Toronto Blue Jays vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 9/2/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-192) Colorado (+160)

The Toronto Blue Jays (73-61) are traveling to Coors Field on Saturday where they will try to beat the Colorado Rockies (49-84). The odds on this game have Toronto at -192 and Colorado is sitting at +160. The over/under has been set at 12. The starting pitchers will be Yusei Kikuchi and Ty Blach.

As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are putting up 4.5 runs per game, which has them at 15th in the league. They have 603 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .329. The Blue Jays have hit 238 doubles as a squad and have smacked 156 balls out of the park. They have earned 574 runs batted in in addition to 1,189 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate sits at .258. Toronto has a slugging rate of .417 and have struck out 1,081 times, while drawing a walk on 438 occasions.

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The Blue Jays have a team earned run average of 3.69 for the year (2nd in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,252 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have yielded 163 long balls and also 539 total runs (3rd in the league). They have walked 394 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.07 as a unit so far this year. Toronto has given up 1,079 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 491 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 3.18 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.23.

The Blue Jays relievers have a save percentage of 76.7% and has come into the game in 150 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 200 base runners over the course of the season and 21.0% of them ended up crossing the plate. Blue Jays pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 139 times in addition to having 160 appearances in high leverage situations. The Blue Jays have sent 450 relief pitchers to the mound on the season. The relievers have accumulated 90 holds this season (2nd in baseball). They have earned 46 saves this season and have missed out on 14 out of their 60 save opportunities.

The Toronto Blue Jays have earned 3,591 putouts thus far, as well as 1,054 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which has them ranked 10th in pro baseball, and they have twisted 101 double plays. The Blue Jays have turned 69.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 10,773 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 11th in baseball.

Kikuchi has taken the mound for 605 innings and is sitting with 596 punch outs during his MLB career. Kikuchi (30-35 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.88 while he has faced 2,612 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 4.70 (316 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.379. He has surrendered 607 base hits (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has 228 free passes.

The Rockies have a team slugging percentage of .400 and they average 4.35 runs per contest (19th in the league). They have 248 two-baggers, while taking a walk 362 times and scoring 579 runs. Colorado has 133 home runs for the year as well as 551 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,262 occasions (4th in MLB) and have earned a total of 1,116 hits. The Colorado Rockies have earned a team OBP of .309 as well as a batting average of .248 so far this year.

The Colorado pitching staff have allowed 776 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 5.53 (714 earned runs allowed). They have given up 194 dingers and they relinquish 6.01 runs per 9 innings (29th in the league). The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.515 with a FIP of 5.20 as a staff this season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 7.10 (920 strikeouts vs 465 free passes). They are sitting at 30th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,294.

Sitting with 99 save situations, the Rockies have earned 45 holds in addition to 27 blown saves. Colorado has called on relievers to enter the contest in 52 save chances and they have tallied 25 saves. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 119 times in high leverage situations and also on 128 occasions with runners on base. Colorado relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 38.2% out of 207 inherited base runners. They rank 28th in MLB with a save percentage of 48.1%, and they have dispatched 439 bullpen pitchers to the mound this season.

In their 10,452 innings on the diamond, the Rockies have earned a efficiency on defense of 67.4% (28th in MLB). The Colorado Rockies have turned 141 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (18th in the majors). The Rockies have racked up 1,262 assists, 73 errors and have notched a total of 3,484 putouts so far this season.

Blach (18-23 mark in his career) has earned a 4.97 earned run average while allowing 10.2 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.81 and he has gone up against 1,806 opposing batters in his pro baseball career. He has conceded a total of 231 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.438 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.4. So far in his career, Blach has allowed 473 base hits while he has totaled 233 punch outs in 418 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Toronto (-192)

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