Colorado Rockies vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 8/24/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Thursday, August 24, 2023

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Tropicana Field is the site where the Tampa Bay Rays (76-51) will attempt to defeat the Colorado Rockies (48-77) on Thursday. The pitchers taking the mound are Peter Lambert and Tyler Glasnow.

The Rockies have accumulated 236 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 127 baseballs out of the stadium. Colorado has a slugging rate of .405 and have been called out on strikes 1,179 times, while taking a walk on 345 occasions. As a squad, the Colorado Rockies are notching 4.4 runs per contest, which has them at 18th in the league. They have tallied 525 RBI's as well as 1,060 hits on the year, and their team batting average sits at .250. They have 551 runs while having a team OBP of .311.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.94 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.52. Rockies pitchers have conceded 178 long balls and 728 total runs (29th in the league). Colorado has relinquished 1,210 hits (10.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 676 earned runs. The Rockies are sitting with a team ERA of 5.57 on the campaign (29th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 867 hitters. They have walked 446 players from the other team and their FIP is 5.17 as a team for the year.

Rockies pitchers have entered the game with players on base 120 times as well as having 109 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 43 holds so far this season (29th in baseball). The Rockies bullpen have a save rate of 53.2% and has come into the game in 92 save situations. They have recorded 25 saves for the season and have blown 22 of 47 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 198 runners for the season and 37.4% of those players crossed the plate. The Rockies have sent 416 relievers to the hill for the year.

The Rockies have turned 67.4% of balls in play into outs out of 9,831 innings, which has them sitting at 28th in the majors. The Colorado Rockies have a tally of 3,277 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,181 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which puts them in 16th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 131 double plays.

Lambert has taken the mound for 161 innings and has 116 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 6.47 (116 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.605. He has given up 197 base hits (11.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 62 free passes. Lambert (6-11 career mark) holds a FIP of 5.78 while he has gone up against 731 hitters during his time in the majors.

Tampa Bay has a total of 184 home runs this season as well as 653 RBIs. They have hit 218 two-baggers, while getting a free base 404 times and putting up 681 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have a team OBP of .332 in addition to a batting average of .261 this year. The Rays hold a slugging % of .449 and they average 5.36 runs per game (4th in the league). They have been rung up on 1,104 instances (14th in the league) and have earned 1,120 base hits.

The Rays hold a team WHIP of 1.199 with a FIP of 3.89 as a team for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 9.00 (1,125 strikeouts vs 357 free passes). They are currently ranked 3rd in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 988. They have given up 134 home runs and they concede 4.11 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Tampa Bay pitching staff have yielded 512 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.89 (485 earned runs relinquished).

Tampa Bay has called on relievers to take the mound in 53 save chances and they have tallied 33 saves. They are ranked 17th in MLB with a save rate of 62.3%, and they have dispatched 411 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 118 times in high leverage situations and on 92 occasions with runners on. Tampa Bay bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 25.7% of 144 inherited base runners. Sitting with 106 save situations, the Rays have 52 holds in addition to 20 blown saves.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 93 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (6th in the majors). The Rays have recorded 1,143 assists, 55 errors and have earned a total of 3,368 putouts over the course of the season. In their 10,104 innings played, the Rays hold a efficiency on defense of 70.5% (4th in pro baseball).

During his career, Glasnow has allowed 397 base hits while accumulating 626 punch outs in 490 innings pitched. Glasnow (26-24 career record) has a 3.89 ERA while surrendering 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 212 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.218 and a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.13 and he has gone up against 2,041 batters in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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