{"id":1529,"date":"2024-07-21T16:01:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T16:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2024-07-24T13:35:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:35:24","slug":"coors-field-will-hear-the-birdsong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/2024\/07\/21\/coors-field-will-hear-the-birdsong\/","title":{"rendered":"Coors Field will hear the Birdsong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong> Sunday, July 21, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Game:<\/strong> San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Start Time:<\/strong> 03:10 PM ET<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1544\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Andy Kuno \/ San Francisco Giants \/ Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>Today&#8217;s highlighted matchup will feature the Giants and the Rockies in Coors Field. Ryan Feltner enters the game with a season ERA hovering around 5.40, struggling with consistency and control <em>(C- rating, based on my model)<\/em>.  His home splits are even worse with an ERA of 6.75. Despite showing flashes of potential, Feltner has been prone to giving up the long ball.  He has a fly ball rate of 33.9% and a 33.6% hard contact rate, a dangerous tendency in Coors Field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other side, Hayden Birdsong has been a revelation for the Giants, boasting a solid 3.72 ERA. Birdsong&#8217;s ability to miss bats (COL are 4th in K% vs RHP with 25.4%), coupled with his excellent command <em>(B rating, based on my model)<\/em>, makes him a tough opponent. Hitters facing Birdsong are batting .239 with 17 hits in 19.1 innings of work allowing only 3 homers so far this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a clear pitching advantage in Birdsong and a more reliable, potent lineup, the Giants are well-positioned against the Rockies. Look for Birdsong to neutralize the Rockies&#8217; hitters early and the Giants&#8217; offense to capitalize on Feltner&#8217;s weaknesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong> Rockies are <strong>5-14 SU<\/strong> when Ryan Feltner starts this season and <strong>0-5 SU<\/strong> in the last game of a series. Heliot Ramos and Matt Chapman might stand out for the Giants today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Kuno \/ San Francisco Giants \/ Getty Images Today&#8217;s highlighted matchup will feature the Giants and the Rockies in Coors Field. Ryan Feltner enters the game with a season ERA hovering around 5.40, struggling with consistency and control (C- rating, based on my model). His home splits are even worse with an ERA of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-1529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-betting","category-commentary","tag-mlb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themoneyballer.com\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}