Colorado Rockies vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 6/7/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Friday, June 7, 2024

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

The St. Louis Cardinals (29-31) host the Colorado Rockies (21-40) at Busch Stadium on Friday. The pitchers expected to start will be Austin Gomber and Lance Lynn.

The Rockies have hit 112 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 51 baseballs out of the park. Colorado is slugging .383 and have struck out 577 times, while being walked on 168 occasions. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are notching 4.1 runs per game, which is 21st in MLB. They have amassed 237 runs batted in in addition to 514 base knocks for the year, while their batting average is sitting at .246. They have accounted for 249 runs and have an OBP of .307.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.70 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.54. Rockies pitchers have conceded 70 home runs and also 346 runs in total (30th in the league). Colorado has surrendered 597 base hits (10.0 per 9 innings) as well as 324 earned runs. The Rockies have a team earned run average of 5.40 on the campaign (30th in the league), and their staff has rung up 394 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 232 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.76 as a unit for the season.

Rockies pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 64 times as well as having 58 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have recorded 23 holds this year (30th in baseball). The Rockies relief pitchers have a save rate of 60.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 43 save situations. They have accumulated 12 saves for the season and have blown 8 of their 20 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 100 base runners on the campaign and 37.0% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Rockies have sent 181 relievers to the hill so far this year.

The Rockies have turned 67.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of 4,860 innings, which has them sitting at 29th in pro baseball. The Colorado Rockies have a total of 1,620 putouts this year, as well as 630 assists and 27 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which is 5th in professional baseball, and have a total of 66 double plays.

Gomber has thrown 544 frames and has earned 432 K's thus far in his career. Gomber (31-31 career mark) has a FIP of 4.63 and he has faced 2,325 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.70 (284 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.362. He has surrendered 556 hits (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 185 walks.

The Cardinals hold a team slugging % of .374 and they are scoring 3.90 runs per game (25th in baseball). They have notched 94 doubles, while taking a walk 195 times as well as putting up 234 runs. St. Louis has compiled 59 home runs over the course of the season and 221 runs batted in. They have struck out on 511 occasions (17th in baseball) and have totaled 469 base hits. The St. Louis Cardinals have tallied an OBP of .306 and a team batting average of .233 for the year.

The Cardinals have a WHIP of 1.287 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.04 as a squad on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.40 (496 strikeouts vs 173 free passes). They rank 20th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 507. They have surrendered 69 long balls and they relinquish 4.75 runs per 9 innings (23rd in baseball). The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 279 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.11 (241 earned runs conceded).

With 74 save situations, the Cardinals have amassed 46 holds and also 6 blown saves. St. Louis has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 28 save chances and they have earned 22 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 62 times in high leverage situations in addition to 58 occasions with runners on base. St. Louis relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.8% of 81 inherited base runners. They are ranked 2nd in the league with a save percentage of 78.6%, and they have dispatched 191 relievers onto the diamond so far this year.

The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 59 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (24th in pro baseball). The Cardinals have recorded 543 assists, 37 errors and have a total of 1,586 putouts for the year. In their 4,758 innings played, the Cardinals have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.7% (25th in MLB).

Lynn (138-98 career record) has a 3.72 ERA and has conceded 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.87 and he has faced 8,278 batters so far in his career. He has conceded 806 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.275 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.7. So far in his MLB career, Lynn has surrendered 1,800 base knocks while tallying 1,963 punch outs in 1,949 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Colorado

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