St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 4/12/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies
Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO
TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain
Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-190) Colorado (+160)
The St. Louis Cardinals (3-7) are en route to Coors Field on Wednesday where they will compete against the Colorado Rockies (5-6). The moneyline on this contest has the Cardinals at -190 while the Rockies are coming in at +160. The total comes in at 11.5. The starting pitchers are Jack Flaherty and Jose Urena.
St. Louis has a slugging % of .414 and have been called out on strikes 72 times, while drawing a walk on 35 occasions. They have accrued 39 runs batted in and 98 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average sits at .284. The Cardinals have earned 13 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 10 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 40 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .353. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are knocking in 4.0 runs per outing, which is 26th in the league.
The Cardinals have an ERA of 4.97 for the season (22nd in MLB), and their staff has struck out 88 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 36 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.06 as a unit so far this year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.44 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.59. Cardinals pitchers have surrendered 9 home runs and also 49 total runs (19th in MLB).
The Cardinals bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 33.3% and stepped onto the hill in 6 save situations. The relievers have inherited 15 runners on the season and 20.0% of them earned a run for their team. Cardinals relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 11 times in addition to having 6 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 32 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season. The relievers have a total of 3 holds so far this year (23rd in the league). They have recorded 1 save this season and have not converted 2 of their 3 save opportunities.
The St. Louis Cardinals have earned a total of 261 putouts this year, in addition to 100 assists and 2 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .994 which has them sitting 3rd in the majors, and have a total of 10 double plays. The Cardinals have converted 63.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 783 innings, ranking them 30th in the majors.
Flaherty has thrown 533 innings and has 607 strikeouts so far in his career. Flaherty (35-26 career record) holds a FIP of 3.96 and he has faced 2,185 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.38 (200 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.119. He has surrendered 396 hits (6.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 201 free passes.
The Rockies hold a slugging % of .418 and they average 4.36 runs per outing (20th in MLB). They have recorded 26 two-baggers, while getting a free base 25 times and scoring 48 runs. Colorado has tallied 10 home runs for the year and 45 RBIs. They have struck out on 94 occasions (11th in MLB) and have earned a total of 102 hits. The Colorado Rockies are sitting with a team OBP of .320 as well as a team batting average of .270 for the season.
The Rockies hold a team WHIP of 1.421 and have a FIP of 4.69 as a staff over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.00 (78 strikeouts vs 39 bases on balls). They come in at 24th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 96. They have conceded 12 HR's and they surrender 5.59 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 59 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 5.31 (56 earned runs given up).
Sitting with 7 save situations, the Rockies have tallied 3 holds and also 0 blown saves. Colorado has had relievers step onto the hill in 3 save chances and they have come away with 3 saves. Their relievers have come in 7 times in high leverage situations in addition to 8 occasions with runners on. Colorado relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 46.7% out of their 15 inherited base runners. They sit at 2nd in the league with a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have sent 30 relievers onto the field for the year.
The Colorado Rockies have gotten 13 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .983 (20th in pro baseball). The Rockies have accrued 110 assists, 7 errors and have accumulated 285 putouts during this campaign. In 855 innings played, the Rockies have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.4% (15th in baseball).
Urena (39-64 career mark) has a 4.86 earned run average and has given up 9.4 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 1.79 and he has faced 3,478 opposing hitters during his MLB career. He has allowed 432 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.416 and having a FIP of 4.8. Thus far in his career, Urena has allowed 832 hits while he has tallied 537 strikeouts in 799 frames.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+160)
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