San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 9/22/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Thursday, September 22, 2022

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

Coors Field is the location where the Colorado Rockies (64-84) will go up against the San Francisco Giants (71-77) on Thursday. The starting pitchers will be Sean Hjelle and Jose Urena.

San Francisco is slugging .385 and have struck out 1,340 times, while taking a walk on 523 occasions. They have recorded 618 runs batted in and 1,138 hits for the year, and their batting average sits at .231. The Giants have accrued 240 doubles as a team and have knocked 164 baseballs out of the park. They have earned a total of 647 runs while having a team OBP of .314. As a unit, the San Francisco Giants are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which puts them at 16th in MLB.

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The Giants have a team earned run average of 3.88 over the course of the season (12th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,241 batters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.06 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.28. Giants pitchers have surrendered 126 home runs and 646 runs in total (17th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 405 hitters and their FIP is 3.51 as a team for the year.

The Giants relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 63.6% and stepped onto the hill in 129 save situations. The relievers have inherited 194 base runners this season with 33.0% of those players earned a run for their team. Giants relief pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 135 times as well as having 153 appearances in high leverage situations. The Giants have dispatched 523 relievers to the hill on the season. The relief pitchers have recorded 71 holds this season (20th in the league). They have earned 35 saves so far this year and have blown 20 of their 55 save opportunities.

The San Francisco Giants have accounted for 3,927 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,423 assists and 95 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .983 which puts them in 27th in the majors, and they have turned 115 double plays. The Giants have turned 67.5% of baseballs in play into outs in their 11,781 innings, ranking them 27th in MLB.

Hjelle (0-2 career record) holds a FIP of 3.61 while he has faced 80 hitters in the majors. He has conceded 27 base hits (15.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 5 free passes. His earned run average is 8.44 (15 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 2.000. Hjelle has taken the ball for 16 frames and has totaled 18 K's in his career.

The Rockies have a SLG% of .400 and they are scoring 4.45 runs per contest (11th in baseball). They have notched 261 doubles, while taking a walk 418 times as well as putting up 658 runs. Colorado has accounted for 135 home runs so far this season to go along with 629 RBIs. They have been rung up on 1,188 instances (22nd in baseball) and have tallied 1,302 hits. The Colorado Rockies have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .318 in addition to a batting average of .257 for the year.

The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 796 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.03 (729 earned runs allowed). They have allowed 170 homers and they concede 5.49 runs per 9 innings (30th in MLB). The Rockies hold a team WHIP of 1.438 in addition to having a FIP of 4.44 as a pitching staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.16 (1,064 strikeouts against 492 free passes). They sit at 30th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,383.

Sitting with 120 save situations, the Rockies have 61 holds and 19 blown saves. Colorado has had relief pitchers enter the game in 59 save opportunities and they have walked away with 40 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 172 times in high leverage situations and on 123 occasions with base runners. Colorado relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 34.2% of 199 inherited base runners. They rank 11th in the league with a save rate of 67.8%, and they have sent 455 relievers to the mound for the year.

In their 11,739 innings on the field, the Rockies have a defensive efficiency of 67.5% (30th in pro baseball). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 147 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (26th in MLB). The Rockies have racked up 1,487 assists, 94 errors and have earned a total of 3,913 putouts this season.

So far in his MLB career, Urena has conceded 804 base knocks while accumulating 520 strikeouts in 778 frames. Urena (39-60 win-loss mark in his career) holds a 4.85 earned run average while allowing 9.3 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 419 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.404 and a FIP of 4.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.81 and he has gone up against 3,376 batters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Francisco

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