Colorado Rockies vs New York Mets Prediction, 7/12/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs New York Mets

Date: Friday, July 12, 2024

Location: Citi Field in Queens, NY

TV: Rockies.TV

The Colorado Rockies (33-60) are on their way to Citi Field on Friday where they will attempt to defeat the New York Mets (46-45). The men taking the mound are Tanner Gordon and Sean Manaea.

The Rockies have hit 163 doubles as a team and have hit 91 baseballs out of the park. Colorado is slugging .393 and have been called out on strikes 877 times, while drawing a walk on 258 occasions. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are recording 4.1 runs per game, which has them at 21st in baseball. They have 367 RBI's and 772 hits for the year, while their batting average is sitting at .245. They have earned 385 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .306.

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The Rockies have a team earned run average of 5.55 this season (30th in the league), and they have struck out 613 batters. Rockies pitchers have given up 111 home runs in addition to 545 runs in total (30th in baseball). They have walked 328 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.75 as a team so far this season. Colorado has yielded 939 hits (10.3 per 9 innings) as well as 508 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.87 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.54.

The Rockies relievers have recorded a save rate of 50.0% and has come into the game in 72 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 150 base runners for the season and 39.3% of those players ended up crossing the plate. Rockies relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 95 times as well as having 96 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rockies have sent 273 relief pitchers to the hill this season. The bullpen have accumulated 34 holds on the year (30th in the league). They have earned 19 saves for the season and have not converted 19 out of their 38 save opportunities.

The Rockies have transformed 66.8% of balls in play into outs in their 7,416 innings on the field, which has them sitting 30th in pro baseball. The Colorado Rockies are sitting with 2,472 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 943 assists and 45 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which ranks 5th in professional baseball, and they have turned 94 double plays.

Gordon has thrown 6 innings and has totaled 4 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 7.38 (5 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.311. He has conceded 8 base hits (11.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 0 free passes. Gordon (0-1 career mark) has a FIP of 7.27 while going up against 26 batters during his time in the major leagues.

New York has recorded 114 home runs for the season to go along with 422 runs batted in. They have put up 168 doubles, while taking a walk 286 times as well as scoring 439 runs. The New York Mets have recorded a team on-base percentage of .320 and a batting average of .249 this season. The Mets hold a slugging percentage of .417 and they score 4.82 runs per contest (9th in baseball). They have been rung up on 729 occasions (23rd in MLB) and have totaled 782 hits.

The New York pitching staff have given up 435 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.23 (384 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 92 HR's and they yield 4.79 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The Mets hold a team WHIP of 1.312 and have a FIP of 4.21 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.60 (781 strikeouts against 350 bases on balls). They rank 9th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 722.

New York has had relief pitchers enter the game in 39 save chances and they have come away with 23 saves. They are currently ranked 20th in baseball with a save rate of 59.0%, and they have sent 300 bullpen pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 112 times in high leverage situations and on 101 occasions with runners on. New York relievers hold an inherited score rate of 36.6% out of 131 inherited runners. Sitting with 101 save situations, the Mets have tallied 62 holds in addition to 16 blown saves.

In their 7,356 innings played, the Mets have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.9% (16th in MLB). The New York Mets have turned 81 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (29th in baseball). The Mets have 803 assists, 62 errors and have earned 2,452 putouts on the season.

Manaea (70-59 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 4.05 ERA while allowing 8.5 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.25 and he has faced 4,568 opposing batters in his MLB career. He has allowed 491 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.225 and having a FIP of 4.0. During his MLB career, Manaea has allowed 1,026 hits while tallying 1,012 punch outs in 1,091 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Colorado

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