Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 7/8/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Friday, July 8, 2022

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Bally Sports Arizona

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+125) Arizona (-145)

Chase Field is the location where the Arizona Diamondbacks (37-45) will go up against the Colorado Rockies (35-47) on Friday. The line on this contest has Colorado at +125 while Arizona is priced at -145. The betting total is set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Chad Kuhl and Zac Gallen.

Colorado has a slugging rate of .400 and have been rung up 641 times, while drawing a walk on 245 occasions. They have tallied 346 RBI's and 727 base knocks so far this season, and their team batting average is .259. The Rockies have accrued 130 two-baggers as a team and have hit 77 baseballs out of the park. They have notched a total of 366 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .322. As a unit, the Colorado Rockies are notching 4.5 runs per contest, which puts them at 13th in MLB.

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Rockies pitchers have given up 88 home runs and also 440 total runs (28th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 260 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.31 as a squad so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.20 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.43. The Rockies are sitting with a team ERA of 4.96 for the season (27th in the league), and their staff has rung up 571 hitters.

The Rockies bullpen have earned a save rate of 75.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 55 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 110 base runners for the year and 31.8% of them ended up scoring. Rockies pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 65 times and also have had 85 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rockies have sent 254 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The relief pitchers have notched 27 holds this season (28th in the league). They have recorded 21 saves for the year and have blown 7 of their 28 chances to save the game.

The Colorado Rockies are sitting with 2,166 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 800 assists and 58 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .981 which is 29th in baseball, and they have twisted 81 double plays. The Rockies have turned 67.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of 6,498 innings on the field, which has them sitting 30th in MLB.

Kuhl (30-35 record in his career) has a FIP of 4.52 and he has faced 2,249 opposing batters during his time in the majors. He has conceded 508 base knocks (8.8 hits per nine innings) with 225 walks. His ERA is 4.34 (252 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.404. Kuhl has taken the hill for 522 innings and has tallied 454 strikeouts in his career.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have compiled a team on-base percentage of .299 in addition to a batting average of .220 on the year. They have struck out on 712 instances (8th in the league) and have 595 base hits. Arizona has accounted for 95 home runs so far this year as well as 324 runs batted in. The Diamondbacks have a team SLG% of .381 and they earn 4.24 runs per outing (20th in the league). They have put up 124 two-baggers, while getting a free base 284 times and earning 348 runs.

The Arizona pitching staff have relinquished 391 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 4.36 (351 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 90 homers and they give up 4.86 runs per 9 innings (24th in the league). The Diamondbacks hold a team WHIP of 1.329 in addition to having a FIP of 4.30 as a squad this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.28 (596 strikeouts vs 261 walks). They rank 21st in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 701.

Sitting with 71 save situations, the Diamondbacks have compiled 43 holds and 10 blown saves. Arizona has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 27 save opportunities and they have walked away with 17 saves. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 92 times in high leverage situations in addition to 74 occasions with runners on. Arizona relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 24.3% out of 103 inherited base runners. They sit at 17th in the league holding a save rate of 63.0%, and they have sent 288 relief pitchers onto the diamond this season.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have gotten 69 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (27th in MLB). The Diamondbacks have 690 assists, 54 errors and have earned a total of 2,172 putouts this season. Out of their 6,516 innings played, the Diamondbacks have a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (19th in MLB).

In his career, Gallen has surrendered 288 base knocks while accumulating 394 K's in 355 innings pitched. Gallen (14-20 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.44 ERA and has conceded 7.3 hits per 9 innings. He has given up 136 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.185 and a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.96 and he has faced 1,485 batters thus far in his career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Arizona (-145)

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