Arizona Diamondbacks vs New York Yankees Prediction, 9/23/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arizona Diamondbacks vs New York Yankees

Date: Saturday, September 23, 2023

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

The New York Yankees (77-76) welcome the Arizona Diamondbacks (81-72) at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. The starting pitchers are Zach Davies and Randy Vasquez.

Arizona is slugging .415 and have struck out 1,190 times, while being walked on 505 occasions. They have accumulated 674 RBI's as well as 1,304 hits for the season, and their average at the plate sits at .253. The Diamondbacks have hit 265 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 162 balls out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 713 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .324. As a team, the Arizona Diamondbacks are scoring 4.7 runs per game, which is 13th in the league.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.52 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.33. Diamondbacks pitchers have given up 187 home runs and also 729 total runs (20th in the league). Arizona has conceded 1,305 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and 685 earned runs. The Diamondbacks are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.54 on the campaign (20th in baseball), and they have struck out 1,266 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 503 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.41 as a squad over the course of the season.

The Diamondbacks relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 63.2% and has entered the game in 143 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 223 runners so far this season and 30.9% of those runners crossed home plate. Diamondbacks relief pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 157 times as well as having 151 appearances in high leverage situations. The Diamondbacks have sent 516 relievers to the mound on the year. The bullpen have earned 73 holds on the year (22nd in MLB). They have accumulated 43 saves for the year and have blown 25 out of their 68 save opportunities.

The Diamondbacks have transformed 69.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 12,216 innings, which has them sitting at 13th in MLB. The Arizona Diamondbacks have a tally of 4,072 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,328 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .990 which has them sitting 1st in the majors, and have accumulated 130 double plays.

Davies has taken the hill for 1,045 innings and has earned 782 strikeouts in his career. Davies (60-58 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 4.47 and he has gone up against 4,463 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.34 (504 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.350. He has given up 1,047 hits (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 364 free passes.

The Yankees hold a team slugging percentage of .396 and they average 4.18 runs per contest (24th in MLB). They have 202 doubles, while walking 528 times and earning 639 runs. New York has accounted for 210 home runs so far this year as well as 616 RBIs. They have been rung up on 1,337 occasions (13th in baseball) and are sitting with 1,132 base hits. The New York Yankees have an on-base percentage of .303 in addition to a team batting average of .225 over the course of the season.

The New York pitching staff have allowed 661 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 3.98 (602 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 185 long balls and they surrender 4.37 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Yankees have a team WHIP of 1.235 in addition to having a FIP of 4.26 as a unit this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 9.10 (1,371 strikeouts against 485 bases on balls). They rank 3rd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,196.

New York has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 59 save opportunities and they have tallied 40 saves. They sit at 8th in the league with a save rate of 67.8%, and they have sent 480 relievers onto the diamond this year. Their relief pitchers have come in 174 times in high leverage situations and on 164 occasions with base runners. New York relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 36.2% out of 235 inherited base runners. With 141 save situations, the Yankees have tallied 81 holds in addition to 19 blown saves.

The New York Yankees have turned 107 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (23rd in the majors). The Yankees have accrued 1,347 assists, 89 errors and are sitting with 4,085 putouts during this campaign. In their 12,255 innings played, the Yankees have a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (4th in MLB).

Vasquez (2-2 win-loss record in his career) has a 2.56 ERA and has conceded 6.5 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.79 and he has gone up against 136 opposing hitters in his MLB career. He has given up a total of 9 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.168 and a FIP of 5.4. In his MLB career, Vasquez has allowed 23 base hits while he has accumulated 25 punch outs in 31 frames.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Arizona

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