Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 5/18/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+130) San Francisco (-154)

Oracle Park is where the San Francisco Giants (20-25) will try to beat the Colorado Rockies (15-28) on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has the Rockies at +130 and the Giants are at -154. The over/under is 7. The expected starting pitchers will be Ty Blach and Jordan Hicks.

As a team, the Colorado Rockies are scoring 4.0 runs per outing, which ranks them 20th in MLB. They have 172 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .306. The Rockies have accumulated 72 doubles as a team and have hit 35 baseballs out of the park. They have compiled 164 RBI's as well as 360 base knocks this year, and their team batting average is .247. Colorado is slugging .381 and have been called out on strikes 418 times, while being walked on 113 occasions.

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The Rockies are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.03 over the course of the season (30th in MLB), and they have rung up 278 hitters. Rockies pitchers have relinquished 44 home runs in addition to 227 runs in total (29th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 169 opposing players and their FIP is 4.58 as a unit over the course of the season. Colorado has relinquished 404 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and also 211 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.64 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.52.

The Rockies bullpen have a save percentage of 72.7% and has come into the game in 25 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 62 base runners for the season and 38.7% of them ended up scoring. Rockies relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 39 times as well as having 37 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rockies have sent 124 relievers to the hill this year. The relievers have tallied 14 holds so far this year (30th in baseball). They have earned 8 saves this season and have missed out on 3 out of their 11 chances to save the game.

The Rockies have turned 67.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of 3,396 innings, which has them sitting at 27th in MLB. The Colorado Rockies have accounted for 1,132 putouts so far this season, in addition to 456 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which has them ranked 7th in the majors, and have accumulated 45 double plays.

Blach (21-26 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 4.51 and he has gone up against 2,021 hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 540 base knocks (10.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 144 free passes. His ERA is 5.09 (264 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.466. Blach has thrown 466 innings and has racked up 264 strikeouts so far in his career.

San Francisco has knocked in 39 home runs for the season to go along with 160 RBIs. They have tallied 63 doubles, while walking 134 times as well as scoring 169 runs. The San Francisco Giants have an on-base percentage of .305 and a team batting average of .238 on the year. The Giants hold a team SLG% of .366 and they are earning 3.76 runs per outing (24th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 361 occasions (16th in baseball) and are sitting with 354 hits.

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.372 in addition to having a FIP of 3.85 as a team for the year. They are currently ranked 29th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 398. The San Francisco pitching staff have surrendered 215 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 4.56 (199 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.30 (364 strikeouts against 141 bases on balls). They have conceded 40 homers and they yield 4.92 runs per 9 innings (25th in baseball).

San Francisco relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 46.0% out of their 50 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 35 times in high leverage situations in addition to 34 occasions with base runners. With 35 save situations, the Giants have earned 22 holds and also 6 blown saves. They are currently ranked 25th in the league holding a save percentage of 53.8%, and they have sent 147 relief pitchers onto the field over the course of the season. San Francisco has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 13 save chances and they have walked away with 7 saves.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 45 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (19th in MLB). The Giants have accrued 473 assists, 28 errors and have amassed 1,179 putouts for the year. In their 3,537 innings on the field, the Giants hold a efficiency on defense of 66.7% (29th in baseball).

Hicks (14-22 career record) has earned a 3.61 earned run average while conceding 6.9 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.97 and he has gone up against 1,237 batters during his MLB career. He has surrendered 117 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.273 and having a FIP of 3.6. So far in his MLB career, Hicks has surrendered 222 base hits while totaling 294 K's in 291 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take San Francisco (-154) and under 7 runs

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