Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 5/9/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh

The Colorado Rockies (14-21) are traveling to PNC Park on Tuesday where they will try to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates (20-15). The pitchers who are expected to start are Connor Seabold and Luis Ortiz.

As a unit, the Colorado Rockies are notching 4.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 18th in baseball. They have tallied 152 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .322. The Rockies have hit 73 doubles as a team and have smacked 30 baseballs out of the park. They have recorded 146 RBI's in addition to 303 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .257. Colorado has a slugging % of .397 and have struck out 308 times, while drawing a walk on 106 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.09 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.44. Rockies pitchers have allowed 44 long balls and 187 runs in total (27th in baseball). Colorado has yielded 309 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and also 167 earned runs. The Rockies have a team ERA of 4.96 so far this season (25th in the league), and they have rung up 263 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 126 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.86 as a squad this season.

The Rockies have dispatched 109 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. The relief pitchers have inherited 55 base runners this season and 36.4% of them crossed home plate. They have recorded 5 saves for the season and have blown 3 of 8 save chances. The Rockies relief pitchers have a save rate of 62.5% and has entered the game in 15 save situations. The relievers have accumulated 6 holds for the year (30th in MLB). Rockies bullpen pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 31 times and also have had 18 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rockies have converted 68.3% of balls in play into outs in their 2,727 innings on the field, which has them sitting 18th in MLB. The Colorado Rockies are sitting with 909 putouts this year, as well as 336 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .983 which is 23rd in pro baseball, and have a total of 33 double plays.

Seabold has taken the ball for 40 innings and is sitting with 33 punch outs in his career. Seabold (0-4 career mark) has a FIP of 6.25 and he has gone up against 195 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 8.10 (36 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.900. He has given up 63 hits (14.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 13 walks.

Pittsburgh has tallied 36 home runs this year as well as 155 RBIs. They have put up 73 doubles, while taking a walk 131 times and notching 163 runs. The Pittsburgh Pirates are sitting with an OBP of .328 as well as a batting average of .249 on the campaign. The Pirates hold a slugging % of .420 and they average 4.66 runs per contest (11th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 286 occasions (20th in baseball) and have recorded 289 hits.

The Pittsburgh pitching staff have yielded 145 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.90 (134 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 33 dingers and they allow 4.22 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league). The Pirates are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.362 and have a FIP of 4.07 as a unit this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.70 (301 strikeouts against 125 bases on balls). They are sitting at 20th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 296.

Sitting with 42 save situations, the Pirates have earned 25 holds and also 3 blown saves. Pittsburgh has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 16 save chances and they have come away with 13 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 29 times in high leverage situations in addition to 19 occasions with base runners. Pittsburgh relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 20.0% out of 30 inherited runners. They are ranked 2nd in MLB with a save rate of 81.3%, and they have dispatched 103 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the season.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have turned 28 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .981 (26th in pro baseball). The Pirates have racked up 278 assists, 23 errors and have amassed 929 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 2,787 innings on the field, the Pirates hold a efficiency on defense of 68.1% (21st in baseball).

During his MLB career, Ortiz has surrendered 8 hits while tallying 17 punch outs in 16 frames. He has given up a total of 8 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.125 and a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.70 and he has faced 69 batters thus far in his career. Ortiz (0-2 win-loss record in his career) has a 4.50 ERA while surrendering 4.5 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado

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