Colorado Rockies vs Miami Marlins Prediction, 5/2/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Miami Marlins

Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024

Location: loanDepot park in Miami, FL

TV: Rockies.TV

The Miami Marlins (7-24) will try to beat the Colorado Rockies (7-22) at loanDepot park on Thursday. The pitchers taking the mound are Peter Lambert and Edward Cabrera.

The Rockies have tallied 48 doubles as a team and have smacked 23 baseballs out of the park. Colorado is slugging .376 and have struck out 290 times, while drawing a walk on 79 occasions. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are scoring 3.9 runs per game, which ranks them 22nd in MLB. They have compiled 108 runs batted in and 239 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average is .244. They have tallied 112 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .307.

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The Rockies have an ERA of 6.05 for the year (30th in the league), and their staff has struck out 185 hitters. Rockies pitchers have allowed 34 long balls and 183 runs (30th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 113 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.88 as a unit so far this season. Colorado has given up 298 hits (10.6 per 9 innings) and 170 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.64 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.62.

The Rockies bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 50.0% and has come into the game in 14 save situations. The relievers have inherited 39 runners for the year with 46.2% of those runners crossed the plate. Rockies relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 24 times in addition to having 23 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rockies have dispatched 86 relief pitchers to the hill this season. The relief pitchers have recorded 8 holds on the year (30th in baseball). They have accumulated 3 saves over the course of the season and have blown 3 of their 6 chances to get a save.

The Rockies have converted 65.9% of balls in play into outs out of their 2,277 innings on the field, ranking them 29th in MLB. The Colorado Rockies have accumulated 759 putouts this season, as well as 304 assists and 17 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which puts them in 17th in baseball, and have accumulated 28 double plays.

Lambert (8-15 career mark) sits with a FIP of 5.58 while facing 897 hitters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 241 base knocks (10.9 hits per nine innings) and has 72 walks. His earned run average is 6.31 (140 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.568. Lambert has taken the hill for 199 innings and is sitting with 146 strikeouts in his career.

The Marlins hold a team slugging % of .330 and they earn 3.58 runs per contest (27th in MLB). They have recorded 35 doubles, while walking 73 times and scoring 111 runs. Miami has 23 long balls over the course of the season to go along with 107 RBIs. They have been rung up on 235 occasions (22nd in MLB) and have a total of 232 base hits. The Miami Marlins have compiled a team on-base percentage of .278 in addition to a team batting average of .223 for the year.

The Marlins have a WHIP of 1.496 and have a FIP of 4.27 as a team so far this year. They are currently ranked 29th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 284. The Miami pitching staff have yielded 174 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.92 (151 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.70 (268 strikeouts against 129 bases on balls). They have conceded 31 long balls and they give up 5.67 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB).

Miami has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 12 save chances and they have come away with 4 saves. They sit at 29th in the league with a save rate of 33.3%, and they have sent 106 relievers to the hill this year. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 28 times in high leverage situations in addition to 30 occasions with base runners. Miami bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 38.3% out of their 47 inherited base runners. With 27 save situations, the Marlins have compiled 15 holds in addition to 8 blown saves.

The Miami Marlins have gotten 28 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (29th in professional baseball). The Marlins have accrued 292 assists, 23 errors and have notched a total of 828 putouts so far this season. Out of their 2,484 innings played, the Marlins have earned a defensive efficiency of 66.2% (28th in pro baseball).

In his MLB career, Cabrera has allowed 162 hits while he has accumulated 242 K's in 213 innings. He has allowed 97 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.343 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.6. His K/BB ratio is 1.95 and he has faced 912 opposing hitters thus far in his career. Cabrera (14-15 career record) has earned a 4.10 earned run average and has given up 6.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado

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