Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 9/8/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Friday, September 8, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+164) San Francisco (-198)

The Colorado Rockies (51-88) are traveling to Oracle Park on Friday where they will go up against the San Francisco Giants (70-70). The moneyline on this matchup has Colorado at +164 and San Francisco is priced at -198. The over/under is 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Ty Blach and Kyle Harrison.

Colorado has a slugging percentage of .400 and have struck out 1,318 times, while taking a walk on 384 occasions. They have tallied 582 runs batted in and 1,166 hits so far this season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .248. The Rockies have accumulated 262 doubles as a unit and have hit 135 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 611 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .309. As a unit, the Colorado Rockies are notching 4.4 runs per outing, which puts them at 18th in the league.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.94 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.53. Rockies pitchers have yielded 202 long balls and 821 runs (30th in MLB). Colorado has surrendered 1,359 base knocks (10.1 per 9 innings) as well as 759 earned runs. The Rockies have a team earned run average of 5.63 for the year (30th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 958 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 494 opposing players and their FIP sits at 5.23 as a team so far this year.

The Rockies have dispatched 463 relievers to the mound this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 219 runners so far this year and 37.9% of them crossed the plate. They have compiled 27 saves on the campaign and have blown 28 out of their 55 chances to save the game. The Rockies bullpen have recorded a save rate of 49.1% and stepped onto the hill in 107 save situations. The relievers have tallied 50 holds this season (30th in MLB). Rockies bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 134 times in addition to having 129 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rockies have converted 67.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 10,920 innings, which has them sitting at 29th in pro baseball. The Colorado Rockies have earned 3,640 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,316 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .985 which has them ranked 16th in baseball, and have accumulated 149 double plays.

Blach has taken the ball for 424 innings and has accumulated 235 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 5.00 (236 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.446. He has surrendered 482 hits (10.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 132 free passes. Blach (19-23 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.42 while facing 1,833 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues.

San Francisco is sitting with 149 HRs on the season to go along with 573 runs batted in. They have 227 two-baggers, while getting a free base 456 times as well as scoring 594 runs. The San Francisco Giants have recorded a team OBP of .312 as well as a batting average of .237 so far this season. The Giants have a team SLG% of .385 and they score 4.24 runs per contest (23rd in baseball). They have been rung up on 1,318 occasions (4th in MLB) and have totaled 1,116 base hits.

The San Francisco pitching staff have given up 613 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 4.05 (558 earned runs yielded). They have yielded 155 homers and they concede 4.45 runs per 9 innings (14th in MLB). The Giants have a WHIP of 1.256 in addition to having a FIP of 3.98 as a unit over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.60 (1,189 strikeouts against 356 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 21st in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,201.

With 139 save situations, the Giants have earned 67 holds in addition to 25 blown saves. San Francisco has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 70 save chances and they have converted 45 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 144 times in high leverage situations in addition to 130 occasions with runners on base. San Francisco relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 32.6% of 178 inherited base runners. They are ranked 13th in the league with a save percentage of 64.3%, and they have dispatched 431 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the campaign.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 124 double plays and have a fielding rate of .982 (29th in pro baseball). The Giants have recorded 1,380 assists, 96 errors and have earned 3,720 putouts on the season. In 11,160 innings on the diamond, the Giants hold a defensive efficiency of 68.0% (25th in the majors).

Thus far in his career, Harrison has given up 14 base knocks and he has 21 strikeouts in 15 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 8 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.239 and having a FIP of 5.9. His K/BB ratio is 4.20 and he has gone up against 64 opposing batters so far in his career. Harrison (1-1 career record) is the owner of a 4.70 ERA while conceding 8.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+164)

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