Colorado Rockies vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 4/12/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Friday, April 12, 2024

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

The Toronto Blue Jays (6-7) are hosting the Colorado Rockies (3-10) at Rogers Centre on Friday. The men taking the mound will be Ryan Feltner and Kevin Gausman.

Colorado has a slugging % of .392 and have been called out on strikes 125 times, while drawing a walk on 39 occasions. They have accounted for 51 runs batted in and 107 hits for the season, while their batting average sits at .245. The Rockies have accrued 20 two-baggers as a team and have hit 12 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 54 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .315. As a unit, the Colorado Rockies are putting up 4.2 runs per game, which is 17th in baseball.

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The Rockies have an ERA of 6.57 for the season (30th in the league), and they have rung up 89 batters. Rockies pitchers have surrendered 16 long balls and also 89 total runs (30th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 64 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 5.26 as a team this season. Colorado has conceded 134 base hits (10.9 per 9 innings) and 81 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.39 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.78.

Rockies relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 12 times in addition to having 12 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 7 holds on the year (16th in MLB). The Rockies relievers have recorded a save rate of 33.3% and has come into the game in 10 save situations. They have recorded 1 save on the year and have blown 2 out of their 3 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 22 base runners over the course of the season with 40.9% of those runners crossed home plate. The Rockies have dispatched 42 relief pitchers to the mound this year.

The Rockies have converted 64.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 999 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 30th in the majors. The Colorado Rockies have accounted for 333 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 136 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding rate is at .981 which ranks 20th in baseball, and have earned 13 double plays.

Feltner has taken the mound for 158 innings and has accounted for 142 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. Feltner (6-15 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 4.71 while he has gone up against 706 hitters in the majors. His ERA is 5.87 (103 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.487. He has given up 163 base hits (9.3 hits per 9 innings) and has had 72 free passes.

The Toronto Blue Jays have earned an on-base percentage of .308 and a batting average of .212 this year. They have struck out on 103 occasions (16th in baseball) and have recorded 90 hits. Toronto is sitting with 11 home runs on the year to go along with 44 RBIs. The Blue Jays have a slugging percentage of .344 and they average 3.62 runs per game (24th in MLB). They have put up 23 doubles, while getting a free base 51 times and scoring 47 runs.

The Blue Jays have a WHIP of 1.446 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.54 as a squad on the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.70 (108 strikeouts against 52 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 21st in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 110. They have surrendered 24 dingers and they surrender 5.14 runs per 9 innings (23rd in baseball). The Toronto pitching staff have relinquished 64 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.90 (61 earned runs relinquished).

Sitting with 4 save situations, the Blue Jays have accumulated 2 holds and 0 blown saves. Toronto has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 2 save opportunities and they have come away with 2 saves. Their relievers have come in 4 times in high leverage situations and also on 18 occasions with runners on base. Toronto relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 30.4% out of their 23 inherited base runners. They are ranked 4th in the league with a save rate of 100.0%, and they have dispatched 40 relief pitchers onto the field this season.

Out of their 1,008 innings played, the Blue Jays have earned a efficiency on defense of 69.7% (13th in MLB). The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 14 double plays and have a fielding rate of .985 (14th in MLB). The Blue Jays have accrued 110 assists, 7 errors and have notched a total of 336 putouts so far this year.

So far in his career, Gausman has allowed 1,521 base knocks while earning 1,609 punch outs in 1,542 frames. He has given up a total of 662 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.265 and a FIP of 3.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.73 and he has gone up against 6,482 batters in his MLB career. Gausman (88-92 career mark) has earned a 3.86 earned run average while allowing 8.9 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Colorado

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