Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 3/31/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks
Date: Sunday, March 31, 2024
Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ
TV: DBACKS.TV
Chase Field is the site where the Arizona Diamondbacks (84-78 last season) will take on the Colorado Rockies (59-103 last year) on Sunday. The men taking the mound are Ryan Feltner and Brandon Pfaadt.
The Rockies earned 305 two-baggers as a squad and knocked 163 baseballs out of the stadium. Colorado had a slugging rate of .405 and were rung up 1,543 times, while being walked on 447 occasions. As a team, the Colorado Rockies earned 4.5 runs/g, which had them at 18th in the league. They accumulated 685 runs batted in as well as 1,368 hits for the prior year, while their team batting average was at .249. They had a total of 721 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .310.
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The Rockies held a team earned run average of 5.67 during the previous year (30th in MLB), and the staff rung up 1,129 batters. Rockies pitchers allowed 234 home runs in addition to 957 runs in total (30th in baseball). Their pitching staff walked 586 players from the other team and their FIP was 5.24 as a unit in the prior season. Colorado conceded 1,598 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) as well as 891 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio was 1.93 and their pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.54.
The Rockies relievers accumulated a save rate of 48.5% and stepped onto the hill in 126 save situations. The relief pitchers inherited 263 runners during the previous year and 38.8% of those players crossed the plate. Rockies bullpen pitchers stepped onto the hill with runners on base 158 times as well as having 152 contests in high leverage situations. The Rockies had sent 544 relievers to the mound in the prior season. The relief pitchers notched 58 holds in the previous season (30th in MLB). They had 32 saves in the previous season and missed out on 34 of 66 chances to get a save.
The Colorado Rockies amassed 4,242 putouts during the previous year, in addition to 1,516 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .986 which was 13th in professional baseball, and they twisted 169 double plays. The Rockies turned 67.0% of balls in play into outs out of their 12,726 innings, which had them sitting at 30th in the majors.
Feltner (6-14 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 4.82 and he has faced 662 hitters during his time in the majors. He has given up 156 base hits (9.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 68 walks. His earned run average is 6.06 (99 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.524. Feltner has taken the hill for 147 innings and has accumulated 128 strikeouts thus far in his career.
The Arizona Diamondbacks accounted for an OBP of .322 and a batting average of .250 in the previous season. They were called out on strikes on 1,247 occasions (27th in baseball) and earned a total of 1,359 hits. Arizona knocked in 166 home runs over the course of the prior season to go along with 706 RBIs. The Diamondbacks held a team SLG% of .408 and they were recording 4.60 runs per game (14th in MLB). They recorded 274 doubles, while taking a walk 540 times as well as putting up 746 runs.
The Diamondbacks finished with a team WHIP of 1.324 and were the owners of a FIP of 4.36 as a pitching staff last year. Their K/BB ratio came in at 8.50 (1,351 strikeouts against 525 walks). They finished at 20th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,375. They gave up 197 dingers and they surrendered 4.77 runs per 9 innings (20th in MLB). The Arizona pitching staff yielded 761 runs in the prior season while having an ERA of 4.47 (713 earned runs relinquished).
With 149 save situations, the Diamondbacks had 76 holds in addition to 27 blown saves. Arizona called on relievers to enter the contest in 71 save opportunities and they earned 44 saves. Their relievers came in 154 times in high leverage situations and also on 166 occasions with runners on. Arizona bullpen pitchers had an inherited score rate of 30.2% out of 235 inherited base runners. They were ranked 15th in MLB holding a save rate of 62.0%, and they dispatched 547 bullpen pitchers to the mound last season.
In 12,918 innings on the field, the Diamondbacks held a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (14th in the majors). The Arizona Diamondbacks turned 134 double plays and held a fielding percentage of .990 (1st in pro baseball). The Diamondbacks had 1,399 assists, 56 errors and accumulated 4,306 putouts during the previous year.
So far in his career, Pfaadt has surrendered 109 hits while earning 94 K's in 96 innings pitched. Pfaadt (3-9 record in his career) holds a 5.72 earned run average while giving up 10.2 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 61 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.406 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.2. His K/BB ratio is 3.62 and he has faced 421 opposing hitters in his MLB career.
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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado
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