Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 4/1/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres

Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Bally Sports San Diego

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+190) San Diego (-225)

The San Diego Padres (89-73 last season) will try to beat the Colorado Rockies (68-94 last year) at Petco Park on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has Colorado at +190 and San Diego is coming in at -225. The total has been set at 9. The starting pitchers are Jose Urena and Michael Wacha.

As a team, the Colorado Rockies put up 4.3 runs per game, which was 16th in baseball. They accumulated 698 runs and held an on-base percentage of .315. The Rockies hit 280 two-baggers as a team and hit 149 balls out of the park. They amassed 669 RBI's and 1,408 base knocks during the previous year, while their team batting average finished at .254. Colorado had a slugging rate of .398 and struck out 1,330 times, while drawing a walk on 453 occasions.

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Rockies pitchers allowed 184 home runs in addition to 873 total runs (30th in the league). They walked 539 opposing batters and their FIP was 4.38 as a team over the course of last season. Their K/BB ratio was 2.20 and the pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.44. The Rockies had an earned run average of 5.07 over the course of last year (30th in baseball), and the staff rung up 1,187 hitters.

Rockies relief pitchers entered the game with runners on base 135 times in addition to having 182 outings in high leverage situations. The bullpen earned 65 holds in the previous season (26th in the league). The Rockies relief pitchers compiled a save rate of 67.2% and entered the game in 130 save situations. They recorded 43 saves last year and blew 21 of their 64 save opportunities. The bullpen inherited 224 base runners over the course of the prior season and 35.3% of them ended up scoring. The Rockies sent 497 relief pitchers to the mound during the previous year.

The Rockies converted 67.3% of balls in play into outs out of 12,828 innings, which had them sitting 30th in MLB. The Colorado Rockies had a tally of 4,276 putouts for the previous season, in addition to 1,592 assists and 99 errors. Their fielding rate was at .983 which had them sitting 26th in baseball, and had a total of 154 double plays.

Urena has pitched in 794 innings and has accumulated 536 punch outs in his MLB career. Urena (39-62 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.77 while he has gone up against 3,444 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.80 (424 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.401. He has given up 820 hits (9.3 hits per 9 innings) with 293 walks.

The Padres had a team SLG% of .382 and they had an average of 4.35 runs per outing (13th in MLB). They had 276 two-baggers, while getting a free base 574 times and recording 705 runs. San Diego recorded 153 home runs last year to go along with 682 runs batted in. They struck out on 1,327 instances (22nd in the league) and were sitting with 1,318 base knocks. The San Diego Padres accounted for an on-base percentage of .318 in addition to a team batting average of .241 in the previous season.

The Padres had a WHIP of 1.200 and had a FIP of 3.82 as a unit during the previous year. Their K/BB ratio came in at 3.10 (1,451 strikeouts vs 468 walks). They had a ranking of 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,263. They yielded 173 home runs and they relinquished 4.12 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The San Diego pitching staff conceded 660 runs over the course of the prior season while having an ERA of 3.81 (611 earned runs relinquished).

Ending the season with 145 save situations, the Padres accumulated 70 holds in addition to 22 blown saves. San Diego had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 70 save chances and they recorded 48 saves. Their relievers came in 162 times in high leverage situations and on 127 occasions with base runners. San Diego bullpen pitchers held an inherited score percentage of 40.0% out of their 200 inherited runners. They were sitting at 9th in the league holding a save rate of 68.6%, and they sent 488 relievers to the hill last year.

In their 12,990 innings on the field, the Padres accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (8th in pro baseball). San Diego Padres turned 116 double plays and earned a fielding percentage of .987 (8th in MLB). The Padres had 1,362 assists, 76 errors and notched a total of 4,330 putouts over the course of the prior season.

Wacha (74-50 career record) has a 4.05 earned run average and has allowed 8.9 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.76 and he has gone up against 4,892 batters in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 519 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.307 and a FIP of 4.1. During his MLB career, Wacha has surrendered 1,138 hits while totaling 1,021 strikeouts in 1,153 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado (+190)

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