San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 8/21/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Sunday, August 21, 2022

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

Odds/Point Spread: San Francisco (-135) Colorado (+115)

The Colorado Rockies (52-69) will go up against the San Francisco Giants (59-60) at Coors Field on Sunday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Giants at -135 while the Rockies are at +115. The over/under comes in at 8. The men taking the mound will be Jakob Junis and Kyle Freeland.

As a unit, the San Francisco Giants are knocking in 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 12th in MLB. They have earned a total of 535 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .318. The Giants have earned 197 doubles as a squad and have hit 138 balls out of the stadium. They have accrued 511 runs batted in in addition to 928 hits for the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .235. San Francisco has a slugging percentage of .395 and have struck out 1,037 times, while drawing a walk on 429 occasions.

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The Giants are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.91 on the campaign (16th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,001 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 323 hitters and their FIP sits at 3.52 as a team on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.10 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28. Giants pitchers have surrendered 102 home runs and 519 total runs (18th in the league).

Giants pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 103 times in addition to having 123 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 51 holds on the season (24th in baseball). The Giants relievers have recorded a save rate of 62.5% and has come into the game in 94 save situations. They have tallied 25 saves for the season and have blown 15 of 40 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 155 runners on the year and 34.8% of them earned a run for their team. The Giants have dispatched 415 relievers to the hill so far this year.

The Giants have converted 67.8% of baseballs in play into outs in their 9,462 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 28th in professional baseball. The San Francisco Giants have accounted for 3,154 putouts this year, in addition to 1,131 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which ranks 26th in the majors, and have a total of 86 double plays.

Junis has taken the mound for 586 innings and has 531 punch outs in his pro baseball career. Junis (33-38 career record) holds a FIP of 4.60 and he has gone up against 2,526 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.66 (304 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.326. He has conceded 618 base knocks (9.5 hits per 9 innings) with 160 walks.

The Colorado Rockies have an on-base percentage of .324 in addition to a batting average of .262 for the season. They have been rung up on 941 occasions (23rd in the league) and have tallied 1,086 base hits. Colorado has recorded 108 home runs for the season to go along with 519 RBIs. The Rockies have a team slugging % of .405 and they are recording 4.50 runs per game (11th in baseball). They have tallied 219 doubles, while getting a free base 348 times as well as racking up 544 runs.

The Colorado pitching staff have conceded 658 runs so far this year and come in with a team ERA of 5.07 (600 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 135 homers and they surrender 5.57 runs per 9 innings (29th in baseball). The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.470 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.48 as a unit on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.05 (835 strikeouts against 407 bases on balls). They sit at 30th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,157.

Sitting with 94 save situations, the Rockies have accumulated 48 holds and 13 blown saves. Colorado has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 46 save chances and they have earned 33 saves. Their relievers have come in 131 times in high leverage situations and also on 97 occasions with runners on. Colorado bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 35.2% of 159 inherited runners. They rank 6th in baseball holding a save rate of 71.7%, and they have sent 372 relievers onto the field over the course of the season.

Out of their 9,579 innings played, the Rockies hold a efficiency on defense of 67.1% (30th in MLB). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 125 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (28th in pro baseball). The Rockies have racked up 1,223 assists, 79 errors and have notched a total of 3,193 putouts during this campaign.

In his career, Freeland has given up 831 base knocks and he has 604 strikeouts in 784 frames. Freeland (47-48 career record) is the owner of a 4.30 ERA and has allowed 9.5 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 375 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.407 and a FIP of 4.5. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.21 and he has gone up against 3,397 batters so far in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco (-135)

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