Detroit Tigers vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 6/24/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Friday, June 24, 2022

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Bally Sports Arizona

The Arizona Diamondbacks (32-39) will take on the Detroit Tigers (26-43) at Chase Field on Friday. The starting pitchers are Rony Garcia and Merrill Kelly.

The Tigers have hit 92 doubles as a team and have hit 38 balls out of the park. Detroit is slugging .327 and have struck out 579 times, while taking a walk on 158 occasions. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are earning 2.9 runs per game, which is 30th in the league. They have compiled 190 RBI's in addition to 506 hits on the season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .226. They have 198 runs while holding a team OBP of .281.

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The Tigers hold a team earned run average of 4.07 on the year (20th in the league), and their staff has struck out 539 hitters. They have walked 201 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 3.95 as a team on the campaign. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.68 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.24. Tigers pitchers have given up 71 home runs and also 298 runs (18th in MLB).

Tigers relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 46 times as well as having 64 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 35 holds this season (18th in MLB). The Tigers relief pitchers have a save rate of 76.2% and has entered the game in 58 save situations. They have compiled 16 saves on the campaign and have blown 5 of their 21 save chances. The relievers have inherited 75 base runners over the course of the season with 24.0% of them earned a run for their team. The Tigers have sent 246 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

The Detroit Tigers are sitting with 1,809 putouts thus far, as well as 589 assists and 38 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which is 16th in MLB, and have a total of 53 double plays. The Tigers have converted 70.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 5,427 innings on the field, which has them sitting 12th in baseball.

Garcia (2-2 career record) holds a FIP of 5.61 while facing 258 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 57 base knocks (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 20 free passes. His earned run average is 5.89 (41 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.229. Garcia has taken the ball for 62 innings and has tallied 57 K's in his MLB career.

Arizona has a total of 83 home runs this season to go along with 265 runs batted in. They have 104 doubles, while taking a walk 245 times as well as putting up 286 runs. The Arizona Diamondbacks have earned an OBP of .295 and a batting average of .215 so far this season. The Diamondbacks hold a team slugging % of .376 and they are recording 4.03 runs per game (24th in the league). They have been rung up on 640 occasions (3rd in MLB) and have totaled 503 hits.

The Diamondbacks have a WHIP of 1.332 in addition to having a FIP of 4.36 as a squad for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.32 (516 strikeouts vs 222 free passes). They come in at 27th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 613. They have relinquished 80 long balls and they concede 4.75 runs per 9 innings (22nd in MLB). The Arizona pitching staff have surrendered 331 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.26 (297 earned runs relinquished).

With 64 save situations, the Diamondbacks have 38 holds in addition to 8 blown saves. Arizona has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 25 save opportunities and they have come away with 17 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 85 times in high leverage situations and also on 67 occasions with runners on. Arizona relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 21.3% out of their 94 inherited base runners. They rank 11th in the league with a save rate of 68.0%, and they have dispatched 251 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the year.

Out of their 5,643 innings played, the Diamondbacks are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.3% (17th in baseball). The Arizona Diamondbacks have gotten 61 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (25th in professional baseball). The Diamondbacks have recorded 608 assists, 47 errors and have amassed 1,881 putouts for the season.

So far in his career, Kelly has surrendered 445 base knocks while totaling 383 K's in 450 innings. He has given up a total of 207 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.280 and a FIP of 4.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.90 and he has gone up against 1,894 hitters in his career. Kelly (29-31 career win-loss record) holds a 4.13 ERA and has surrendered 8.9 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Arizona

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