Colorado Rockies vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 6/16/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Friday, June 16, 2023

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: Bally Sports South

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+175) Atlanta (-205)

Truist Park is the location where the Atlanta Braves (42-26) will attempt to beat the Colorado Rockies (29-41) on Friday. The odds on this game have Colorado at +175 and Atlanta is priced at -205. The over/under is 9. The pitchers taking the mound will be Dinelson Lamet and Jared Shuster.

As a squad, the Colorado Rockies are notching 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 15th in MLB. They have earned a total of 312 runs scored and have an OBP of .317. The Rockies have compiled 153 doubles as a squad and have knocked 56 balls out of the park. They have earned 299 runs batted in and 611 hits this season, while their batting average is .257. Colorado has a slugging % of .402 and have struck out 615 times, while taking a walk on 199 occasions.

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The Rockies have a team earned run average of 5.14 for the season (28th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 515 batters. Rockies pitchers have surrendered 90 home runs in addition to 382 runs in total (29th in baseball). They have walked 267 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.94 as a team so far this season. Colorado has surrendered 647 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 349 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.93 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.50.

The Rockies have sent 225 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 114 runners on the campaign and 29.8% of them earned a run for their team. They have tallied 15 saves for the year and have blown 9 out of their 24 save opportunities. The Rockies bullpen have earned a save rate of 62.5% and has entered the game in 44 save situations. The bullpen have earned 18 holds this season (30th in baseball). Rockies pitchers have entered the game with runners on 67 times in addition to having 52 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rockies have turned 67.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 5,496 innings on the diamond, ranking them 26th in professional baseball. The Colorado Rockies have accounted for 1,832 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 671 assists and 36 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .986 which ranks 18th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 68 double plays.

Lamet has thrown 357 innings and is sitting with 465 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Lamet (17-23 record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.87 while he has faced 1,537 opposing batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.46 (177 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.293. He has given up 300 base knocks (7.6 hits per 9 innings) with 162 free passes.

The Braves have a slugging percentage of .467 and they score 5.22 runs per game (4th in the league). They have recorded 119 doubles, while walking 224 times and scoring 355 runs. Atlanta has accounted for 114 home runs for the season as well as 343 runs batted in. They have struck out on 572 occasions (19th in the league) and have 612 base knocks. The Atlanta Braves are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .334 and a team batting average of .264 for the season.

The Braves hold a team WHIP of 1.283 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.95 as a staff over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 9.40 (634 strikeouts against 219 free passes). They rank 12th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 556. They have allowed 72 homers and they relinquish 4.22 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Atlanta pitching staff have allowed 283 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 3.84 (258 earned runs given up).

Atlanta has had relief pitchers take the mound in 35 save opportunities and they have walked away with 21 saves. They rank 19th in the league holding a save rate of 60.0%, and they have sent 229 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond this season. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 78 times in high leverage situations in addition to 60 occasions with runners on. Atlanta relievers have an inherited score rate of 34.9% of 86 inherited base runners. With 83 save situations, the Braves have accumulated 47 holds and 14 blown saves.

In 5,439 innings played, the Braves have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.1% (23rd in pro baseball). The Atlanta Braves have gotten 60 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .982 (27th in MLB). The Braves have 569 assists, 43 errors and have a total of 1,813 putouts on the campaign.

So far in his career, Shuster has surrendered 30 base hits while earning 21 K's in 35 frames. He has allowed a total of 20 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.374 and having a FIP of 4.5. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.11 and he has faced 152 opposing batters so far in his MLB career. Shuster (3-2 career win-loss record) has earned a 5.05 ERA while surrendering 7.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Colorado (+175)

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