The Colorado Rockies'and San Diego Padres meet Thursday for Opening Day. First pitch from Petco Park is scheduled for 9:40 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Rockies vs. Padres odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: First meeting of 2023. Padres won the season series 10-9 in 2022.
Colorado is expected to have another “rockie” season in 2023 that won’t be made any easier playing in the same division as the free-spending Los Angeles Dodgers, the new-look and high-priced Padres and the San Francisco Giants. The Rockies are likely to be battling the Arizona Diamondbacks to avoid the NL West cellar.
The Padres already potent lineup added free-agent SS Xander Bogaerts to the mix, joining big boppers OF Juan Soto, 3B Manny Machado, 1B Jake Cronenworth and DH Matt Carpenter in a star-studded lineup. OF Fernando Tatis Jr. will also be in the mix soon once his suspension from last season is finished in late April.