San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 9/15/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Friday, September 15, 2023

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

The Colorado Rockies (53-92) will take on the San Francisco Giants (75-71) at Coors Field on Friday. The expected starting pitchers are Keaton Winn and Peter Lambert.

As a unit, the San Francisco Giants are notching 4.3 runs per contest, which is 21st in baseball. They have accounted for 630 runs and have an OBP of .316. The Giants have compiled 238 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 160 balls out of the stadium. They have 608 RBI's as well as 1,183 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average sits at .241. San Francisco owns a slugging percentage of .392 and have been called out on strikes 1,354 times, while drawing a walk on 479 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.36 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.25. Giants pitchers have allowed 159 home runs and also 637 runs (12th in the league). San Francisco has surrendered 1,251 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 574 earned runs. The Giants are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.99 so far this year (11th in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,237 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 368 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.94 as a unit for the season.

The Giants relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 64.4% and has stepped onto the mound in 145 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 190 base runners on the year with 32.6% of those runners earned a run for their team. Giants relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 138 times in addition to having 153 appearances in high leverage situations. The Giants have dispatched 452 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. The bullpen have notched 70 holds so far this year (23rd in baseball). They have 47 saves so far this season and have blown 26 out of their 73 save opportunities.

The Seattle Mariners have earned a total of 3,888 putouts this season, in addition to 1,455 assists and 101 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .981 which ranks 29th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 128 double plays. The Giants have converted 68.1% of balls hit into play into outs in their 11,664 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 25th in the majors.

Winn has pitched in 33 innings and has 25 strikeouts during his career. Winn (1-2 mark in his career) has a FIP of 3.83 while he has faced 133 hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.55 (13 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.000. He has given up 27 hits (7.4 hits per nine innings) and has 6 walks.

Colorado is sitting with 142 long balls for the year as well as 610 runs batted in. They have 271 two-baggers, while getting a free base 399 times and scoring 640 runs. The Colorado Rockies have an OBP of .309 and a team batting average of .248 for the year. The Rockies have a team slugging percentage of .401 and they score 4.41 runs per contest (19th in MLB). They have struck out on 1,372 occasions (3rd in the league) and have 1,216 base knocks.

The Rockies have a WHIP of 1.536 in addition to having a FIP of 5.24 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They come in at 30th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,429. The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 857 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 5.66 (795 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 7.10 (995 strikeouts vs 513 walks). They have surrendered 212 homers and they concede 6.10 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league).

With 115 save situations, the Rockies have accrued 53 holds and also 31 blown saves. Colorado has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 60 save chances and they have tallied 29 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 137 times in high leverage situations in addition to 141 occasions with runners on. Colorado relievers hold an inherited score rate of 38.2% out of their 233 inherited runners. They rank 27th in baseball with a save rate of 48.3%, and they have sent 483 relief pitchers to the hill for the year.

The Colorado Rockies have turned 153 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (15th in pro baseball). The Rockies have recorded 1,367 assists, 75 errors and are sitting with 3,793 putouts so far this year. In 11,379 innings played, the Rockies have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 67.1% (29th in pro baseball).

Lambert (6-14 career win-loss mark) holds a 6.47 earned run average while giving up 11.1 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.98 and he has gone up against 825 batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has allowed 131 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.590 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.8. In his pro baseball career, Lambert has surrendered 224 base hits while he has totaled 131 K's in 182 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Francisco

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