Minnesota Twins vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 9/29/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Friday, September 29, 2023

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

The Colorado Rockies (57-101) will go up against the Minnesota Twins (85-73) at Coors Field on Friday. The starting pitchers will be Kenta Maeda and Ty Blach.

The Twins have tallied 257 doubles as a team and have knocked 224 balls out of the stadium. Minnesota is slugging .426 and have been called out on strikes 1,608 times, while taking a walk on 572 occasions. As a squad, the Minnesota Twins are notching 4.8 runs per contest, which ranks them 11th in the league. They have recorded 718 runs batted in and 1,284 hits on the year, while their average at the plate sits at .242. They have tallied 748 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .324.

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The Twins are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.87 on the year (6th in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,492 batters. Twins pitchers have allowed 185 home runs and 638 runs (2nd in baseball). They have walked 429 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.89 as a squad over the course of the season. Minnesota has conceded 1,253 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and also 604 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.48 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.20.

Twins relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 113 times in addition to having 176 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 78 holds on the year (20th in the league). The Twins bullpen have a save percentage of 57.1% and has entered the game in 143 save situations. They have earned 36 saves for the year and have blown 27 of their 63 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 153 base runners so far this year with 28.1% of those players earned a run for their team. The Twins have dispatched 470 relief pitchers to the mound this year.

The Twins have converted 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 12,645 innings, which has them sitting 9th in the majors. The Minnesota Twins are sitting with 4,215 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,242 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which has them sitting 5th in the majors, and they have twisted 114 double plays.

Maeda (65-48 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 3.73 and he has faced 3,545 hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 739 hits (7.7 hits per nine innings) and has 246 free passes. His ERA is 3.92 (376 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.141. Maeda has taken the mound for 863 innings and has earned 946 K's during his career.

The Colorado Rockies have accumulated a team OBP of .310 as well as a team batting average of .248 on the season. They have been rung up on 1,486 occasions (4th in baseball) and have accounted for 1,315 base hits. Colorado has knocked in 150 home runs this season to go along with 656 RBIs. The Rockies hold a team SLG% of .399 and they are scoring 4.39 runs per contest (20th in baseball). They have recorded 294 doubles, while walking 436 times as well as earning 690 runs.

The Rockies are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.539 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.21 as a team this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 7.10 (1,083 strikeouts vs 564 walks). They sit at 30th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,540. They have given up 223 dingers and they relinquish 6.06 runs per 9 innings (30th in baseball). The Colorado pitching staff have allowed 921 runs for the season while having an ERA of 5.63 (855 earned runs relinquished).

Colorado bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 38.4% of 255 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 147 times in high leverage situations and on 152 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 125 save situations, the Rockies have accrued 58 holds and 33 blown saves. They rank 28th in the league with a save rate of 49.2%, and they have sent 524 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the year. Colorado has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 65 save opportunities and they have tallied 32 saves.

In 12,303 innings played, the Rockies hold a defensive efficiency of 67.1% (30th in pro baseball). The Colorado Rockies have turned 164 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (12th in baseball). The Rockies have racked up 1,459 assists, 79 errors and have earned 4,101 putouts for the year.

In his MLB career, Blach has given up 514 base hits while he has totaled 253 K's in 443 frames. He has given up a total of 254 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.472 and having a FIP of 4.6. His K/BB ratio is 1.82 and he has gone up against 1,926 opposing batters so far in his career. Blach (20-25 career record) has earned a 5.15 earned run average while allowing 10.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado

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