Padres at Rockies
O/U 11.5 · RL Padres -1.5 · Coors Field
The pick & result
- Published pick
- Padres ML -194
- Published odds
- -194
- Result
- Lost
- Final score
- 3-9
Odds are the American price printed with this pick, not a current offer. Wins, losses and pushes remain on the public record; a missing grade is not a win.
The line
DRAFTKINGS · 12 moves| Market | Opened Sep 15 5:00 AM | Close Sep 15 7:55 PM | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPREAD | Padres -1.5 (-123) | Padres -1.5 (-130) | Price |
| TOTAL | 11.5 (-105) | 11 (-116) | −½ |
| MONEYLINE | Padres -202 | Padres -200 | +2 |
Every move, in order ›
| When | Spread | Total | Moneyline |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPENSep 15 5:00 AM | Padres -1.5 (-123) | 11.5 (-105) | Padres -202 · Rockies +166 |
| Sep 15 7:15 AM | Padres -1.5 (-123) | 11.5 (-105) | Padres -197 · Rockies +162 |
| Sep 15 8:00 AM | Padres -1.5 (-123) | 11.5 (-107) | Padres -198 · Rockies +162 |
| Sep 15 9:00 AM | Padres -1.5 (-123) | 11.5 (-106) | Padres -198 · Rockies +162 |
| Sep 15 11:00 AM | Padres -1.5 (-125) | 11.5 (-107) | Padres -194 · Rockies +159 |
| Sep 15 3:01 PM | Padres -1.5 (-125) | 11.5 (+100) | Padres -193 · Rockies +158 |
| Sep 15 4:01 PM | Padres -1.5 (-125) | 11 (-117) | Padres -193 · Rockies +158 |
| Sep 15 4:30 PM | Padres -1.5 (-122) | 11 (-117) | Padres -192 · Rockies +158 |
| Sep 15 6:02 PM | Padres -1.5 (-129) | 11 (-112) | Padres -202 · Rockies +166 |
| Sep 15 6:18 PM | Padres -1.5 (-129) | 11 (-112) | Padres -203 · Rockies +166 |
| Sep 15 6:31 PM | Padres -1.5 (-130) | 11 (-110) | Padres -200 · Rockies +164 |
| Sep 15 6:34 PM | Padres -1.5 (-130) | 11 (-116) | Padres -200 · Rockies +164 |
| CLOSESep 15 7:55 PM | Padres -1.5 (-130) | 11 (-116) | Padres -200 · Rockies +164 |
The read
Under the lights at Coors Field, the Padres and Rockies meet again after a competitive series opener. I’m taking San Diego at -194, with the matchup between Colorado’s starter and tonight’s batting order carrying the decision. Kyle Freeland has allowed a .926 OPS and 21 home runs to right-handed hitters, and San Diego starts seven of them. His .708 OPS allowed to lefties shows why this particular lineup matters. The Padres are bringing an order that directly matches his more vulnerable side, giving them the stronger offensive matchup against tonight’s opposing starter.
The strongest argument against this bet is Colorado’s own handedness advantage. Six lefties and two switch-hitters face Walker Buehler, who has allowed a .777 OPS to left-handed hitters. His 4.61 ERA and 1.36 WHIP describe a starter who has allowed enough traffic and runs to make this an uncomfortable road assignment. Coors adds risk for both pitching staffs, and Colorado can win by converting those opportunities before San Diego establishes control. I take that threat seriously. The Padres’ recent winning streak does not erase it, and their offensive advantage needs support after the starters leave.
That support is the second reason I’m willing to pay this price: San Diego’s stronger relief profile. Mason Miller’s 1.12 ERA compares with Jordan Romano’s 5.16, while the Padres also have Adrian Morejon at 2.87 and Bradgley Rodriguez at 2.38. Both closers worked in the opener; neither gets an assumed rest advantage. If this reaches the bullpens close, San Diego’s broader record of effective relief is the support I trust behind the starting-lineup matchup. At -194, I need those advantages to work together. They outweigh Colorado’s credible scoring opportunity for me, although that threat keeps my confidence measured.
The research
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STARTER FORM
Kyle Freeland: 3.38 ERA over his last 3 starts
3.38Kyle Freeland has allowed 6 earned runs with 10 strikeouts in 16 innings over his last 3 starts. His 3.38 ERA in that span is 2.99 runs below his 6.37 season ERA entering SD @ COL.
BATTER VS ARM
Xander Bogaerts vs Kyle Freeland: .462
.462Xander Bogaerts is 6-for-13 with a 1.204 OPS and 4 walks in 13 career at-bats against Kyle Freeland. They meet tonight in SD @ COL, with Bogaerts carrying a .740 OPS over his last 15 games.
PLATOON EDGE
Austin Hays (bats R) gets a LHP from the 2nd spot
.858Austin Hays has an .858 OPS in 43 AB vs. left-handers, compared with .414 in 43 AB the other way. The right-handed hitter bats second tonight against LHP Kyle Freeland.
COOLING OFF
Hunter Goodman: .486 OPS in Last 15 Days
.486Hunter Goodman has a .486 OPS over the last 15 days in 49 AB. That is 0.345 below his .831 season mark.
Mickey Moniak: .351 OPS in Last 15 Days
.351Mickey Moniak has a .351 OPS over the last 15 days in 37 AB. That is 0.42 below his .771 season mark.
RUNNING GAME
Colorado Rockies like to run — Luis Campusano (33% caught) is the wrong catcher to test
33% CSColorado attempts 0.9 steals per game. Luis Campusano has thrown out 14 of 42 runners, a 33% caught-stealing rate, putting the Rockies’ running frequency against his throwing record.
BALLPARK
Kyle Freeland owns a 5.75 ERA at Coors Field — 6.96 everywhere else
5.75Kyle Freeland has a 5.75 ERA over 11 games and 61.0 innings at Coors Field, where hitters have batted .288. His ERA is higher elsewhere at 6.96 across 63.1 innings, so the broader struggles are not confined to tonight’s venue.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Padres are 9-1 vs Rockies this season
9-1The Padres are 9-1 against the Rockies across 10 meetings this season, including an 8-7 win in the last one. Tonight is in Colorado; the earlier venues, pitching matchups and other margins are not supplied.
STREAK
COL have lost 7 straight
L7Colorado has lost 7 straight while being outscored by 31 runs and is 2-8 over its last 10. No supplied San Diego comparison shows how tonight’s matchup relates to that slide.
SD have won 7 straight
W7San Diego has won 7 straight with a +15 run margin and is 8-2 over its last 10. No supplied Colorado comparison shows how tonight’s matchup relates to that run.
REGRESSION
Ty France: .298 AVG vs .256 xBA
.256Ty France carries a .298 average versus a .256 xBA across 447 plate appearances, while his .378 wOBA exceeds a .336 xwOBA. Both gaps show results running above contact quality entering SD @ COL, without establishing an immediate correction.
TJ Rumfield: .299 AVG vs .263 xBA
.263TJ Rumfield is hitting .299 versus a .263 xBA over 592 plate appearances, with a .374 wOBA against a .336 xwOBA. Results remain above the contact-based marks across the largest supplied sample entering SD @ COL, but tonight’s direction is unproven.
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Props on this game
3- GARY'S PICKMANNY MACHADOHITS UNDER 1.5
Machado is hitting .221 this season, and even across his hot stretch the last two weeks — a .318 average over his last 15 days — he's still recorded multiple hits in only four of those fifteen games. That's the split that matters for a 1.5 line: he needs two hits, not one big swing, and a strikeout total pushing past 130 on the season keeps his floor low regardless of how well he's squaring the ball up lately. He does have a strong career history against Kyle Freeland, seventeen hits in fifty-four at-bats, but that number covers several seasons of two very different pitchers meeting, and I don't weight it heavily against what both players look like right now.
Coors Field will help every hitter in this game find a few extra feet of carry, and I've built that into my price tolerance here rather than ignoring it. But multi-hit games have been the exception for Machado even in his best form this season, and I like the under at this number.
- GARY'S PICKXANDER BOGAERTSH+R+RBI UNDER 2.5
Bogaerts is a .223 hitter with a .645 OPS this season, and this number asks him to personally stack a hit, a run scored, and an RBI into one game — something his own track record says he mostly doesn't do. He's finished under this mark in ten of his last fifteen games, and his season average of 1.6 combined per game sits well shy of the 3 he'd need to go over. He bats sixth, behind Tatis, Machado, France and Merrill, which caps how often he scores even on nights the top of the order is rolling, and he doesn't have the RBI profile to make up for it on his own.
I know the counter-argument: Kyle Freeland has been hammered by right-handed hitters this season, and Coors Field will juice the scoring for both sides tonight. That's real, and it's the reason I'm not laying a bigger price here. But that argument is about the Padres' offense as a whole, not about Bogaerts specifically, and his individual numbers have stayed quiet even in favorable spots all year. I'll take the under at this price.
- THE LONG SHOTADAEL AMADORHR OVER 0.5
Amador's big-league sample is still small, but the power in it is not: four home runs in fifty at-bats, and three of those four have come against right-handed pitching, which is exactly what he draws tonight in Walker Buehler. His OPS against right-handers is over 1.000 this season, and he gets to swing at Coors Field, the most home-run-friendly park in the league, as the home team. He's gone deep in four of his last fifteen games, a far better rate than a plus-750 price is pricing in.
This is a long shot by nature and I'm not pretending otherwise — most nights he doesn't hit one out. But the matchup lines up on both sides of the platoon and the ballpark, and early returns on his power are real enough that I want a piece of it at this number.
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