Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 7/28/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Sunday, July 28, 2024

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: Rockies.TV

Oracle Park is the location where the San Francisco Giants (49-55) will take on the Colorado Rockies (38-65) on Sunday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Austin Gomber and Jordan Hicks.

The Rockies have accounted for 180 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 115 balls out of the stadium. Colorado owns a slugging percentage of .405 and have been called out on strikes 984 times, while being walked on 293 occasions. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are notching 4.3 runs per game, which ranks them 16th in the league. They have tallied 426 runs batted in as well as 863 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .247. They have accounted for 445 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .309.

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The Rockies have an ERA of 5.50 on the season (30th in the league), and they have struck out 696 batters. Rockies pitchers have relinquished 129 home runs in addition to 602 runs (30th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 360 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.76 as a squad this year. Colorado has conceded 1,034 base knocks (10.2 per 9 innings) as well as 559 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.93 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.53.

The Rockies bullpen have recorded a save rate of 51.2% and stepped onto the hill in 77 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 165 base runners for the season and 37.6% of those players ended up scoring. Rockies bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 105 times in addition to having 104 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rockies have dispatched 304 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The relievers have racked up 36 holds this season (30th in baseball). They have accumulated 21 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 20 of their 41 save opportunities.

The Colorado Rockies are sitting with 2,742 putouts this season, in addition to 1,026 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .987 which puts them in 7th in professional baseball, and have 101 double plays. The Rockies have converted 67.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 8,226 innings, which has them sitting at 30th in the majors.

Gomber has taken the mound for 588 innings and has earned 461 strikeouts during his career. Gomber (32-34 mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.79 while facing 2,514 opposing batters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.87 (318 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.369. He has given up 614 hits (9.4 hits per nine innings) and has 191 free passes.

San Francisco has recorded 102 HRs this season to go along with 431 RBIs. They have 173 two-baggers, while taking a walk 349 times and scoring 452 runs. The San Francisco Giants have recorded an OBP of .314 as well as a team batting average of .242 for the year. The Giants have a SLG% of .388 and they average 4.35 runs per contest (15th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 878 instances (13th in the league) and have earned 850 hits.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.352 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.93 as a staff this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.60 (877 strikeouts against 325 free passes). They rank 28th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 911. They have conceded 103 home runs and they give up 4.76 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The San Francisco pitching staff have yielded 484 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.43 (450 earned runs relinquished).

San Francisco relievers have an inherited score percentage of 38.0% out of their 121 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 102 times in high leverage situations and on 83 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 102 save situations, the Giants have accumulated 65 holds and 16 blown saves. They rank 27th in MLB holding a save percentage of 54.3%, and they have dispatched 365 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 35 save opportunities and they have earned 19 saves.

The San Francisco Giants have gotten 98 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .985 (18th in pro baseball). The Giants have recorded 1,044 assists, 58 errors and have a total of 2,744 putouts so far this season. Out of their 8,232 innings played, the Giants have a efficiency on defense of 67.1% (29th in MLB).

So far in his MLB career, Hicks has surrendered 279 hits while he has totaled 345 strikeouts in 341 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 148 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.327 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.98 and he has gone up against 1,469 hitters during his career. Hicks (15-28 win-loss mark in his career) holds a 3.90 ERA and has allowed 7.4 hits per nine innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado

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