Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 3/31/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022

Location: Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, AZ

TV: MLBTV

Chad Kuhl and the Colorado Rockies (74-87 last season, 4th in NL West) head to Scottsdale Stadium on Thursday where they'll meet the San Francisco Giants (107-55 last year, 1st in NL West).

As a team, the Colorado Rockies knocked in 4.6 runs per game, which ranked them 10th in MLB. They earned 739 runs and held an on-base percentage of .317. The Rockies hit 275 doubles as a team and hit 182 balls out of the stadium. They tallied 709 runs batted in in addition to 1,338 base knocks for the previous season, while their average at the plate was .249. Colorado had a slugging percentage of .414 and were rung up 1,356 times, while drawing a walk on 491 occasions.

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The Rockies had an earned run average of 4.82 last year (25th in baseball), and their staff struck out 1,269 batters. They walked 539 opposing players and their FIP came in at 4.47 as a unit in the prior season. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 2.35 and their pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.39. Rockies pitchers allowed 196 long balls and 796 runs in total (22nd in the league).

Rockies bullpen pitchers entered the game with players on base 132 times and also had 172 contests in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers tallied 74 holds in the previous season (20th in baseball). The Rockies relievers compiled a save rate of 52.4% and stepped onto the mound in 137 save situations. They recorded 33 saves last year and missed out on 30 of their 63 chances to get a save. The bullpen inherited 213 runners last year with 39.0% of those runners ended up scoring. The Rockies dispatched 543 relievers to the hill over the course of last year.

The Colorado Rockies earned a total of 4,191 putouts during the previous year, in addition to 1,516 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding percentage held steady at .987 which ranked 4th in baseball, and had 140 double plays. The Rockies converted 68.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of 12,573 innings, which ranked them 25th in the majors.

Kuhl has thrown 439 innings and has racked up 395 K's so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.44 (217 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.419. He has given up 429 hits (8.8 hits per 9 innings) with 195 free passes. Kuhl (25-30 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.61 while he has faced 1,900 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The San Francisco Giants accounted for an on-base percentage of .329 in addition to a team batting average of .249 over the course of last season. They were rung up on 1,461 occasions (9th in MLB) and notched a total of 1,360 hits. San Francisco hit 241 home runs for the prior year and 768 runs batted in. The Giants held a slugging % of .440 and they scored 4.96 runs per contest (6th in the league). They tallied 271 doubles, while getting a free base 602 times as well as racking up 804 runs.

The Giants had a WHIP of 1.148 with a FIP of 3.55 as a staff for the prior year. Their strikeout to walk ratio came in at 3.43 (1,425 strikeouts against 416 walks). They were sitting at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,254. They yielded 151 dingers and they relinquished 3.67 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The San Francisco pitching staff surrendered 594 runs over the course of the prior season while having a team ERA of 3.24 (524 earned runs relinquished).

San Francisco bullpen pitchers had an inherited score rate of 33.3% out of their 189 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers stepped onto the mound 213 times in high leverage situations in addition to 130 occasions with runners on. Ending the season with 202 save situations, the Giants recorded 114 holds and 29 blown saves. They were sitting at 6th in baseball holding a save percentage of 65.9%, and they dispatched 599 relievers to the mound last year. San Francisco had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 85 save chances and they earned 56 saves.

Out of their 13,095 innings played, the Giants finished with a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (6th in the majors). San Francisco Giants twisted 122 double plays and accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (7th in MLB). The Giants racked up 1,471 assists, 80 errors and earned 4,365 putouts for the previous season.

So far in his career, Wood has allowed 930 base hits while he has earned 935 punch outs in 990 innings pitched. Wood (63-48 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.50 ERA while allowing 8.5 hits per nine innings. He has allowed a total of 385 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.225 and having a FIP of 3.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.30 and he has faced 4,131 opposing batters thus far in his career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado

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