Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 7/9/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Saturday, July 9, 2022

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Bally Sports Arizona

The Colorado Rockies (35-47) are headed to Chase Field on Saturday where they will take on the Arizona Diamondbacks (37-45). The pitchers who are expected to start are Kyle Freeland and Madison Bumgarner.

Colorado owns a slugging percentage of .400 and have struck out 641 times, while being walked on 245 occasions. They have accrued 346 RBI's and 727 hits on the year, and their average at the plate is .259. The Rockies have accrued 130 doubles as a squad and have hit 77 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 366 runs scored while having a team OBP of .322. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are compiling 4.5 runs per game, which is 13th in baseball.

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The Rockies have a team earned run average of 4.96 for the year (27th in the league), and the staff has rung up 571 hitters. They have walked 260 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.31 as a team on the year. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.20 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.43. Rockies pitchers have given up 88 home runs in addition to 440 runs in total (28th in the league).

Rockies pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 65 times and also have had 85 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 27 holds on the campaign (28th in the league). The Rockies relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 75.0% and has come into the game in 55 save situations. They have tallied 21 saves on the year and have blown 7 of 28 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 110 runners so far this year with 31.8% of those players ended up scoring. The Rockies have dispatched 254 relievers to the mound on the season.

The Rockies have transformed 67.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of 6,498 innings, which has them sitting 30th in baseball. The Colorado Rockies have notched a total of 2,166 putouts this year, in addition to 800 assists and 58 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .981 which has them sitting 29th in the majors, and have earned 81 double plays.

Freeland has taken the ball for 745 innings and has racked up 573 punch outs in his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.23 (350 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.402. He has conceded 785 hits (9.5 hits per nine innings) and has had 260 free passes. Freeland (44-46 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.51 while he has faced 3,224 batters in the majors.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are sitting with an OBP of .299 in addition to a batting average of .220 this year. They have struck out on 712 occasions (8th in baseball) and have recorded 595 hits. Arizona has knocked in 95 home runs so far this season and 324 runs batted in. The Diamondbacks have a slugging percentage of .381 and they average 4.24 runs per game (20th in baseball). They have recorded 124 doubles, while walking 284 times and earning 348 runs.

The Diamondbacks have a team WHIP of 1.329 in addition to having a FIP of 4.30 as a staff so far this season. They have a ranking of 21st in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 701. The Arizona pitching staff have surrendered 391 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 4.36 (351 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.28 (596 strikeouts vs 261 walks). They have surrendered 90 homers and they concede 4.86 runs per 9 innings (24th in the league).

Arizona relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 24.3% of 103 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 92 times in high leverage situations in addition to 74 occasions with runners on. With 71 save situations, the Diamondbacks have 43 holds and also 10 blown saves. They rank 17th in the league holding a save percentage of 63.0%, and they have dispatched 288 relief pitchers to the hill this season. Arizona has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 27 save opportunities and they have walked away with 17 saves.

In 6,516 innings on the diamond, the Diamondbacks have a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (19th in professional baseball). The Arizona Diamondbacks have gotten 69 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (27th in professional baseball). The Diamondbacks have recorded 690 assists, 54 errors and have accounted for 2,172 putouts this year.

Bumgarner (131-114 win-loss mark in his career) holds a 3.33 earned run average while surrendering 8.0 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.95 and he has faced 8,679 batters so far in his career. He has given up a total of 783 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.133 and having a FIP of 3.5. So far in his MLB career, Bumgarner has conceded 1,891 hits while he has accumulated 2,009 punch outs in 2,118 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Arizona

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