Cincinnati Reds vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 6/5/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: Cincinnati (-130) Colorado (+110)

The Cincinnati Reds (27-33) are en route to Coors Field on Wednesday where they will try to beat the Colorado Rockies (21-38). The line on this matchup has Cincinnati at -130 and Colorado opens at +110. The over/under has been set at 10.5. The men taking the mound will be Graham Ashcraft and Dakota Hudson.

Cincinnati is slugging .367 and have struck out 551 times, while taking a walk on 205 occasions. They have earned 238 RBI's in addition to 436 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average is .224. The Reds have recorded 89 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 56 baseballs out of the stadium. They have accumulated 255 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .306. As a squad, the Cincinnati Reds are earning 4.3 runs/g, which has them at 18th in baseball.

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The Reds are sitting with a team ERA of 3.93 this year (16th in the league), and their staff has struck out 496 hitters. Reds pitchers have surrendered 63 home runs and 252 runs in total (12th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 182 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.06 as a team on the season. Cincinnati has surrendered 479 base knocks (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 231 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.73 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.25.

The Reds relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 81.3% and has entered the game in 48 save situations. The relievers have inherited 80 runners on the campaign and 25.0% of those players crossed the plate. Reds relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 50 times as well as having 63 appearances in high leverage situations. The Reds have sent 188 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The relievers are sitting with 31 holds on the campaign (13th in MLB). They have recorded 13 saves over the course of the season and have blown 3 of their 16 save chances.

The Reds have converted 70.3% of balls hit into play into outs in their 4,767 innings, ranking them 9th in MLB. The Cincinnati Reds have earned 1,589 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 451 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which puts them in 16th in baseball, and have accumulated 38 double plays.

Ashcraft has taken the hill for 309 frames and has accumulated 229 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Ashcraft (16-18 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.73 while he has gone up against 1,351 hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.80 (165 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.403. He has conceded 331 base hits (9.6 hits per 9 innings) with 103 walks.

The Rockies hold a slugging percentage of .384 and they score 4.08 runs per game (20th in MLB). They have put up 106 two-baggers, while taking a walk 165 times as well as earning 241 runs. Colorado has knocked in 50 home runs on the year as well as 229 RBIs. They have struck out on 559 instances (5th in the league) and have a total of 498 hits. The Colorado Rockies have an on-base percentage of .308 in addition to a batting average of .247 for the year.

The Colorado pitching staff have conceded 330 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 5.31 (308 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 65 long balls and they relinquish 5.69 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.531 in addition to having a FIP of 4.69 as a staff for the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 6.60 (380 strikeouts against 226 free passes). They are currently ranked 30th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 573.

Colorado bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 35.8% out of 95 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 54 times in high leverage situations in addition to 62 occasions with base runners. With 40 save situations, the Rockies have compiled 21 holds and also 7 blown saves. They are ranked 15th in MLB with a save rate of 63.2%, and they have sent 173 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. Colorado has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 19 save chances and they have earned 12 saves.

The Colorado Rockies have gotten 64 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .988 (7th in pro baseball). The Rockies have recorded 608 assists, 27 errors and have accounted for 1,566 putouts on the campaign. In their 4,698 innings on the diamond, the Rockies have a defensive efficiency of 67.7% (29th in MLB).

In his MLB career, Hudson has surrendered 495 base hits while he has totaled 346 strikeouts in 528 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 233 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.400 and a FIP of 4.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.42 and he has gone up against 2,267 opposing hitters in his pro baseball career. Hudson (40-27 win-loss record in his career) holds a 3.97 ERA while giving up 8.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cincinnati (-130)

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