Colorado Rockies vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 5/21/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: Rockies.TV

The Oakland Athletics (19-30) welcome the Colorado Rockies (15-31) at Oakland Coliseum on Tuesday. The expected starting pitchers are Cal Quantrill and Aaron Brooks.

The Rockies have accrued 79 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 37 balls out of the stadium. Colorado has a slugging rate of .379 and have been called out on strikes 440 times, while drawing a walk on 122 occasions. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are notching 4.0 runs per game, which has them at 22nd in MLB. They have recorded 174 runs batted in and 384 base knocks over the course of the season, while their average at the plate is at .246. They have racked up 182 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .306.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.62 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.56. Rockies pitchers have given up 47 long balls and 255 runs (29th in the league). Colorado has allowed 445 base hits (10.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 238 earned runs. The Rockies are sitting with a team ERA of 5.34 for the year (30th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 295 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 182 hitters and their FIP is 4.65 as a squad on the year.

Rockies pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 42 times as well as having 37 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 14 holds on the season (30th in the league). The Rockies relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 72.7% and stepped onto the hill in 25 save situations. They have recorded 8 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 3 of their 11 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 69 runners on the campaign and 39.1% of those players crossed the plate. The Rockies have dispatched 134 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season.

The Colorado Rockies have 1,204 putouts on the campaign, as well as 479 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .987 which is 8th in the majors, and have a total of 47 double plays. The Rockies have turned 67.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 3,612 innings, which has them sitting 29th in baseball.

Quantrill has taken the ball for 622 innings and is sitting with 463 punch outs so far in his career. His ERA is 3.82 (264 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.266. He has surrendered 603 base knocks (8.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 185 free passes. Quantrill (38-26 career record) holds a FIP of 4.29 and he has gone up against 2,623 hitters in the majors.

Oakland has accounted for 58 long balls on the campaign as well as 174 runs batted in. They have hit 70 two-baggers, while taking a walk 154 times as well as scoring 180 runs. The Oakland Athletics are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .295 in addition to a team batting average of .220 for the season. The Athletics have a SLG% of .379 and they score 3.67 runs per contest (28th in the league). They have been rung up on 472 instances (2nd in baseball) and have a total of 356 hits.

The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.345 and have a FIP of 4.03 as a unit on the year. They sit at 27th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 418. The Oakland pitching staff have conceded 240 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.53 (216 earned runs yielded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.00 (381 strikeouts vs 159 free passes). They have yielded 45 homers and they surrender 5.03 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball).

Oakland has called on relievers to enter the game in 15 save chances and they have come away with 10 saves. They are ranked 11th in the league with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have sent 148 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this season. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 40 times in high leverage situations and also on 44 occasions with runners on base. Oakland relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 35.1% out of their 57 inherited base runners. Sitting with 43 save situations, the Athletics have tallied 28 holds and also 5 blown saves.

In 3,864 innings played, the Athletics have earned a defensive efficiency of 67.9% (25th in pro baseball). The Oakland Athletics have gotten 52 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .979 (29th in MLB). The Athletics have 426 assists, 36 errors and are sitting with 1,288 putouts for the season.

Brooks (9-14 career win-loss mark) has earned a 6.45 earned run average while conceding 10.7 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.41 and he has faced 837 opposing hitters so far in his career. He has surrendered a total of 134 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.487 and a FIP of 5.3. So far in his MLB career, Brooks has given up 222 base knocks while he has earned 135 strikeouts in 187 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oakland

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