St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 4/11/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-225) Colorado (+190)

The St. Louis Cardinals (3-6) are on their way to Coors Field on Tuesday where they will try to defeat the Colorado Rockies (4-6). The moneyline on this matchup has St. Louis at -225 and Colorado is coming in at +190. The total has been set at 12. The starting pitchers will be Miles Mikolas and Kyle Freeland.

The Cardinals have accumulated 12 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 10 baseballs out of the stadium. St. Louis owns a slugging percentage of .428 and have been rung up 66 times, while drawing a walk on 33 occasions. As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are compiling 4.0 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 23rd in MLB. They have amassed 35 runs batted in and 92 hits so far this season, and their team batting average is sitting at .294. They have racked up 36 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .365.

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Cardinals pitchers have allowed 9 home runs and 42 total runs (15th in the league). They have walked 34 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.24 as a unit this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.38 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.56. The Cardinals have an earned run average of 4.78 so far this season (19th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 81 hitters.

The Cardinals bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 33.3% and has come into the game in 6 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 12 base runners on the campaign and 8.3% of those runners crossed home plate. Cardinals bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 9 times and also have had 6 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have sent 29 relievers to the mound this season. The bullpen have 3 holds so far this year (20th in baseball). They have earned 1 save this year and have not converted 2 of their 3 save opportunities.

The Cardinals have transformed 64.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 711 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 30th in baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have earned a total of 237 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 87 assists and 0 errors. Their fielding rate is at 1.000 which has them ranked 1st in MLB, and they have turned 7 double plays.

Mikolas (45-41 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 3.95 and he has faced 3,018 opposing batters during his time in the majors. He has given up 707 base knocks (8.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 146 free passes. His ERA is 3.77 (307 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.165. Mikolas has taken the mound for 732 frames and has tallied 548 punch outs during his career.

Colorado has compiled 10 home runs on the season to go along with 39 RBIs. They have recorded 23 doubles, while taking a walk 23 times as well as scoring 41 runs. The Colorado Rockies have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .312 and a batting average of .259 on the season. The Rockies have a slugging percentage of .414 and they score 4.10 runs per game (22nd in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 87 occasions (11th in baseball) and have accounted for 89 hits.

The Rockies hold a team WHIP of 1.477 in addition to having a FIP of 4.90 as a team so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.95 (72 strikeouts against 37 walks). They come in at 24th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 90. They have surrendered 12 home runs and they yield 5.76 runs per 9 innings (24th in the league). The Colorado pitching staff have relinquished 55 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 5.55 (53 earned runs surrendered).

Colorado relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 46.7% out of 15 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 7 times in high leverage situations and on 8 occasions with runners on base. With 6 save situations, the Rockies have 2 holds in addition to 0 blown saves. They rank 2nd in the league with a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have dispatched 28 relievers to the hill for the season. Colorado has had relievers step onto the hill in 3 save chances and they have recorded 3 saves.

The Colorado Rockies have gotten 11 double plays and have a fielding rate of .983 (20th in baseball). The Rockies have racked up 96 assists, 6 errors and have earned a total of 258 putouts this season. In their 774 innings on the diamond, the Rockies are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 67.8% (18th in pro baseball).

So far in his pro baseball career, Freeland has given up 887 hits while earning 647 punch outs in 841 innings. He has given up a total of 393 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.398 and a FIP of 4.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.24 and he has faced 3,636 batters during his MLB career. Freeland (51-51 mark in his career) has earned a 4.20 ERA and has conceded 9.5 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+190)

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