have accrued 252 doubles as a unit and have knocked 143 baseballs out of the park. San Diego is slugging .381 and have been rung up 1,212 times, while being walked on 534 occasions. As a team, the San Diego Padres are knocking in 4.4 runs per game, which has them at 16th in baseball. They have accounted for 632 runs batted in as well as 1,211 base knocks this season, and their batting average is .240. They have racked up 653 runs and hold an OBP of .317.

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Padres pitchers have allowed 162 home runs and 617 runs in total (10th in the league). They have walked 424 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.82 as a squad so far this season. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.15 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.20. The Padres are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.86 over the course of the season (11th in the league), and the staff has struck out 1,334 batters.

Padres bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 116 times in addition to having 148 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 66 holds on the season (22nd in baseball). The Padres bullpen have a save percentage of 70.8% and has stepped onto the mound in 135 save situations. They have accumulated 46 saves this year and have blown 19 of 65 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 187 base runners for the season with 40.6% of those runners ended up scoring. The Padres have dispatched 441 relievers to the mound on the year.

The San Diego Padres have earned a total of 3,999 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,270 assists and 72 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .987 which has them sitting 9th in baseball, and have accumulated 111 double plays. The Padres have turned 70.3% of balls in play into outs out of 11,997 innings, which has them sitting at 9th in professional baseball.

Manaea has thrown 871 innings and has accounted for 786 strikeouts in his MLB career. Manaea (57-50 career record) holds a FIP of 4.07 while going up against 3,643 hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.08 (395 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.225. He has given up 841 hits (8.7 hits per 9 innings) and has had 226 free passes.

The Rockies have a team SLG% of .399 and they have an average of 4.39 runs per outing (12th in MLB). They have notched 263 two-baggers, while getting a free base 420 times and recording 659 runs. Colorado has a total of 136 home runs for the year to go along with 630 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,202 instances (22nd in baseball) and have totaled 1,317 base knocks. The Colorado Rockies have tallied an on-base percentage of .318 as well as a batting average of .256 over the course of the season.

The Rockies have a WHIP of 1.440 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.41 as a staff over the course of the season. They are sitting at 30th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,408. The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 805 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 5.02 (737 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.18 (1,083 strikeouts vs 496 free passes). They have allowed 171 HR's and they concede 5.48 runs per 9 innings (30th in MLB).

Colorado relievers hold an inherited score rate of 34.0% of 203 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 172 times in high leverage situations and on 125 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 120 save situations, the Rockies have 61 holds and 19 blown saves. They sit at 11th in the league with a save percentage of 67.8%, and they have sent 460 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season. Colorado has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 59 save chances and they have walked away with 40 saves.

In 11,901 innings on the field, the Rockies have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 67.3% (30th in MLB). The Colorado Rockies have turned 151 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (27th in the majors). The Rockies have 1,505 assists, 96 errors and have notched a total of 3,967 putouts this season.

During his MLB career, Kuhl has allowed 570 base knocks while accumulating 498 K's in 567 innings. He has allowed 295 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.441 and having a FIP of 4.8. His K/BB ratio is 2.01 and he has gone up against 2,471 opposing hitters in his pro baseball career. Kuhl (31-39 career mark) has earned a 4.68 ERA and has surrendered 9.0 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego (-250)

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