We are going with the Rockies as our MLB POD despite their inability to keep teams from scoring a lot of runs. Facing the Padres could help as Jeff Francis goes up against the Padres who are 28th in the league in OPS vs. LHP and are only scoring 3.30 Runs per 9 vs. LHP on the road. Francis has held them to a .506 OPS in 55 AB and he will have plenty of run support the way the Rockies have been hitting especially Carlos Gonzalez 34-74 wiht 7 HR 18 RBI during a 17 game hit streak. Gonzalez is playing like an MVP right now and I think the Rockies can get in a little groove here. Rockies are #2 with a .792 OPS vs RHP and are #1 with a .868 OPS at home. They'll face off against Jason Marquis who is pitching well above what his raw stats say which is trouble. He's got less than a 2:1 K/BB ratio as he is walking 3.73 guys on the year and giving up 1.64 HR/9 is hard to do when you are getting over 54% ground balls. He's in trouble in Colorado vs. a hot team who is led by Todd Helton who is 10-32 with 3 HR. collectively they have an .825 OPS against Marquis. Padres are 15-39 in their last 54 road games as an under dog.
