Colorado Rockies vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 8/4/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Friday, August 4, 2023

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

Busch Stadium is the site where the St. Louis Cardinals (47-61) will play the Colorado Rockies (42-65) on Friday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Chris Flexen and Adam Wainwright.

As a team, the Colorado Rockies are scoring 4.4 runs per outing, which has them at 20th in MLB. They have 466 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .314. The Rockies have tallied 205 doubles as a unit and have hit 107 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 445 RBI's as well as 919 hits so far this season, and their team batting average is at .253. Colorado owns a slugging percentage of .406 and have been called out on strikes 986 times, while drawing a walk on 294 occasions.

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Their K/BB ratio is 1.94 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.51. Rockies pitchers have conceded 148 home runs and 616 runs in total (29th in the league). Colorado has conceded 1,021 base knocks (9.8 per 9 innings) and also 569 earned runs. The Rockies hold a team ERA of 5.47 on the year (29th in the league), and their staff has rung up 761 hitters. They have walked 393 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 5.10 as a team for the year.

Rockies pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 102 times in addition to having 90 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 36 holds on the season (29th in baseball). The Rockies relief pitchers have a save percentage of 57.5% and stepped onto the hill in 78 save situations. They have compiled 23 saves on the year and have blown 17 of their 40 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 168 base runners over the course of the season and 33.9% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Rockies have sent 357 relievers to the hill so far this year.

The Colorado Rockies have earned 2,807 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,024 assists and 60 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .985 which has them sitting 20th in professional baseball, and have a total of 113 double plays. The Rockies have transformed 67.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 8,421 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 29th in pro baseball.

Flexen (25-31 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 4.91 while he has faced 1,893 batters in the majors. He has allowed 471 hits (9.8 hits per 9 innings) with 170 walks. His ERA is 4.82 (231 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.487. Flexen has taken the ball for 431 innings and has tallied 302 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

The St. Louis Cardinals have accumulated an OBP of .330 in addition to a batting average of .256 on the year. They have been called out on strikes on 900 occasions (18th in baseball) and have totaled 945 base hits. St. Louis has 147 home runs this year as well as 487 runs batted in. The Cardinals hold a slugging percentage of .428 and they are recording 4.68 runs per game (12th in baseball). They have hit 179 doubles, while walking 373 times as well as putting up 505 runs.

The St. Louis pitching staff have conceded 533 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 4.55 (481 earned runs yielded). They have given up 103 home runs and they allow 5.04 runs per 9 innings (26th in baseball). The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.453 and have a FIP of 4.16 as a unit so far this season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.10 (858 strikeouts vs 362 bases on balls). They rank 30th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,021.

Sitting with 104 save situations, the Cardinals have 55 holds in addition to 24 blown saves. St. Louis has had relief pitchers enter the game in 49 save chances and they have come away with 25 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 125 times in high leverage situations and on 121 occasions with runners on. St. Louis bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 30.3% of 198 inherited base runners. They rank 27th in the league holding a save rate of 51.0%, and they have dispatched 325 relievers to the mound on the year.

The St. Louis Cardinals have turned 95 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .989 (3rd in the majors). The Cardinals have racked up 1,026 assists, 43 errors and have earned a total of 2,857 putouts this season. In 8,571 innings on the field, the Cardinals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 66.5% (30th in MLB).

In his pro baseball career, Wainwright has surrendered 2,521 base knocks while he has earned 2,181 K's in 2,630 frames. Wainwright (198-122 career record) has earned a 3.47 earned run average while allowing 8.6 hits per nine innings. He has allowed a total of 1,014 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.232 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.03 and he has faced 10,932 hitters in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis

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