Cleveland Guardians vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 5/27/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Monday, May 27, 2024

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (-144) Colorado (+122)

The Cleveland Guardians (35-17) are traveling to Coors Field on Monday where they will compete against the Colorado Rockies (18-34). The moneyline on this game has Cleveland at -144 and Colorado is priced at +122. The total is 10.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Xzavion Curry and Austin Gomber.

Cleveland has a slugging % of .398 and have struck out 391 times, while being walked on 155 occasions. They have recorded 238 RBI's and 408 base knocks on the campaign, and their average at the plate comes in at .237. The Guardians have accrued 84 doubles as a team and have hit 59 balls out of the stadium. They have a total of 258 runs scored and have an OBP of .312. As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are scoring 5.0 runs/g, which is 5th in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.06 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.18. Guardians pitchers have given up 54 home runs in addition to 186 runs in total (4th in MLB). Cleveland has surrendered 399 base knocks (7.7 per 9 innings) as well as 171 earned runs. The Guardians hold a team earned run average of 3.29 for the year (4th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 471 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 154 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.75 as a squad on the season.

The Guardians bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 70.4% and has stepped onto the mound in 71 save situations. The relievers have inherited 60 base runners over the course of the season with 21.7% of those players earned a run for their team. Guardians pitchers have entered the game with players on base 50 times in addition to having 77 appearances in high leverage situations. The Guardians have dispatched 192 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The bullpen have notched 43 holds this season (1st in the league). They have earned 19 saves on the year and have blown 8 of their 27 chances to get a save.

The Cleveland Guardians have earned 1,404 putouts thus far, as well as 449 assists and 31 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .984 which has them ranked 20th in MLB, and have a total of 47 double plays. The Guardians have converted 70.2% of balls in play into outs in their 4,212 innings on the field, which ranks them 15th in pro baseball.

Curry has taken the hill for 113 innings and is sitting with 75 K's in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.04 (51 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.381. He has conceded 120 hits (9.5 hits per 9 innings) with 37 walks. Curry (3-5 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.57 while facing 488 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The Rockies hold a team slugging percentage of .383 and they have an average of 4.04 runs per game (21st in baseball). They have recorded 92 doubles, while taking a walk 137 times and putting up 206 runs. Colorado has compiled 43 HRs this year to go along with 197 runs batted in. They have struck out on 486 occasions (5th in the league) and have a total of 435 hits. The Colorado Rockies have an OBP of .306 in addition to a batting average of .247 for the season.

The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 283 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 5.24 (263 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 57 long balls and they yield 5.63 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Rockies are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.538 in addition to having a FIP of 4.69 as a squad so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 6.70 (336 strikeouts against 200 walks). They are currently ranked 30th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 495.

Colorado has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 16 save opportunities and they have walked away with 9 saves. They sit at 21st in baseball holding a save rate of 56.3%, and they have sent 153 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond for the season. Their relievers have come in 51 times in high leverage situations and on 52 occasions with runners on base. Colorado bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 39.0% out of 77 inherited base runners. Sitting with 33 save situations, the Rockies have tallied 17 holds in addition to 7 blown saves.

In 4,068 innings on the diamond, the Rockies hold a defensive efficiency of 67.6% (29th in the majors). The Colorado Rockies have turned 54 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (6th in MLB). The Rockies have accrued 528 assists, 22 errors and have 1,356 putouts this season.

Gomber (31-30 mark in his career) has earned a 4.67 ERA and has allowed 9.2 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.36 and he has faced 2,308 opposing hitters in his MLB career. He has surrendered 281 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.353 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.7. So far in his career, Gomber has surrendered 551 hits while he has earned 430 K's in 541 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland (-144)

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