Colorado Rockies vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 9/2/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Friday, September 2, 2022

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

The Colorado Rockies (56-75) are hitting the road to Great American Ball Park on Friday where they will try to defeat the Cincinnati Reds (51-78). The pitchers taking the mound are Kyle Freeland and Luis Cessa.

As a unit, the Colorado Rockies are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which has them at 14th in baseball. They have accumulated 580 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .321. The Rockies have accrued 231 two-baggers as a team and have hit 115 balls out of the park. They have earned 554 RBI's and 1,176 base knocks this year, and their team batting average sits at .261. Colorado has a slugging percentage of .401 and have been called out on strikes 1,023 times, while drawing a walk on 362 occasions.

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The Rockies have a team earned run average of 5.05 for the season (29th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 920 batters. They have walked 440 opposing players and their FIP is 4.45 as a unit this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.09 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.45. Rockies pitchers have given up 147 long balls in addition to 710 total runs (30th in MLB).

Rockies bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 105 times as well as having 148 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 53 holds on the season (26th in baseball). The Rockies relief pitchers have a save rate of 69.2% and has come into the game in 105 save situations. They have accumulated 36 saves on the campaign and have missed out on 16 of their 52 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 167 runners for the year and 34.1% of those players ended up scoring. The Rockies have dispatched 404 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season.

The Rockies have transformed 67.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 10,386 innings, which has them sitting 30th in the majors. The Colorado Rockies have a tally of 3,462 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,315 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .983 which is 28th in pro baseball, and have earned 129 double plays.

Freeland (47-49 record in his career) holds a FIP of 4.53 while he has gone up against 3,449 batters in the majors. He has given up 842 base knocks (9.5 hits per nine innings) with 277 free passes. His earned run average is 4.32 (382 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.406. Freeland has taken the ball for 796 innings and is sitting with 611 K's during his MLB career.

The Reds have a slugging percentage of .379 and they are scoring 4.25 runs per contest (18th in baseball). They have 194 doubles, while taking a walk 358 times as well as racking up 548 runs. Cincinnati has a total of 124 HRs for the season to go along with 525 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 1,153 instances (5th in baseball) and have totaled 1,041 base hits. The Cincinnati Reds have a team on-base percentage of .309 in addition to a team batting average of .242 on the year.

The Cincinnati pitching staff have allowed 664 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 4.98 (628 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 176 homers and they allow 5.27 runs per 9 innings (28th in baseball). The Reds have a WHIP of 1.406 in addition to having a FIP of 4.66 as a staff over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.35 (1,117 strikeouts vs 475 bases on balls). They are sitting at 24th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,120.

Cincinnati has had relief pitchers take the mound in 44 save opportunities and they have recorded 25 saves. They rank 25th in baseball with a save percentage of 56.8%, and they have sent 462 bullpen pitchers onto the field this season. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 118 times in high leverage situations and on 136 occasions with runners on. Cincinnati relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.5% of 203 inherited runners. Sitting with 94 save situations, the Reds have recorded 50 holds in addition to 19 blown saves.

In their 10,212 innings on the diamond, the Reds have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.6% (24th in pro baseball). The Cincinnati Reds have turned 83 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (13th in MLB). The Reds have recorded 1,010 assists, 62 errors and have amassed 3,404 putouts this season.

So far in his pro baseball career, Cessa has surrendered 348 base hits while totaling 293 punch outs in 362 frames. Cessa (15-16 career record) has a 4.18 earned run average while giving up 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 168 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.285 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.50 and he has gone up against 1,523 batters in his pro baseball career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado

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