Colorado Rockies vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 9/7/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Colorado Rockies vs Milwaukee Brewers
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024
Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI
TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin
The Colorado Rockies (51-89) are traveling to American Family Field on Saturday where they will compete against the Milwaukee Brewers (81-59). The expected starting pitchers will be Ty Blach and Tobias Myers.
The Rockies have tallied 241 doubles as a team and have hit 150 balls out of the park. Colorado is slugging .399 and have been called out on strikes 1,377 times, while taking a walk on 395 occasions. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are notching 4.2 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 18th in the league. They have accounted for 568 runs batted in and 1,152 hits this season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .244. They are sitting with 593 runs scored and hold an OBP of .306.
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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.97 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.52. Rockies pitchers have given up 185 home runs and also 810 runs in total (30th in MLB). Colorado has given up 1,394 base hits (10.2 per 9 innings) as well as 754 earned runs. The Rockies are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.51 this season (30th in the league), and the staff has struck out 955 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 484 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.91 as a team on the campaign.
The Rockies relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 56.4% and has come into the game in 107 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 211 base runners over the course of the season and 32.7% of those players ended up crossing the plate. Rockies pitchers have entered the game with players on base 136 times as well as having 140 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rockies have sent 420 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. The bullpen have a total of 51 holds over the course of the season (30th in the league). They have accumulated 31 saves on the campaign and have blown 24 of 55 chances to save the game.
The Colorado Rockies have earned a total of 3,698 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,366 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which is 7th in professional baseball, and have earned 136 double plays. The Rockies have turned 67.0% of balls in play into outs out of 11,094 innings, which has them ranked 30th in professional baseball.
Blach has pitched in 516 innings and has accumulated 292 strikeouts so far in his career. Blach (23-32 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 5.29 and he has faced 2,264 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 5.37 (308 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.506. He has conceded 618 hits (10.8 hits per nine innings) and has 159 free passes.
The Milwaukee Brewers have accumulated an OBP of .330 in addition to a batting average of .251 for the season. They have struck out on 1,249 occasions (9th in the league) and are sitting with 1,193 hits. Milwaukee has accumulated 157 home runs over the course of the season as well as 651 runs batted in. The Brewers hold a slugging percentage of .408 and they earn 4.88 runs per game (5th in MLB). They have recorded 217 two-baggers, while taking a walk 529 times and scoring 683 runs.
The Brewers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.229 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.27 as a squad this year. They come in at 9th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,110. The Milwaukee pitching staff have allowed 548 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 3.60 (500 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.30 (1,153 strikeouts vs 426 bases on balls). They have relinquished 170 homers and they allow 3.95 runs per 9 innings (3rd in MLB).
Milwaukee has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 63 save opportunities and they have walked away with 45 saves. They sit at 2nd in baseball holding a save rate of 71.4%, and they have dispatched 446 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 175 times in high leverage situations in addition to 128 occasions with base runners. Milwaukee relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.2% out of their 181 inherited runners. Sitting with 131 save situations, the Brewers have accumulated 68 holds and 18 blown saves.
In their 11,250 innings on the field, the Brewers have a defensive efficiency of 71.2% (3rd in pro baseball). The Milwaukee Brewers have turned 100 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (21st in pro baseball). The Brewers have recorded 1,181 assists, 76 errors and have earned 3,750 putouts so far this year.
Thus far in his career, Myers has allowed 102 base hits while he has accumulated 101 K's in 114 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 38 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.175 and having a FIP of 3.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.16 and he has faced 468 opposing batters in his career. Myers (6-5 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 3.00 earned run average while allowing 8.1 hits per 9 innings.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Milwaukee
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