San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 8/17/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

The San Diego Padres (69-53) are hitting the road to Coors Field on Saturday where they will take on the Colorado Rockies (44-78). The pitchers who are expected to start are Dylan Cease and Bradley Blalock.

The Padres have accounted for 187 doubles as a team and have knocked 139 balls out of the park. San Diego is slugging .418 and have struck out 810 times, while taking a walk on 334 occasions. As a unit, the San Diego Padres are scoring 4.8 runs per game, which is 11th in baseball. They have accumulated 560 runs batted in in addition to 1,105 hits over the course of the season, and their batting average sits at .265. They have 582 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .325.

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The Padres hold a team earned run average of 3.93 on the season (14th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 1,104 batters. Padres pitchers have surrendered 132 home runs and 512 total runs (12th in baseball). They have walked 347 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.81 as a squad so far this season. San Diego has allowed 981 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and also 473 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.18 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.23.

Padres relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 127 times in addition to having 103 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 58 holds on the season (19th in the league). The Padres relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 62.0% and has entered the game in 110 save situations. They have accumulated 31 saves on the season and have blown 19 out of their 50 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 193 base runners on the year with 38.3% of those runners ended up scoring. The Padres have dispatched 405 relievers to the mound this year.

The Padres have turned 69.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,753 innings on the field, which has them ranked 18th in pro baseball. The San Diego Padres have earned a total of 3,251 putouts thus far, as well as 952 assists and 58 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .986 which puts them in 8th in professional baseball, and they have turned 90 double plays.

Cease has taken the hill for 800 frames and has earned 973 punch outs in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.76 (334 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.253. He has conceded 664 hits (7.5 hits per 9 innings) with 339 walks. Cease (54-44 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.70 while he has faced 3,387 opposing hitters in the majors.

The Rockies have a team SLG% of .401 and they average 4.27 runs per game (19th in the league). They have hit 213 doubles, while taking a walk 339 times as well as recording 521 runs. Colorado has recorded 133 HRs over the course of the season as well as 500 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 1,196 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have tallied 1,010 hits. The Colorado Rockies have earned an on-base percentage of .306 in addition to a batting average of .244 for the year.

The Colorado pitching staff have relinquished 718 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 5.59 (669 earned runs conceded). They have yielded 160 long balls and they allow 6.00 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.524 in addition to having a FIP of 4.85 as a pitching staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio is 7.00 (837 strikeouts against 416 free passes). They rank 30th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,224.

Colorado has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 50 save chances and they have converted 27 saves. They rank 27th in the league with a save percentage of 54.0%, and they have dispatched 365 bullpen pitchers onto the field over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 126 times in high leverage situations and also on 120 occasions with runners on base. Colorado bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.7% out of their 185 inherited base runners. Sitting with 95 save situations, the Rockies have compiled 44 holds in addition to 23 blown saves.

The Colorado Rockies have gotten 118 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in MLB). The Rockies have recorded 1,191 assists, 60 errors and have notched a total of 3,230 putouts on the season. Out of their 9,690 innings on the field, the Rockies are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 66.9% (30th in the majors).

So far in his MLB career, Blalock has conceded 6 base knocks while accumulating 4 K's in 6 innings. Blalock (0-0 career mark) has a 4.35 earned run average while surrendering 8.7 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 3 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.129 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.00 and he has gone up against 27 hitters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Colorado

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