San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 9/19/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Monday, September 19, 2022

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

The Colorado Rockies (63-82) welcome the San Francisco Giants (69-76) at Coors Field on Monday. The expected starting pitchers are Jakob Junis and Chad Kuhl.

San Francisco has a slugging % of .384 and have been called out on strikes 1,303 times, while being walked on 512 occasions. They have recorded 600 RBI's and 1,108 hits on the campaign, and their batting average is sitting at .230. The Giants have accumulated 230 doubles as a team and have smacked 161 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 628 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .313. As a team, the San Francisco Giants are scoring 4.3 runs per game, which is 16th in MLB.

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The Giants are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.89 on the season (13th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,219 hitters. They have a K/BB ratio of 3.09 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.28. Giants pitchers have relinquished 125 long balls in addition to 632 runs (18th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 394 hitters and their FIP is 3.51 as a team so far this year.

Giants bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 128 times in addition to having 146 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 69 holds on the year (20th in the league). The Giants relievers have a save percentage of 62.3% and has stepped onto the mound in 125 save situations. They have recorded 33 saves this year and have missed out on 20 of their 53 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 185 base runners on the campaign and 33.5% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Giants have sent 508 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season.

The Giants have transformed 67.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 11,520 innings on the field, which has them sitting 29th in pro baseball. The San Francisco Giants have accumulated 3,840 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,385 assists and 91 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .983 which has them sitting 27th in MLB, and have 110 double plays.

Junis has thrown 613 innings and is sitting with 553 punch outs in his pro baseball career. Junis (33-41 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 4.59 while going up against 2,639 batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.71 (321 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.328. He has surrendered 649 base hits (9.5 hits per nine innings) with 165 free passes.

The Colorado Rockies are sitting with an on-base percentage of .318 and a team batting average of .256 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 1,160 occasions (23rd in the league) and have 1,270 hits. Colorado is sitting with 133 home runs on the season to go along with 615 RBIs. The Rockies hold a team slugging % of .399 and they score 4.44 runs per game (12th in baseball). They have put up 255 doubles, while walking 407 times as well as scoring 644 runs.

The Colorado pitching staff have yielded 777 runs on the year while having an ERA of 5.02 (712 earned runs given up). They have relinquished 166 long balls and they allow 5.48 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.440 in addition to having a FIP of 4.44 as a team on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.14 (1,036 strikeouts vs 485 free passes). They have a ranking of 30th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,353.

Colorado bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 34.5% of 194 inherited base runners. Their relievers have come in 165 times in high leverage situations and on 119 occasions with runners on base. With 114 save situations, the Rockies have 57 holds in addition to 18 blown saves. They are ranked 12th in MLB with a save rate of 68.4%, and they have dispatched 444 relief pitchers onto the field for the season. Colorado has called on relievers to take the mound in 57 save opportunities and they have converted 39 saves.

In 11,487 innings on the diamond, the Rockies have a efficiency on defense of 67.5% (30th in professional baseball). The Colorado Rockies have turned 144 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (25th in the majors). The Rockies have 1,458 assists, 91 errors and are sitting with 3,829 putouts this year.

In his MLB career, Kuhl has allowed 562 base knocks while he has earned 492 strikeouts in 563 frames. Kuhl (31-39 career record) has earned a 4.64 ERA and has allowed 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 290 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.437 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.99 and he has faced 2,447 opposing hitters so far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Francisco

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