Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 5/13/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres

Date: Monday, May 13, 2024

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+180) San Diego (-215)

The Colorado Rockies (11-28) are traveling to Petco Park on Monday where they will attempt to defeat the San Diego Padres (21-21). The moneyline on this game has the Rockies at +180 while the Padres are at -215. The total comes in at 8.5. The men taking the mound are Peter Lambert and Randy Vasquez.

As a team, the Colorado Rockies are scoring 3.9 runs per game, which has them at 23rd in the league. They have racked up 150 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .305. The Rockies have accumulated 66 two-baggers as a team and have hit 30 balls out of the park. They have earned 142 RBI's in addition to 322 base knocks on the campaign, while their average at the plate is at .245. Colorado is slugging .377 and have been called out on strikes 386 times, while drawing a walk on 104 occasions.

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The Rockies have compiled a team ERA of 5.35 on the year (30th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 256 hitters. Rockies pitchers have allowed 41 home runs and also 219 runs (29th in MLB). They have walked 148 batters and their FIP comes in at 4.61 as a team this season. Colorado has given up 376 base hits (9.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 203 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.73 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.54.

The Rockies relievers have a save percentage of 62.5% and has stepped onto the mound in 17 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 59 base runners on the season with 39.0% of them ended up crossing the plate. Rockies bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 37 times in addition to having 33 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rockies have dispatched 112 relievers to the mound this season. The relief pitchers are sitting with 9 holds this year (30th in baseball). They have recorded 5 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 3 out of their 8 chances to save the game.

The Rockies have transformed 67.3% of balls hit into play into outs in their 3,072 innings, which has them sitting at 27th in pro baseball. The Colorado Rockies have amassed 1,024 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 410 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .986 which has them sitting 9th in MLB, and they have turned 36 double plays.

Lambert has taken the mound for 206 innings and has earned 151 K's in his career. Lambert (8-16 career mark) has earned a FIP of 5.63 and he has gone up against 934 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 6.60 (151 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.602. He has given up 255 hits (11.1 hits per 9 innings) and has 75 free passes.

San Diego has a total of 42 home runs this year as well as 191 runs batted in. They have 65 doubles, while taking a walk 127 times as well as putting up 200 runs. The San Diego Padres have earned an on-base percentage of .319 as well as a batting average of .255 this year. The Padres have a SLG% of .398 and they score 4.76 runs per outing (9th in MLB). They have been rung up on 316 occasions (21st in baseball) and have totaled 364 base hits.

The Padres hold a team WHIP of 1.239 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.19 as a staff so far this year. They sit at 19th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 325. The San Diego pitching staff have surrendered 188 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.06 (168 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.70 (359 strikeouts vs 136 free passes). They have relinquished 49 homers and they concede 4.55 runs per 9 innings (19th in MLB).

Sitting with 37 save situations, the Padres have amassed 19 holds and 5 blown saves. San Diego has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 17 save opportunities and they have come away with 12 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 39 times in high leverage situations and on 49 occasions with base runners. San Diego bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 37.0% of 73 inherited base runners. They rank 9th in MLB holding a save percentage of 70.6%, and they have dispatched 141 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the season.

In their 3,351 innings on the diamond, the Padres hold a defensive efficiency of 71.1% (8th in MLB). The San Diego Padres have gotten 33 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (11th in pro baseball). The Padres have recorded 337 assists, 21 errors and have amassed 1,117 putouts so far this season.

Vasquez (2-3 career win-loss record) has a 3.26 ERA while conceding 8.3 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.10 and he has faced 220 opposing hitters in his career. He has surrendered a total of 18 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.349 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.1. During his pro baseball career, Vasquez has surrendered 46 base hits while he has totaled 44 punch outs in 49 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Diego (-215)

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