Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 6/28/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-215) Colorado (+185)

The Los Angeles Dodgers (45-26) are traveling to Coors Field on Tuesday where they will meet the Colorado Rockies (31-42). The line on this contest has Los Angeles at -215 and Colorado is opening at +185. The total has been set at 11.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Clayton Kershaw and Kyle Freeland.

As a team, the Los Angeles Dodgers are compiling 5.1 runs per contest, which has them at 1st in MLB. They have accumulated 364 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .331. The Dodgers have accrued 139 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 86 balls out of the park. They have tallied 343 RBI's as well as 614 base knocks so far this year, while their team batting average is sitting at .253. Los Angeles is slugging .427 and have struck out 600 times, while being walked on 278 occasions.

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The Dodgers have a team ERA of 2.91 on the season (1st in baseball), and their staff has struck out 641 batters. Their K/BB ratio is 3.52 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.08. Dodgers pitchers have given up 64 long balls and also 232 total runs (2nd in MLB). They have walked 182 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.44 as a unit on the year.

Dodgers bullpen pitchers have come into the game with players on base 47 times in addition to having 60 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 47 holds over the course of the season (9th in MLB). The Dodgers relief pitchers have a save rate of 70.4% and has come into the game in 75 save situations. They have compiled 19 saves over the course of the season and have blown 8 out of their 27 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 66 base runners this year and 30.3% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Dodgers have dispatched 249 relievers to the mound on the year.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a total of 1,900 putouts thus far, as well as 589 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .985 which ranks 13th in baseball, and they have twisted 58 double plays. The Dodgers have transformed 71.9% of balls in play into outs out of their 5,700 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 5th in baseball.

Kershaw has thrown 2,499 innings and has earned 2,717 punch outs during his MLB career. Kershaw (190-85 career mark) sits with a FIP of 2.76 while he has faced 9,839 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 2.48 (689 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.003. He has surrendered 1,893 hits (6.8 hits per nine innings) and has 613 walks.

Colorado has accounted for 65 home runs over the course of the season as well as 307 RBIs. They have 118 two-baggers, while walking 221 times as well as racking up 325 runs. The Colorado Rockies are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .324 in addition to a team batting average of .259 this year. The Rockies hold a team slugging % of .397 and they score 4.45 runs per outing (12th in the league). They have struck out on 581 occasions (21st in the league) and have earned 652 base hits.

The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 395 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.93 (353 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 71 dingers and they give up 5.52 runs per 9 innings (28th in MLB). The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.443 and have a FIP of 4.17 as a team over the course of the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.22 (515 strikeouts against 232 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 29th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 697.

Colorado has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 26 save chances and they have tallied 20 saves. They rank 4th in baseball holding a save percentage of 76.9%, and they have dispatched 229 relief pitchers to the hill this season. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 81 times in high leverage situations in addition to 59 occasions with runners on. Colorado relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 34.3% out of their 99 inherited runners. Sitting with 52 save situations, the Rockies have recorded 26 holds in addition to 6 blown saves.

Out of their 5,796 innings played, the Rockies have earned a defensive efficiency of 66.5% (30th in MLB). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 72 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (30th in professional baseball). The Rockies have accrued 716 assists, 58 errors and have notched a total of 1,932 putouts for the season.

During his pro baseball career, Freeland has allowed 773 base hits while he has earned 563 punch outs in 733 innings pitched. He has conceded a total of 343 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.403 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.20 and he has faced 3,174 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. Freeland (43-45 career record) has earned a 4.21 earned run average and has surrendered 9.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-215)

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