Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 4/12/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres

Date: Saturday, April 12, 2025

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Padres.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+125) San Diego (-150)

The Colorado Rockies (2-9) are en route to Petco Park on Saturday where they will take on the San Diego Padres (10-3). The moneyline on this contest has Colorado at +125 while San Diego is sitting at -150. The betting total comes in at 9. The starting pitchers will be Kyle Freeland and Kyle Hart.

As a unit, the Colorado Rockies are notching 3.0 runs per game, which ranks them 30th in baseball. They have accounted for 33 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .300. The Rockies have earned 18 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 8 baseballs out of the park. They have amassed 32 runs batted in and 87 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average is .232. Colorado has a slugging % of .355 and have been called out on strikes 121 times, while taking a walk on 32 occasions.

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The Rockies hold a team earned run average of 5.16 for the season (28th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 74 batters. Rockies pitchers have yielded 17 long balls and 66 total runs (26th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 34 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.88 as a unit on the year. Colorado has yielded 117 hits (11.0 per 9 innings) as well as 55 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.18 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.57.

The Rockies have sent 40 relievers to the hill on the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 27 runners this year and 40.7% of those players earned a run for their team. They have earned 2 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 3 of 5 save opportunities. The Rockies relievers have recorded a save percentage of 40.0% and has come into the game in 11 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 6 holds on the campaign (21st in baseball). Rockies pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 16 times in addition to having 14 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rockies have turned 64.3% of balls in play into outs out of their 864 innings, which has them sitting 30th in pro baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have accounted for 288 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 122 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .974 which has them ranked 29th in MLB, and have accumulated 12 double plays.

Freeland has pitched in 1,116 innings and has earned 835 K's in his career. Freeland (60-75 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 4.40 and he has faced 4,833 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.47 (554 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.410. He has allowed 1,220 hits (9.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 354 free passes.

The Padres have a team SLG% of .413 and they are recording 4.38 runs per contest (13th in MLB). They have recorded 22 doubles, while walking 41 times and scoring 57 runs. San Diego is sitting with 11 long balls for the year to go along with 52 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 86 occasions (27th in the league) and have totaled 124 base knocks. The San Diego Padres have compiled an OBP of .348 in addition to a team batting average of .286 on the season.

The Padres have a team WHIP of 1.184 and have a FIP of 3.90 as a staff for the year. They rank 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 81. The San Diego pitching staff have allowed 43 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.32 (42 earned runs allowed). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.40 (107 strikeouts vs 54 walks). They have yielded 11 home runs and they surrender 3.39 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

Sitting with 19 save situations, the Padres have accumulated 12 holds in addition to 0 blown saves. San Diego has called on relievers to enter the game in 7 save chances and they have tallied 7 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 20 times in high leverage situations and on 11 occasions with base runners. San Diego relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 27.8% of 18 inherited base runners. They are ranked 4th in baseball holding a save rate of 100.0%, and they have sent 48 relievers onto the field on the year.

The San Diego Padres have turned 11 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .984 (18th in the majors). The Padres have recorded 101 assists, 7 errors and have earned 342 putouts so far this year. In their 1,026 innings on the diamond, the Padres hold a defensive efficiency of 74.8% (3rd in the majors).

In his career, Hart has conceded 31 base hits while accumulating 17 strikeouts in 16 frames. He has surrendered 26 ER's while holding a WHIP of 2.840 and having a FIP of 14.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.13 and he has gone up against 94 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. Hart (1-1 career mark) has a 14.44 earned run average and has conceded 17.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Diego (-150)

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