Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants Picks and Predictions for Sunday, August 16th, 2026

By: Cameron Ross Published 08/16/2026, 12:20 AM ET

Rockies vs Giants Game Information

The Colorado Rockies will continue a road trip Sunday afternoon with a 4:05 PM matchup for Game 3 of 3 inside Oracle Park against the San Francisco Giants. Colorado is one of the worst teams in baseball, well below .500, coming into Sunday after losing Game 2 of this series to end a 3-game winning streak. The San Francisco Giants stay home Sunday, 21 games below .500 following Saturday's victory. Stay in the news with our MLB Picks.

Rockies Preview

Offensively, Colorado has a .255 batting average this season, scoring 582 runs on 1054 hits. Colorado has a .323 OBP and a .421 team slugging percentage. The Colorado pitching has been horrific, with a 5.44 team ERA. Jake McCarthy leads the Colorado offense this season with a .296 batting average. Hunter Goodman has a .251 batting average and leads the team with 34 home runs and 69 RBI.

Giants Preview

The San Francisco Giants offense has a .248 batting average and has scored 495 runs on 1027 hits. San Francisco has a .305 OBP and a .407 team slugging percentage. San Francisco's pitching has been just as bad, with a 4.32 ERA, and they've allowed 13 runs across their last 3 losses. Jung Hoo Lee leads the San Francisco offense this season with a .293 batting average. Rafael Devers has a .244 batting average and leads the team with 24 home runs and 66 RBIs.

Rockies vs Giants Pitching Matchup

Gabriel Hughes will be on the mound Sunday for Colorado, looking for his first victory of the season. Hughes is 0-4 this year with a 5.61 ERA across 33.2 innings. Blade Tidwell will counter for San Francisco. Tidwell is 0-0 this year with a 2.78 ERA across 22.2 innings.

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Rockies vs Giants Pick

This is a matchup between 2 of the worst teams in baseball, and both have been horrendous all year. Despite that, San Francisco is playing better baseball and is the better team in this matchup. Take the Giants to do the job Sunday night at home against Colorado as they close this series with a win.

Pick: San Francisco Giants -135
Secondary: Over 8
Lean: Jung Hoo Lee Over 1.5 Bases

Final Score Prediction: San Francisco Giants win 8-4.