Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 3/31/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres

Date: Friday, March 31, 2023

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+150) San Diego (-175)

The Colorado Rockies (68-94 last year) are hitting the road to Petco Park on Friday where they will try to defeat the San Diego Padres (89-73 last season). The line on this contest has Colorado at +150 while San Diego is coming in at -175. The total is set at 9. The starting pitchers are Kyle Freeland and Nick Martinez.

The Rockies accumulated 280 doubles as a unit and smacked 149 balls out of the park. Colorado had a slugging rate of .398 and struck out 1,330 times, while being walked on 453 occasions. As a team, the Colorado Rockies scored 4.3 runs per game, which had them at 16th in MLB. They had 669 runs batted in as well as 1,408 base knocks over the course of last season, and their team batting average sat at .254. They earned a total of 698 runs scored and held an on-base percentage of .315.

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The Rockies had an ERA of 5.07 last season (30th in the league), and the staff struck out 1,187 batters. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 2.20 and their pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.44. Rockies pitchers surrendered 184 home runs and 873 runs in total (30th in MLB). Their pitching staff walked 539 batters and their FIP finished at 4.38 as a squad for the prior year.

Rockies bullpen pitchers came into the game with runners on 135 times in addition to having 182 games in high leverage situations. The relievers notched 65 holds last year (26th in baseball). The Rockies relief pitchers accumulated a save rate of 67.2% and came into the game in 130 save situations. They accumulated 43 saves over the course of last season and blew 21 out of their 64 save chances. The relievers inherited 224 base runners for the prior year with 35.3% of those runners crossed the plate. The Rockies dispatched 497 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the prior season.

The Colorado Rockies had a tally of 4,276 putouts during the previous year, in addition to 1,592 assists and 99 errors. Their fielding percentage finished at .983 which put them in 26th in the majors, and accumulated 154 double plays. The Rockies turned 67.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 12,828 innings, which ranked them 30th in professional baseball.

Freeland has taken the mound for 828 innings and has earned 641 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Freeland (49-51 career record) holds a FIP of 4.47 while he has faced 3,590 batters in the majors. His ERA is 4.27 (393 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.407. He has allowed 880 base hits (9.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 286 walks.

San Diego was sitting with 153 home runs for the prior year to go along with 682 RBIs. They tallied 276 doubles, while walking 574 times and scoring 705 runs. The San Diego Padres earned an on-base percentage of .318 as well as a batting average of .241 over the course of last year. The Padres held a team slugging % of .382 and they scored 4.35 runs per contest (13th in the league). They struck out on 1,327 occasions (22nd in baseball) and earned 1,318 base hits.

The Padres held a team WHIP of 1.200 and were the owners of a FIP of 3.82 as a team for the previous season. Their strikeout to walk ratio came in at 3.10 (1,451 strikeouts vs 468 walks). They finished at 9th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,263. They surrendered 173 long balls and they surrendered 4.12 runs per 9 innings (10th in MLB). The San Diego pitching staff given up 660 runs in the prior season while holding a team ERA of 3.81 (611 earned runs surrendered).

San Diego called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 70 save chances and they earned 48 saves. They were ranked 9th in the league with a save percentage of 68.6%, and they sent 488 relief pitchers onto the diamond last season. Their bullpen pitchers came in 162 times in high leverage situations and also on 127 occasions with base runners. San Diego relievers held an inherited score percentage of 40.0% out of their 200 inherited base runners. Ending the season with 145 save situations, the Padres accumulated 70 holds in addition to 22 blown saves.

In 12,990 innings played, the Padres finished with a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (8th in baseball). San Diego Padres turned 116 double plays and held a fielding percentage of .987 (8th in pro baseball). The Padres recorded 1,362 assists, 76 errors and had 4,330 putouts over the course of last year.

Martinez (21-34 career win-loss record) holds a 4.50 ERA and has allowed 9.5 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.76 and he has gone up against 2,273 hitters during his MLB career. He has allowed 261 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.417 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.2. During his pro baseball career, Martinez has surrendered 550 base knocks while accumulating 332 strikeouts in 521 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+150)

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