Milwaukee Brewers vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 9/7/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-130) Colorado (+110)

The Milwaukee Brewers (71-63) are hitting the road to Coors Field on Wednesday where they will go up against the Colorado Rockies (57-79). The line on this contest has Milwaukee at -130 and Colorado is coming in at +110. The total comes in at 12. The starting pitchers will be Eric Lauer and Kyle Freeland.

The Brewers have hit 196 doubles as a team and have knocked 186 baseballs out of the stadium. Milwaukee has a slugging rate of .410 and have been called out on strikes 1,200 times, while being walked on 476 occasions. As a team, the Milwaukee Brewers are notching 4.5 runs per game, which is 9th in baseball. They have recorded 590 runs batted in in addition to 1,058 hits this season, and their team batting average is .235. They have tallied 605 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .316.

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The Brewers have an ERA of 3.86 so far this season (13th in the league), and they have struck out 1,252 hitters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.83 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.24. Brewers pitchers have allowed 157 home runs and 575 total runs (17th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 442 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.96 as a unit for the year.

The Brewers have sent 442 relievers to the hill this season. The relievers have inherited 149 base runners so far this season and 28.9% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. They have earned 45 saves this season and have blown 22 out of their 67 chances to save the game. The Brewers bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 67.2% and has come into the game in 153 save situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 86 holds on the year (6th in MLB). Brewers relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 106 times as well as having 173 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Milwaukee Brewers have accumulated 3,578 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,156 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .984 which has them ranked 20th in MLB, and they have twisted 99 double plays. The Brewers have converted 70.2% of balls in play into outs in their 10,734 innings on the field, which has them sitting 11th in baseball.

Lauer (31-30 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.40 and he has gone up against 2,296 opposing batters in the majors. He has allowed 519 base knocks (8.8 hits per nine innings) and has 198 free passes. His earned run average is 4.08 (242 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.344. Lauer has taken the mound for 533 innings and has 501 punch outs during his career.

The Colorado Rockies have a team on-base percentage of .319 as well as a team batting average of .258 for the season. They have struck out on 1,077 instances (23rd in MLB) and have tallied 1,201 hits. Colorado has knocked in 118 home runs for the year to go along with 566 runs batted in. The Rockies hold a team slugging % of .396 and they average 4.37 runs per game (16th in the league). They have tallied 237 two-baggers, while getting a free base 382 times and scoring 594 runs.

The Rockies hold a team WHIP of 1.447 and have a FIP of 4.47 as a unit over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.11 (960 strikeouts against 454 free passes). They are currently ranked 30th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,277. They have conceded 156 long balls and they allow 5.54 runs per 9 innings (30th in MLB). The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 736 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.06 (672 earned runs relinquished).

Colorado has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 54 save chances and they have come away with 36 saves. They rank 13th in baseball with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 419 bullpen pitchers onto the field this year. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 153 times in high leverage situations and on 109 occasions with base runners. Colorado relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 34.5% out of their 174 inherited runners. With 109 save situations, the Rockies have compiled 55 holds in addition to 18 blown saves.

Out of their 10,767 innings played, the Rockies have a defensive efficiency of 67.5% (29th in the majors). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 133 double plays and have a fielding rate of .983 (27th in MLB). The Rockies have accrued 1,361 assists, 87 errors and have 3,589 putouts so far this season.

So far in his MLB career, Freeland has surrendered 850 hits while he has totaled 614 K's in 801 innings pitched. Freeland (47-49 record in his career) is the owner of a 4.30 ERA and has allowed 9.5 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 383 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.407 and a FIP of 4.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.21 and he has faced 3,473 opposing batters so far in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Milwaukee (-130)

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