Tampa Bay Rays vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 4/6/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

The Tampa Bay Rays (3-4) are hitting the road to Coors Field on Saturday where they will meet the Colorado Rockies (1-6). The pitchers who are expected to start will be Tyler Alexander and Ryan Feltner.

The Rays have accrued 8 doubles as a team and have smacked 8 baseballs out of the stadium. Tampa Bay has a slugging rate of .375 and have been rung up 60 times, while being walked on 18 occasions. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 3.7 runs/g, which puts them at 22nd in MLB. They have 26 runs batted in in addition to 52 hits over the course of the season, and their batting average is .232. They are sitting with 26 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .307.

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The Rays hold a team earned run average of 4.86 on the campaign (22nd in the league), and the staff has rung up 55 hitters. Rays pitchers have yielded 9 home runs in addition to 35 runs (21st in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 30 opposing players and their FIP is 4.92 as a team for the season. Tampa Bay has allowed 54 hits (7.7 per 9 innings) as well as 34 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.83 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.33.

Rays bullpen pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 4 times in addition to having 1 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers are sitting with 4 holds so far this year (16th in baseball). The Rays bullpen have earned a save rate of 0.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 4 save situations. They have tallied 0 saves over the course of the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 8 base runners for the season and 25.0% of those runners crossed home plate. The Rays have sent 19 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Rays have converted 72.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of 567 innings on the field, which ranks them 7th in professional baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have accumulated 189 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 52 assists and 3 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which has them sitting 11th in baseball, and they have turned 8 double plays.

Alexander (11-23 record in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.64 and he has gone up against 1,469 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has allowed 371 base knocks (9.6 hits per nine innings) with 76 walks. His earned run average is 4.44 (171 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.291. Alexander has taken the ball for 346 frames and has 277 punch outs during his MLB career.

The Colorado Rockies have recorded an OBP of .289 as well as a team batting average of .218 on the year. They have been rung up on 62 instances (11th in the league) and have 50 hits. Colorado has tallied 4 HRs so far this year as well as 21 runs batted in. The Rockies have a team slugging percentage of .332 and they average 3.43 runs per game (24th in baseball). They have hit 10 doubles, while walking 16 times as well as earning 24 runs.

The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.982 in addition to having a FIP of 6.55 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 6.20 (39 strikeouts vs 35 walks). They are sitting at 28th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 78. They have conceded 12 homers and they surrender 9.16 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Colorado pitching staff have conceded 58 runs this season while having an ERA of 8.37 (53 earned runs given up).

Colorado bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 35.7% out of 14 inherited runners. Their relievers have come in 3 times in high leverage situations and also on 8 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 2 save situations, the Rockies have accumulated 2 holds and 0 blown saves. They are ranked 22nd in MLB holding a save rate of 0.0%, and they have sent 21 bullpen pitchers to the hill this season. Colorado has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 0 save chances and they have tallied 0 saves.

The Colorado Rockies have turned 9 double plays and have a fielding rate of .972 (28th in baseball). The Rockies have recorded 76 assists, 7 errors and have a tally of 171 putouts over the course of the season. In their 513 innings played, the Rockies are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 62.7% (28th in professional baseball).

In his MLB career, Feltner has surrendered 161 base hits while he has totaled 132 K's in 152 frames. Feltner (6-15 win-loss record in his career) holds a 6.04 earned run average and has allowed 9.5 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 102 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.520 and having a FIP of 4.9. His K/BB ratio is 1.89 and he has gone up against 684 hitters in his pro baseball career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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