Colorado Rockies vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 6/21/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+120) Cincinnati (-140)

Great American Ball Park is the location where the Cincinnati Reds (38-35) will go up against the Colorado Rockies (29-46) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has Colorado at +120 and Cincinnati is coming in at -140. The total comes in at 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Kyle Freeland and Andrew Abbott.

Colorado has a slugging % of .400 and have struck out 673 times, while taking a walk on 213 occasions. They have amassed 313 RBI's and 652 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average is at .256. The Rockies have accounted for 159 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 62 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 328 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .317. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are putting up 4.4 runs per contest, which ranks them 19th in the league.

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The Rockies are sitting with a team ERA of 5.44 for the season (29th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 547 batters. Rockies pitchers have allowed 105 home runs and 427 runs in total (29th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 290 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 5.15 as a squad for the year. Colorado has allowed 704 base hits (9.7 per 9 innings) and 393 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.89 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.53.

Rockies relief pitchers have entered the game with players on base 70 times and also have had 53 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers are sitting with 18 holds on the season (30th in MLB). The Rockies bullpen have recorded a save rate of 60.0% and has entered the game in 45 save situations. They have 15 saves for the year and have blown 10 out of their 25 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 119 base runners for the season with 31.1% of them crossed the plate. The Rockies have sent 242 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

The Rockies have turned 67.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 5,856 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 27th in MLB. The Colorado Rockies have amassed 1,952 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 722 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .986 which has them ranked 16th in pro baseball, and they have turned 74 double plays.

Freeland has pitched in 909 innings and has tallied 691 punch outs so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.29 (433 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.402. He has surrendered 966 base knocks (9.6 hits per nine innings) with 308 free passes. Freeland (53-59 career mark) holds a FIP of 4.50 and he has faced 3,926 opposing hitters in the majors.

Cincinnati is sitting with 65 home runs on the season to go along with 336 RBIs. They have tallied 132 two-baggers, while getting a free base 261 times as well as racking up 349 runs. The Cincinnati Reds have earned an on-base percentage of .332 as well as a team batting average of .254 so far this season. The Reds have a team SLG% of .400 and they average 4.78 runs per game (10th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 646 instances (10th in baseball) and have earned a total of 628 hits.

The Reds hold a team WHIP of 1.440 and have a FIP of 4.58 as a squad so far this year. They sit at 27th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 668. The Cincinnati pitching staff have relinquished 367 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.87 (351 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.70 (625 strikeouts vs 265 walks). They have allowed 91 HR's and they concede 5.10 runs per 9 innings (27th in MLB).

Cincinnati bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 28.7% out of their 143 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 105 times in high leverage situations and also on 98 occasions with base runners. With 76 save situations, the Reds have 39 holds in addition to 10 blown saves. They sit at 5th in the league with a save percentage of 71.4%, and they have sent 257 relievers onto the field for the season. Cincinnati has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 35 save chances and they have tallied 25 saves.

In 5,835 innings on the diamond, the Reds hold a defensive efficiency of 67.4% (29th in MLB). The Cincinnati Reds have turned 53 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (11th in baseball). The Reds have accrued 587 assists, 34 errors and are sitting with 1,945 putouts for the year.

So far in his career, Abbott has conceded 10 base hits while he has totaled 12 punch outs in 17 frames. He has conceded 0 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.075 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.33 and he has gone up against 71 opposing hitters during his pro baseball career. Abbott (3-0 career win-loss record) has earned a 0.00 earned run average and has given up 5.1 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+120)

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