Arizona Diamondbacks vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 9/16/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arizona Diamondbacks vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Monday, September 16, 2024

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

The Colorado Rockies (55-92) will try to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks (82-64) at Coors Field on Monday. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Merrill Kelly and Tanner Gordon.

Arizona has a slugging % of .442 and have been called out on strikes 1,136 times, while being walked on 504 occasions. They have 764 RBI's and 1,310 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average comes in at .263. The Diamondbacks have compiled 247 two-baggers as a team and have hit 191 balls out of the park. They have a total of 802 runs scored and have an OBP of .336. As a unit, the Arizona Diamondbacks are earning 5.5 runs per game, which puts them at 1st in MLB.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.66 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.35. Diamondbacks pitchers have surrendered 155 home runs and also 700 runs in total (25th in the league). Arizona has relinquished 1,324 hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and also 661 earned runs. The Diamondbacks have a team ERA of 4.57 this year (27th in MLB), and they have rung up 1,143 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 430 hitters and their FIP is 4.08 as a team on the season.

Diamondbacks bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 137 times and also have had 160 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 80 holds for the year (11th in the league). The Diamondbacks relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 61.0% and has come into the game in 141 save situations. They have accumulated 36 saves for the year and have missed out on 23 of 59 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 196 base runners over the course of the season and 40.3% of those players crossed home plate. The Diamondbacks have dispatched 480 relief pitchers to the mound for the year.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have 3,903 putouts thus far, as well as 1,324 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .989 which has them sitting 1st in baseball, and they have turned 131 double plays. The Diamondbacks have converted 68.3% of balls hit into play into outs in their 11,709 innings on the diamond, ranking them 27th in pro baseball.

Kelly has taken the hill for 807 innings and has accounted for 725 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Kelly (52-43 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.78 while he has gone up against 3,330 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.84 (344 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.223. He has conceded 738 hits (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 249 walks.

The Rockies hold a team slugging percentage of .397 and they are recording 4.17 runs per game (23rd in baseball). They have tallied 249 two-baggers, while taking a walk 405 times as well as scoring 613 runs. Colorado has tallied 159 home runs on the year as well as 588 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 1,455 occasions (2nd in MLB) and are sitting with 1,198 hits. The Colorado Rockies have compiled an on-base percentage of .303 in addition to a team batting average of .242 so far this year.

The Colorado pitching staff have yielded 839 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 5.43 (780 earned runs relinquished). They have yielded 191 long balls and they relinquish 5.84 runs per 9 innings (30th in baseball). The Rockies hold a team WHIP of 1.506 and have a FIP of 4.84 as a unit this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 7.00 (1,008 strikeouts against 502 free passes). They sit at 30th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,444.

Colorado relievers have an inherited score percentage of 33.3% out of their 219 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 147 times in high leverage situations and on 142 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 115 save situations, the Rockies have tallied 55 holds in addition to 24 blown saves. They are ranked 25th in baseball with a save percentage of 59.3%, and they have sent 442 relievers to the mound this season. Colorado has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 59 save chances and they have earned 35 saves.

In 11,634 innings on the diamond, the Rockies hold a defensive efficiency of 67.2% (30th in professional baseball). The Colorado Rockies have turned 144 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (7th in professional baseball). The Rockies have accrued 1,413 assists, 74 errors and have amassed 3,878 putouts so far this year.

So far in his pro baseball career, Gordon has allowed 53 base hits while he has accumulated 26 punch outs in 34 frames. Gordon (0-6 career win-loss mark) has a 8.71 earned run average while surrendering 14.0 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 33 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.730 and a FIP of 8.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.33 and he has faced 160 hitters in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Colorado

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