Colorado Rockies vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 6/14/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

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

Fenway Park is the location where the Boston Red Sox (33-34) will meet the Colorado Rockies (28-40) on Wednesday. The odds on this game have Colorado at +185 and Boston is opening at -215. The total is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Austin Gomber and Garrett Whitlock.

Colorado has a slugging % of .402 and have struck out 597 times, while drawing a walk on 193 occasions. They have 290 RBI's in addition to 592 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average is at .256. The Rockies have tallied 147 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 56 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 302 runs scored while having a team OBP of .316. As a unit, the Colorado Rockies are recording 4.4 runs per game, which has them at 15th in MLB.

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The Rockies have an earned run average of 5.13 on the year (28th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 500 hitters. Rockies pitchers have surrendered 88 home runs and 370 total runs (29th in MLB). They have walked 259 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.94 as a squad so far this season. Colorado has given up 628 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 338 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.93 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.50.

Rockies pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 61 times and also have had 45 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 17 holds over the course of the season (30th in the league). The Rockies relievers have earned a save rate of 63.6% and stepped onto the hill in 41 save situations. They have 14 saves on the year and have blown 8 out of their 22 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 105 base runners so far this season with 28.6% of those players ended up scoring. The Rockies have sent 217 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

The Colorado Rockies have a total of 1,778 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 649 assists and 36 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which puts them in 19th in pro baseball, and have a total of 68 double plays. The Rockies have converted 67.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 5,334 innings, ranking them 26th in professional baseball.

Gomber has pitched in 404 frames and has 341 K's during his pro baseball career. Gomber (25-24 career win-loss mark) sits with a FIP of 4.72 and he has gone up against 1,748 opposing batters in the majors. His ERA is 5.09 (229 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.401. He has allowed 418 base knocks (9.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 149 walks.

The Red Sox hold a slugging percentage of .423 and they are earning 4.87 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have recorded 148 two-baggers, while walking 224 times and scoring 326 runs. Boston has accumulated 72 home runs on the year to go along with 313 runs batted in. They have struck out on 529 occasions (25th in baseball) and have earned a total of 592 hits. The Boston Red Sox have a team OBP of .331 in addition to a team batting average of .259 so far this year.

The Red Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.314 in addition to having a FIP of 4.36 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.70 (568 strikeouts against 200 walks). They rank 24th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 575. They have allowed 84 long balls and they surrender 4.99 runs per 9 innings (24th in MLB). The Boston pitching staff have relinquished 327 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.55 (298 earned runs surrendered).

Boston has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 25 save chances and they have walked away with 18 saves. They are ranked 4th in MLB with a save percentage of 72.0%, and they have sent 207 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond for the year. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 55 times in high leverage situations and on 39 occasions with runners on. Boston bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 31.3% out of 64 inherited runners. Sitting with 58 save situations, the Red Sox have earned 33 holds in addition to 7 blown saves.

In their 5,310 innings played, the Red Sox have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 68.5% (19th in the majors). The Boston Red Sox have gotten 49 double plays and have a fielding rate of .980 (29th in the majors). The Red Sox have recorded 573 assists, 47 errors and have earned a total of 1,770 putouts so far this season.

In his MLB career, Whitlock has allowed 164 base hits while accumulating 189 strikeouts in 183 innings. Whitlock (15-8 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 3.09 earned run average while giving up 8.0 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 63 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.100 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.4. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.97 and he has faced 741 batters in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Colorado (+185)

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