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

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Sunday, August 7, 2022

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Bally Sports Arizona

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

The Colorado Rockies (47-62) are en route to Chase Field on Sunday where they will attempt to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks (47-58). The line on this matchup has the Rockies at +135 while the Diamondbacks are sitting at -155. The over/under has been set at 8. The men taking the mound are Jose Urena and Zach Davies.

As a team, the Colorado Rockies are earning 4.5 runs per game, which has them at 13th in the league. They have racked up 487 runs while having a team OBP of .324. The Rockies have tallied 199 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 97 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned 464 RBI's and 980 base knocks on the campaign, while their team batting average is at .262. Colorado has a slugging percentage of .406 and have struck out 858 times, while drawing a walk on 313 occasions.

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The Rockies have a team earned run average of 4.98 this season (28th in the league), and they have rung up 768 hitters. They have walked 367 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.36 as a team so far this year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.09 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.46. Rockies pitchers have relinquished 117 home runs and also 587 runs in total (29th in the league).

Rockies pitchers have come into the game with players on base 89 times as well as having 120 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 44 holds this year (25th in the league). The Rockies bullpen have a save percentage of 72.5% and has entered the game in 84 save situations. They have recorded 29 saves on the year and have blown 11 of 40 save chances. The relievers have inherited 146 runners over the course of the season with 34.2% of them earned a run for their team. The Rockies have dispatched 341 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

The Colorado Rockies have notched a total of 2,881 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,091 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .982 which has them sitting 29th in baseball, and have accumulated 111 double plays. The Rockies have converted 67.0% of baseballs in play into outs in their 8,643 innings on the field, which has them ranked 30th in professional baseball.

Urena has taken the hill for 736 innings and has accounted for 493 strikeouts in his MLB career. Urena (37-57 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.78 while he has faced 3,188 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.77 (390 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.389. He has surrendered 752 base hits (9.2 hits per 9 innings) with 271 free passes.

The Diamondbacks hold a team SLG% of .387 and they score 4.26 runs per outing (19th in the league). They have recorded 162 doubles, while walking 369 times as well as notching 447 runs. Arizona has hit 120 home runs on the season to go along with 421 runs batted in. They have struck out on 894 occasions (18th in the league) and have totaled 781 base knocks. The Arizona Diamondbacks have recorded an OBP of .304 as well as a team batting average of .226 on the season.

The Diamondbacks hold a team WHIP of 1.294 and have a FIP of 4.21 as a squad on the year. They are sitting at 20th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 880. The Arizona pitching staff have surrendered 482 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.19 (431 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.41 (763 strikeouts vs 317 bases on balls). They have conceded 112 long balls and they yield 4.69 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league).

Arizona has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 37 save chances and they have converted 22 saves. They are ranked 20th in the league holding a save rate of 59.5%, and they have sent 363 relievers to the mound on the year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 118 times in high leverage situations in addition to 96 occasions with runners on base. Arizona relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 25.0% out of their 128 inherited runners. With 92 save situations, the Diamondbacks have compiled 53 holds in addition to 15 blown saves.

In 8,328 innings played, the Diamondbacks have earned a efficiency on defense of 69.9% (13th in professional baseball). The Arizona Diamondbacks have turned 87 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (24th in the majors). The Diamondbacks have 884 assists, 65 errors and have accumulated 2,776 putouts over the course of the season.

In his pro baseball career, Davies has surrendered 907 base knocks while accumulating 674 strikeouts in 913 frames. He has given up a total of 422 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.323 and having a FIP of 4.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.23 and he has faced 3,877 hitters during his pro baseball career. Davies (58-52 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 4.16 ERA while allowing 8.9 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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