Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 6/18/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

The Los Angeles Dodgers (44-29) are on their way to Coors Field on Tuesday where they will go up against the Colorado Rockies (25-46). The pitchers taking the mound will be Walker Buehler and Austin Gomber.

As a team, the Los Angeles Dodgers are earning 4.9 runs per outing, which is 5th in baseball. They have 358 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .334. The Dodgers have accounted for 133 doubles as a team and have hit 98 balls out of the park. They have compiled 344 RBI's and 631 base knocks this year, while their team batting average comes in at .255. Los Angeles has a slugging percentage of .436 and have been rung up 596 times, while being walked on 278 occasions.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.92 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.12. Dodgers pitchers have given up 74 home runs in addition to 257 runs (4th in the league). Los Angeles has surrendered 518 hits (7.1 per 9 innings) and 237 earned runs. The Dodgers have a team earned run average of 3.26 this season (4th in MLB), and they have rung up 628 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 215 opposing players and their FIP is 3.80 as a unit for the season.

Dodgers pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 44 times and also have had 63 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 38 holds on the campaign (15th in MLB). The Dodgers relievers have compiled a save rate of 72.4% and has entered the game in 68 save situations. They have 21 saves this year and have missed out on 8 of their 29 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 56 runners this year with 32.1% of them crossed the plate. The Dodgers have dispatched 226 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a tally of 1,963 putouts this year, as well as 634 assists and 33 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .987 which is 3rd in the majors, and have a total of 50 double plays. The Dodgers have converted 73.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 5,889 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 2nd in the majors.

Buehler has taken the mound for 671 frames and is sitting with 719 punch outs in his career. His earned run average is 3.10 (231 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.056. He has given up 538 hits (7.2 hits per nine innings) with 171 walks. Buehler (47-20 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.05 and he has faced 2,705 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Rockies have a team slugging % of .389 and they are recording 4.20 runs per outing (19th in baseball). They have put up 133 doubles, while getting a free base 196 times and earning 298 runs. Colorado has a total of 60 long balls for the season to go along with 281 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 665 occasions (5th in MLB) and have earned a total of 604 hits. The Colorado Rockies have earned a team on-base percentage of .309 as well as a team batting average of .249 for the year.

The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.534 and have a FIP of 4.70 as a staff this season. They come in at 30th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 706. The Colorado pitching staff have conceded 409 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 5.49 (382 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 6.70 (464 strikeouts against 254 bases on balls). They have yielded 82 homers and they concede 5.88 runs per 9 innings (30th in MLB).

Colorado relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 37.4% of 115 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 69 times in high leverage situations in addition to 73 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 53 save situations, the Rockies have recorded 29 holds in addition to 9 blown saves. They rank 17th in MLB holding a save rate of 62.5%, and they have sent 211 relief pitchers onto the diamond for the year. Colorado has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 24 save chances and they have earned 15 saves.

In 5,634 innings on the field, the Rockies are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 67.0% (30th in the majors). The Colorado Rockies have turned 74 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .987 (4th in the majors). The Rockies have 713 assists, 33 errors and have accumulated 1,878 putouts on the season.

Gomber (31-32 career record) holds a 4.82 ERA while conceding 9.3 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.34 and he has gone up against 2,366 batters in his career. He has allowed 296 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.376 and a FIP of 4.8. In his MLB career, Gomber has allowed 573 hits while totaling 438 punch outs in 552 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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