Colorado Rockies vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 8/25/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Friday, August 25, 2023

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

The Colorado Rockies (48-78) are headed to Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Friday where they will try to defeat the Baltimore Orioles (78-48). The men taking the mound will be Kyle Freeland and Cole Irvin.

As a team, the Colorado Rockies are scoring 4.4 runs/g, which is 18th in the league. They have accounted for 556 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .311. The Rockies have accrued 237 doubles as a squad and have hit 128 baseballs out of the stadium. They have amassed 530 RBI's in addition to 1,068 hits for the season, while their team batting average is sitting at .250. Colorado has a slugging percentage of .404 and have been called out on strikes 1,193 times, while taking a walk on 347 occasions.

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The Rockies are sitting with a team ERA of 5.57 for the year (29th in the league), and the staff has struck out 874 hitters. Rockies pitchers have relinquished 180 home runs and 734 total runs (29th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 450 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 5.18 as a unit for the season. Colorado has given up 1,221 hits (10.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 681 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.94 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.52.

The Rockies have sent 419 relief pitchers to the mound on the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 198 runners this year with 37.4% of them crossed home plate. They have recorded 25 saves on the year and have missed out on 23 of 48 save chances. The Rockies relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 52.1% and has come into the game in 94 save situations. The bullpen have racked up 44 holds for the season (29th in baseball). Rockies relief pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 121 times as well as having 112 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rockies have converted 67.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 9,912 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 29th in MLB. The Colorado Rockies have earned a total of 3,304 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,192 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .985 which has them ranked 16th in MLB, and they have turned 133 double plays.

Freeland (54-64 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.56 and he has faced 4,152 batters in the majors. He has surrendered 1,033 base hits (9.7 hits per nine innings) with 323 free passes. His ERA is 4.37 (465 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.416. Freeland has taken the ball for 957 innings and has accounted for 724 strikeouts during his pro baseball career.

Baltimore has a total of 147 long balls so far this year to go along with 603 RBIs. They have tallied 241 doubles, while getting a free base 397 times as well as recording 622 runs. The Baltimore Orioles have earned a team on-base percentage of .319 and a batting average of .253 for the season. The Orioles hold a team slugging percentage of .424 and they average 4.94 runs per contest (6th in the league). They have struck out on 1,057 occasions (18th in baseball) and have earned 1,083 base knocks.

The Baltimore pitching staff have given up 539 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.05 (509 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 141 home runs and they give up 4.29 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Orioles hold a team WHIP of 1.271 in addition to having a FIP of 4.03 as a unit for the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.10 (1,146 strikeouts vs 388 bases on balls). They are sitting at 16th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,049.

Baltimore relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 37.0% out of 219 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 166 times in high leverage situations in addition to 149 occasions with runners on base. With 156 save situations, the Orioles have earned 89 holds and 26 blown saves. They are ranked 20th in the league holding a save rate of 60.0%, and they have sent 431 relievers onto the diamond for the season. Baltimore has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 65 save opportunities and they have tallied 39 saves.

The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 112 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .989 (3rd in baseball). The Orioles have accrued 1,102 assists, 50 errors and are sitting with 3,393 putouts this year. Out of their 10,179 innings on the diamond, the Orioles have earned a efficiency on defense of 69.1% (16th in professional baseball).

Irvin (22-33 win-loss record in his career) has a 4.44 ERA while allowing 9.5 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.07 and he has faced 1,970 batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has allowed 228 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.290 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. During his pro baseball career, Irvin has allowed 486 hits while he has earned 341 punch outs in 462 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado

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