Padres vs. Rockies Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 16, 2024

The Colorado Rockies (44-78) hope to avoid their fourth straight defeat when they host the San Diego Padres (69-53) Friday at 8:40 p.m. ET on SDPA. The Padres are listed as -180 favorites, while the Rockies are +152 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid. San Diego’s Matt Waldron and Colorado’s Cal Quantrill have been named the starters for this contest.

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Padres vs. Rockies Betting Lines

• Favorite: Padres (-180)
• Underdog: Rockies (+152)
• Over/under: 11

Padres vs. Rockies Betting Insights

• The Padres have been favorites in 74 games this season and have come away with the win 44 times (59.5%) in those contests.
• This season San Diego has been victorious 10 times in 17 chances when named as a favorite of at least -180 on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Padres have a 64.3% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Rockies have won 44 of the 122 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (36.1%).
• Colorado has a 19-41 record (winning only 31.7% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +152 or longer.
• The Rockies have a 39.7% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Padres vs. Rockies Hitting Leaders

• Jurickson Profar leads San Diego in home runs (19) and runs batted in (72) this season while batting .295.
• Profar ranks 39th in home runs and 21st in RBI among all batters in Major League Baseball.
• Luis Arraez leads San Diego in batting with a .307 average while slugging three homers and driving in 34 runs.
• Brenton Doyle paces the Rockies with 20 home runs and 60 runs batted in.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Doyle’s home run total puts him 30th, and his RBI total ranks 47th.
• Ezequiel Tovar is batting .273 with 33 doubles, two triples, 19 home runs and 16 walks.

Padres vs. Rockies Pitching Rankings

• The Padres strike out 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-best in MLB.
• The Padres have the 14th-ranked ERA (3.93) in the majors this season.
• The Padres have a combined WHIP of just 1.226 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
• The seven strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rockies pitching staff ranks last in the majors.
• Colorado has a 5.61 team ERA that ranks last among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Rockies have the highest WHIP in the majors (1.527).