Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 5/3/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+125) San Francisco (-145)

The San Francisco Giants (19-12) will go up against the Colorado Rockies (5-25) at Oracle Park on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has the Rockies at +125 while the Giants are at -145. The over/under comes in at 8. The men taking the mound will be Ryan Feltner and Jordan Hicks.

Colorado has a slugging % of .350 and have been called out on strikes 312 times, while taking a walk on 87 occasions. They have 95 RBI's as well as 208 base knocks this season, while their batting average is at .211. The Rockies have recorded 47 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 26 baseballs out of the stadium. They have accounted for 96 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .282. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are notching 3.2 runs per contest, which puts them at 29th in baseball.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.86 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.58. Rockies pitchers have given up 35 home runs and also 173 total runs (29th in MLB). Colorado has allowed 303 base hits (10.5 per 9 innings) as well as 153 earned runs. The Rockies have an ERA of 5.30 over the course of the season (28th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 201 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 108 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.63 as a unit so far this year.

The Rockies have dispatched 101 relievers to the mound over the course of the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 74 runners this year with 31.1% of those runners ended up scoring. They have 4 saves so far this year and have not converted 5 of their 9 save opportunities. The Rockies relievers have recorded a save percentage of 44.4% and have stepped onto the mound in 19 save situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 10 holds on the year (26th in baseball). Rockies relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 40 times in addition to having 30 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rockies have converted 65.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of 2,340 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 30th in pro baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have notched a total of 780 putouts thus far, as well as 305 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .977 which is 28th in the majors, and have 24 double plays.

Feltner has taken the mound for 339 innings and has totaled 291 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. Feltner (9-26 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 5.12 while he has faced 1,489 batters in the majors. His ERA is 5.20 (196 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.433. He has conceded 354 base knocks (9.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 132 walks.

The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .376 and they score 4.58 runs per game (13th in the league). They have 50 two-baggers, while walking 115 times as well as notching 142 runs. San Francisco has accounted for 31 long balls this year to go along with 134 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 274 occasions (7th in the league) and have earned a total of 232 base knocks. The San Francisco Giants hold a team OBP of .307 in addition to a batting average of .227 over the course of the season.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.262 and have a FIP of 3.47 as a team so far this season. They are sitting at 13th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 239. The San Francisco pitching staff have surrendered 119 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 3.57 (107 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.10 (273 strikeouts against 102 walks). They have allowed 24 HR's and they allow 3.97 runs per 9 innings (9th in MLB).

San Francisco has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 14 save chances and they have walked away with 10 saves. They rank 13th in baseball with a save percentage of 71.4%, and they have sent 94 relievers onto the field on the year. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 30 times in high leverage situations and also on 19 occasions with runners on. San Francisco bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 34.3% of 35 inherited runners. With 32 save situations, the Giants have 18 holds in addition to 4 blown saves.

Out of their 2,433 innings on the diamond, the Giants have a defensive efficiency of 69.2% (20th in MLB). The San Francisco Giants have turned 27 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .989 (3rd in the majors). The Giants have recorded 290 assists, 12 errors and have amassed 811 putouts this season.

During his pro baseball career, Hicks has surrendered 331 hits while earning 378 strikeouts in 385 innings pitched. He has conceded 176 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.361 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.1. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.96 and he has faced 1,666 opposing batters in his pro baseball career. Hicks (16-31 career mark) is the owner of a 4.11 earned run average while giving up 7.7 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco (-145)

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