Miami Marlins vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 8/28/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Marlins vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Bally Sports Florida

Odds/Point Spread: Miami (+126) Colorado (-150)

Coors Field is the location where the Colorado Rockies (49-83) will meet the Miami Marlins (47-84) on Wednesday. The line on this matchup has the Marlins at +126 and the Rockies are opening at -150. The total has been set at O11.5. The starting pitchers will be Max Meyer and Kyle Freeland.

Miami has a slugging percentage of .369 and have struck out 1,113 times, while being walked on 314 occasions. They have recorded 469 RBI's in addition to 1,059 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average is .239. The Marlins have compiled 186 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 120 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 485 runs scored and hold an OBP of .295. As a unit, the Miami Marlins are earning 3.7 runs per contest, which is 29th in MLB.

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The Marlins are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.69 for the season (28th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,077 batters. Marlins pitchers have allowed 152 home runs in addition to 670 runs in total (28th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 461 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.39 as a squad so far this year. Miami has conceded 1,150 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and 606 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.34 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.39.

Marlins pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 140 times as well as having 149 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 61 holds so far this season (23rd in MLB). The Marlins relief pitchers have a save rate of 51.1% and has entered the game in 109 save situations. They have accumulated 24 saves for the season and have not converted 23 of their 47 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 190 runners on the campaign with 34.2% of them crossed home plate. The Marlins have sent 450 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Marlins have transformed 68.2% of balls in play into outs out of their 10,461 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 27th in MLB. The Miami Marlins have earned a total of 3,487 putouts thus far, as well as 1,182 assists and 84 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .982 which puts them in 27th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 99 double plays.

Meyer has taken the mound for 52 innings and is sitting with 41 punch outs thus far in his career. Meyer (3-4 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 5.62 and he has faced 225 opposing batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 5.70 (33 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.382. He has allowed 56 base hits (9.7 hits per 9 innings) with 16 free passes.

The Colorado Rockies have accounted for a team OBP of .305 as well as a batting average of .243 for the year. They have been rung up on 1,294 occasions (2nd in the league) and have a total of 1,082 base hits. Colorado has 141 home runs for the season as well as 533 runs batted in. The Rockies hold a team slugging percentage of .397 and they have an average of 4.21 runs per contest (20th in the league). They have recorded 228 doubles, while taking a walk 372 times and putting up 556 runs.

The Rockies hold a team WHIP of 1.520 in addition to having a FIP of 4.88 as a pitching staff this year. They have a ranking of 30th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,315. The Colorado pitching staff have given up 763 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 5.51 (711 earned runs allowed). Their K/BB ratio is 7.00 (898 strikeouts vs 451 walks). They have given up 175 HR's and they relinquish 5.91 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league).

Colorado has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 53 save opportunities and they have earned 30 saves. They are ranked 26th in MLB holding a save rate of 56.6%, and they have dispatched 393 relievers to the hill so far this year. Their relievers have taken the field 134 times in high leverage situations and on 127 occasions with runners on. Colorado bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 33.8% of 195 inherited runners. Sitting with 104 save situations, the Rockies have recorded 50 holds in addition to 23 blown saves.

In 10,464 innings played, the Rockies have a defensive efficiency of 67.1% (30th in pro baseball). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 127 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (5th in pro baseball). The Rockies have accrued 1,289 assists, 64 errors and have a total of 3,488 putouts this season.

So far in his pro baseball career, Freeland has conceded 1,162 hits while he has tallied 797 strikeouts in 1,062 innings pitched. He has allowed 530 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.424 and having a FIP of 4.4. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.27 and he has faced 4,613 opposing hitters in his MLB career. Freeland (58-71 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 4.49 ERA while allowing 9.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Miami (+126)

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