Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 3/30/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: Rockies.TV

The Colorado Rockies (59-103 last year) are traveling to Chase Field on Saturday where they will take on the Arizona Diamondbacks (84-78 last season). The pitchers taking the mound will be Austin Gomber and Tommy Henry.

As a unit, the Colorado Rockies scored 4.5 runs per game, which had them at 18th in MLB. They tallied 721 runs and held an OBP of .310. The Rockies hit 305 doubles as a team and hit 163 balls out of the park. They accumulated 685 RBI's and 1,368 base knocks over the course of last year, and their batting average finished at .249. Colorado had a slugging percentage of .405 and were called out on strikes 1,543 times, while being walked on 447 occasions.

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They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.93 and their pitching staff held a collective WHIP of 1.54. Rockies pitchers conceded 234 home runs in addition to 957 runs in total (30th in the league). Colorado allowed 1,598 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) and 891 earned runs. The Rockies had a team ERA of 5.67 over the course of the prior season (30th in baseball), and their staff rung up 1,129 batters. They walked 586 opposing hitters and their FIP finished at 5.24 as a team for the prior year.

The Rockies bullpen compiled a save rate of 48.5% and entered the game in 126 save situations. The bullpen inherited 263 base runners over the course of last season and 38.8% of those players earned a run for their team. Rockies pitchers stepped onto the hill with players on base 158 times in addition to having 152 contests in high leverage situations. The Rockies sent 544 relief pitchers to the hill for the prior year. The bullpen had a total of 58 holds for the prior year (30th in the league). They accumulated 32 saves in the previous season and blew 34 of 66 save chances.

The Rockies converted 67.0% of balls in play into outs out of their 12,726 innings on the field, which ranked them 30th in pro baseball. The Colorado Rockies accounted for 4,242 putouts over the course of last year, as well as 1,516 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .986 which had them sitting 13th in MLB, and had 169 double plays.

Gomber (30-28 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 4.67 and he has faced 2,073 opposing batters during his time in the majors. He has allowed 503 base hits (9.4 hits per nine innings) and has 165 walks. His ERA is 4.90 (263 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.383. Gomber has taken the mound for 483 innings and has earned 389 strikeouts during his career.

The Arizona Diamondbacks recorded an OBP of .322 as well as a team batting average of .250 for the previous season. They were called out on strikes on 1,247 occasions (27th in baseball) and accounted for 1,359 base hits. Arizona recorded 166 home runs over the course of last season in addition to 706 runs batted in. The Diamondbacks had a slugging percentage of .408 and they earned 4.60 runs per contest (14th in baseball). They tallied 274 doubles, while taking a walk 540 times and putting up 746 runs.

The Diamondbacks held a team WHIP of 1.324 with a FIP of 4.36 as a staff for the prior year. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.50 (1,351 strikeouts vs 525 walks). They ranked 20th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,375. They surrendered 197 homers and they relinquished 4.77 runs per 9 innings (20th in the league). The Arizona pitching staff conceded 761 runs over the course of last year while holding a team ERA of 4.47 (713 earned runs yielded).

Finishing with 149 save situations, the Diamondbacks earned 76 holds and also 27 blown saves. Arizona had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 71 save chances and they converted 44 saves. Their relief pitchers took the field 154 times in high leverage situations in addition to 166 occasions with base runners. Arizona bullpen pitchers had an inherited score percentage of 30.2% out of 235 inherited runners. They were ranked 15th in MLB holding a save percentage of 62.0%, and they sent 547 bullpen pitchers to the hill last season.

The Arizona Diamondbacks turned 134 double plays and earned a fielding percentage of .990 (1st in the majors). The Diamondbacks recorded 1,399 assists, 56 errors and earned 4,306 putouts in the previous season. In 12,918 innings played, the Diamondbacks had a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (14th in the majors).

During his pro baseball career, Henry has allowed 133 hits while totaling 100 punch outs in 136 innings. Henry (8-8 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 4.57 ERA and has conceded 8.8 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 69 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.390 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.79 and he has gone up against 586 batters during his pro baseball career.

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