Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 8/6/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Saturday, August 6, 2022

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Bally Sports Arizona

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+135) Arizona (-155)

The Arizona Diamondbacks (46-58) welcome the Colorado Rockies (47-61) at Chase Field on Saturday. The moneyline on this matchup has Colorado at +135 and Arizona is opening at -155. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The men taking the mound are Antonio Senzatela and Merrill Kelly.

Colorado is slugging .405 and have been called out on strikes 852 times, while drawing a walk on 312 occasions. They have 459 runs batted in as well as 968 base knocks so far this season, while their team batting average is sitting at .261. The Rockies have accumulated 194 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 96 baseballs out of the stadium. They have racked up 482 runs scored and hold an OBP of .324. As a squad, the Colorado Rockies are knocking in 4.5 runs/g, which is 13th in the league.

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The Rockies have compiled a team earned run average of 4.96 for the season (28th in the league), and the staff has struck out 764 hitters. They have walked 361 opposing players and their FIP is 4.35 as a squad so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.12 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46. Rockies pitchers have given up 116 home runs in addition to 581 runs in total (29th in the league).

The Rockies have sent 338 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 144 base runners for the year with 34.7% of those players earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 29 saves over the course of the season and have blown 10 out of their 39 save opportunities. The Rockies bullpen have compiled a save rate of 74.4% and has stepped onto the mound in 81 save situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 42 holds on the campaign (27th in baseball). Rockies relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 88 times in addition to having 118 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Colorado Rockies have 2,857 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,080 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which is 29th in professional baseball, and they have twisted 110 double plays. The Rockies have turned 66.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of 8,571 innings, which has them sitting at 30th in baseball.

Senzatela has taken the hill for 657 innings and has earned 441 strikeouts thus far in his career. Senzatela (39-41 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 4.39 and he has faced 2,859 hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.85 (354 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.444. He has surrendered 745 hits (10.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 204 walks.

The Diamondbacks have a SLG% of .386 and they are scoring 4.24 runs per contest (20th in MLB). They have recorded 159 doubles, while walking 363 times and racking up 441 runs. Arizona has accounted for 119 home runs on the campaign as well as 415 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 890 occasions (17th in baseball) and have a total of 773 base hits. The Arizona Diamondbacks have an OBP of .303 and a batting average of .225 so far this year.

The Diamondbacks hold a team WHIP of 1.292 in addition to having a FIP of 4.22 as a pitching staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.40 (757 strikeouts against 316 bases on balls). They sit at 19th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 868. They have allowed 111 long balls and they allow 4.69 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The Arizona pitching staff have yielded 477 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 4.19 (427 earned runs given up).

With 91 save situations, the Diamondbacks have tallied 53 holds in addition to 15 blown saves. Arizona has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 36 save chances and they have tallied 21 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 117 times in high leverage situations and on 95 occasions with runners on base. Arizona bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 25.4% of 126 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 24th in baseball with a save rate of 58.3%, and they have dispatched 360 relievers onto the diamond for the year.

In 8,247 innings on the diamond, the Diamondbacks have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 70.0% (12th in baseball). The Arizona Diamondbacks have turned 86 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (24th in MLB). The Diamondbacks have recorded 874 assists, 64 errors and have 2,749 putouts this season.

So far in his MLB career, Kelly has allowed 476 hits and he has 421 punch outs in 498 frames. He has conceded a total of 217 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.239 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.99 and he has gone up against 2,071 hitters in his career. Kelly (33-32 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 3.92 earned run average while allowing 8.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Arizona (-155)

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