St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 4/10/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Monday, April 10, 2023

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-130) Colorado (+110)

The St. Louis Cardinals (3-6) are headed to Coors Field on Monday where they will take on the Colorado Rockies (3-6). The moneyline on this contest has the Cardinals at -130 while the Rockies are priced at +110. The betting total comes in at 11. The pitchers who are expected to start are Steven Matz and German Marquez.

The Cardinals have accumulated 11 doubles as a squad and have smacked 10 baseballs out of the park. St. Louis is slugging .454 and have been called out on strikes 55 times, while taking a walk on 27 occasions. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are notching 4.4 runs per contest, which ranks them 19th in baseball. They have earned 34 runs batted in and 86 base knocks over the course of the season, while their average at the plate is at .307. They have accounted for 35 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .372.

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Cardinals pitchers have yielded 7 long balls in addition to 36 runs in total (13th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 32 batters and their FIP sits at 4.05 as a team on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.22 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.55. The Cardinals hold a team ERA of 4.56 this year (16th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 71 batters.

The St. Louis Cardinals have notched a total of 213 putouts for the season, as well as 80 assists and 0 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at 1.000 which has them ranked 1st in baseball, and they have turned 6 double plays. The Cardinals have converted 65.4% of balls hit into play into outs in their 639 innings, ranking them 27th in pro baseball.

Matz has thrown 783 innings and is sitting with 757 punch outs during his career. His ERA is 4.32 (376 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.323. He has given up 803 hits (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 234 free passes. Matz (50-52 career mark) holds a FIP of 4.32 and he has faced 3,360 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Colorado Rockies are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .300 as well as a team batting average of .255 for the year. They have been rung up on 83 occasions (5th in MLB) and have 79 hits. Colorado has tallied 8 HRs so far this year as well as 33 RBIs. The Rockies hold a slugging % of .397 and they have an average of 3.78 runs per game (24th in the league). They have hit 20 two-baggers, while walking 18 times as well as putting up 34 runs.

The Colorado pitching staff have yielded 49 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.49 (47 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 12 long balls and they surrender 5.73 runs per 9 innings (25th in MLB). The Rockies have a WHIP of 1.468 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.89 as a pitching staff this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.13 (66 strikeouts vs 31 walks). They are sitting at 26th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 82.

The Colorado Rockies have gotten 11 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (20th in the majors). The Rockies have racked up 87 assists, 5 errors and have accounted for 231 putouts this season. Out of their 693 innings on the field, the Rockies have a efficiency on defense of 67.5% (22nd in MLB).

In his MLB career, Marquez has surrendered 993 base hits and he has 975 K's in 1,007 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 493 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.285 and having a FIP of 4.0. His K/BB ratio is 3.24 and he has faced 4,261 opposing batters in his career. Marquez (64-55 career win-loss record) has a 4.40 earned run average while allowing 8.9 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis (-130)

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