Colorado Rockies vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 9/1/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: Bally Sports South

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+340) Atlanta (-425)

Truist Park is where the Atlanta Braves (79-51) will try to defeat the Colorado Rockies (56-74) on Thursday. The line on this contest has Colorado at +340 while Atlanta is priced at -425. The over/under is set at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Chad Kuhl and Spencer Strider.

Colorado is slugging .402 and have been called out on strikes 1,014 times, while taking a walk on 359 occasions. They have compiled 552 RBI's and 1,170 hits for the year, and their batting average comes in at .262. The Rockies have recorded 231 doubles as a unit and have hit 114 baseballs out of the park. They are sitting with 578 runs and hold an OBP of .321. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are scoring 4.5 runs per game, which puts them at 13th in baseball.

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Rockies pitchers have relinquished 145 home runs in addition to 707 total runs (30th in MLB). They have walked 436 batters and their FIP sits at 4.45 as a squad for the year. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.09 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46. The Rockies have compiled a team ERA of 5.06 on the season (29th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 910 hitters.

The Rockies relievers have compiled a save rate of 69.2% and has come into the game in 105 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 166 runners on the year with 34.3% of them crossed the plate. Rockies bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 104 times in addition to having 148 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rockies have dispatched 401 relievers to the mound this season. The relievers have a total of 53 holds this season (25th in baseball). They have compiled 36 saves this year and have missed out on 16 of their 52 chances to get a save.

The Rockies have converted 67.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 10,314 innings, ranking them 30th in baseball. The Colorado Rockies have amassed 3,438 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,306 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding rate is at .982 which is 28th in professional baseball, and have 128 double plays.

Kuhl has thrown 547 frames and has tallied 475 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.58 (279 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.437. He has surrendered 545 hits (9.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 242 walks. Kuhl (31-37 mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.73 while he has gone up against 2,381 opposing hitters during his time in the majors.

The Braves hold a team slugging percentage of .443 and they are earning 4.95 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have tallied 247 doubles, while walking 379 times as well as scoring 643 runs. Atlanta is sitting with 192 home runs this season to go along with 613 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,201 occasions (2nd in baseball) and are sitting with 1,127 hits. The Atlanta Braves are sitting with an on-base percentage of .318 and a batting average of .253 over the course of the season.

The Atlanta pitching staff have given up 506 runs for the season while having an ERA of 3.54 (458 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 116 home runs and they relinquish 3.91 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Braves hold a team WHIP of 1.214 and have a FIP of 3.47 as a pitching staff this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.07 (1,236 strikeouts against 403 walks). They come in at 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,010.

Atlanta has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 67 save chances and they have come away with 43 saves. They are ranked 15th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.2%, and they have dispatched 408 relievers onto the diamond this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 147 times in high leverage situations in addition to 111 occasions with runners on. Atlanta relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 32.3% of 161 inherited base runners. With 150 save situations, the Braves have 80 holds and 24 blown saves.

In 10,482 innings played, the Braves hold a defensive efficiency of 69.6% (16th in baseball). The Atlanta Braves have gotten 89 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (6th in pro baseball). The Braves have accrued 1,122 assists, 59 errors and have accumulated 3,494 putouts this year.

Strider (9-4 career mark) has earned a 2.89 earned run average while giving up 6.1 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.05 and he has faced 439 opposing hitters in his pro baseball career. He has allowed a total of 35 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.037 and having a FIP of 2.2. In his career, Strider has surrendered 74 base hits while he has accumulated 158 punch outs in 109 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Atlanta (-425)

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