MLB 04/05 Free Premium Play: San Diego Padres @ Colorado Rockies

San Diego  at Colorado

MLB - 901 San Diego Padres @ 902 Colorado Rockies (Starting Pitchers: J. Marquis vs J. Francis) Colorado will play today their first home game of the season and so, they will be fired up. We know that the Rockies will struggle this season with their bad pitching, but their offense can be a major force if their main batters remain healthy. In their first series of the season at Milwaukee, Colorado hit better than .300 BA in the three games of the series, something that shows how good their hitting can really be. Fortunately for them, they will face Marquis today. He was horrible at the start of the past season until he joined the Padres in the second half of the season and looked decent. However, we know that pitching home games at San Diego helps any pitcher in improving. However, Marquis is a contact pitcher, who need impeccable command if he wants to be decent on an outing. The problem is that Marquis's command was wild during the Spring Training with a 15/15 K/BB ratio! If we add the fact that he will be pitching at Colorado today against the Rockies's roster who is hitting .303 BA and .961 OPS against him, things will be really tough for him today. On the other side, Jeff Francis will have an easier task today against the putrid offense of the Padres, who is really missing their power guy Chase Headley. Francis had a good workload during Spring Training with 29.1 innings, where he showed good command with a 15/3 K/BB ratio. Like Marquis, Francis is a contact guy, but Francis has been showing good command during this early season, unlike Marquis. Looking at their spot for today, their huge edge on offense and their edge on the SP for today, I can only expect an easy win for the Rockies today. Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 902 Colorado Rockies RL -1 (w/ J. Francis) @ -110 / 1.91 on 5Dimes