Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 7/9/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Sunday, July 9, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Oracle Park is where the San Francisco Giants (47-40) will take on the Colorado Rockies (33-55) on Sunday. The expected starting pitchers are Kyle Freeland and Logan Webb.

The Rockies have tallied 175 doubles as a unit and have smacked 78 balls out of the stadium. Colorado is slugging .401 and have been called out on strikes 793 times, while taking a walk on 247 occasions. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are earning 4.4 runs per contest, which is 20th in baseball. They have accounted for 369 RBI's in addition to 759 base knocks so far this year, and their average at the plate is at .255. They have notched a total of 385 runs and have an on-base percentage of .316.

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The Rockies have a team ERA of 5.81 over the course of the season (29th in the league), and the staff has struck out 639 hitters. Rockies pitchers have given up 131 home runs and also 532 total runs (29th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 338 hitters and their FIP is 5.31 as a squad so far this year. Colorado has relinquished 859 hits (10.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 494 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.89 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.57.

Rockies relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 82 times in addition to having 66 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 23 holds on the season (30th in the league). The Rockies bullpen have earned a save rate of 61.3% and stepped onto the hill in 56 save situations. They have 19 saves over the course of the season and have blown 12 of their 31 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 140 runners for the season and 35.0% of those players earned a run for their team. The Rockies have sent 286 relief pitchers to the hill for the season.

The Colorado Rockies have a total of 2,294 putouts this season, in addition to 836 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which has them ranked 22nd in baseball, and have 91 double plays. The Rockies have transformed 66.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of 6,882 innings on the field, which has them ranked 29th in the majors.

Freeland has taken the mound for 925 frames and has racked up 704 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.34 (446 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.410. He has given up 988 base hits (9.6 hits per nine innings) and has 317 walks. Freeland (53-60 record in his career) has a FIP of 4.53 while going up against 4,006 batters in the majors.

San Francisco has a total of 102 HRs for the year and 399 runs batted in. They have hit 148 doubles, while taking a walk 299 times and putting up 408 runs. The San Francisco Giants have tallied an OBP of .324 and a team batting average of .248 on the year. The Giants hold a slugging % of .406 and they average 4.69 runs per game (10th in the league). They have struck out on 837 occasions (3rd in MLB) and have earned a total of 734 base knocks.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.262 in addition to having a FIP of 3.91 as a team so far this season. They come in at 20th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 742. The San Francisco pitching staff have surrendered 377 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 3.94 (339 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.90 (763 strikeouts vs 235 free passes). They have yielded 90 home runs and they allow 4.38 runs per 9 innings (12th in baseball).

Sitting with 84 save situations, the Giants have earned 40 holds and also 9 blown saves. San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 42 save chances and they have earned 33 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 81 times in high leverage situations and also on 76 occasions with runners on. San Francisco bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 27.3% of 110 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 2nd in the league with a save rate of 78.6%, and they have dispatched 266 relievers onto the diamond over the course of the season.

In their 6,972 innings on the diamond, the Giants have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 67.7% (27th in pro baseball). The San Francisco Giants have gotten 81 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .980 (30th in professional baseball). The Giants have recorded 857 assists, 64 errors and have accumulated 2,324 putouts so far this year.

So far in his career, Webb has given up 517 base hits and he has 521 K's in 551 innings. Webb (38-26 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.46 ERA while conceding 8.4 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 212 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.202 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.57 and he has faced 2,274 opposing 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

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