Colorado Rockies at St. Louis Cardinals 8/16/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Colorado Rockies open a three-game series on the road Tuesday against the St Louis Cardinals and you can find out who else is coming to play with our baseball predictions page. Colorado is 51-66 following its 7-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. Colorado has lost two straight and the Rockies have lost 10 of the last 15. Colorado is last in the National League West, 30 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers.

Shortstop Jose Iglesias is batting .314 to lead Colorado and has a team high .352 on-base percentage. First baseman C.J. Cron has 23 home runs, 80 RBIs and 120 hits to lead Colorado in each category.  On Tuesday, the Colorado Rockies will send Kyle Freeland to the mound. The left-hander is 7-8 with a 4.84 ERA, 90 Ks and 39 BBs.

St Louis improved to 63-51 following its 6-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Albert Pujols hit a pair of home runs for St Louis and now has 689 for his career. St Louis won two of three at home over Milwaukee and the Cardinals are first in the National League Central, 1 ½ games ahead of the Brewers.

First baseman Paul Goldschmidt is batting .328 with 28 home runs, 89 RBIs, 133 hits and an on-base percentage of .413 to lead St Louis in each category. Third baseman Nolan Arenado is second in both home runs with 25 and RBIs with 73. On Tuesday, the St. Louis Cardinals will send Jose Quintana to the mound. The left-hander is 4-5 with a 3.37 ERA, 102 Ks and 35 BBs.