Arizona Diamondbacks vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 6/14/2021 MLB Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Arizona Diamondbacks vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Monday, June 14, 2021

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Arizona (+130) San Francisco (-172)

Jon Duplantier and the Arizona Diamondbacks (20-45, 5th in NL West) travel to Oracle Park on Monday where they'll take on the San Francisco Giants (40-24, 1st in NL West). The line on this contest has the Diamondbacks coming in at +130 and the Giants are at -172. The total is set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound will be Jon Duplantier and Alex Wood.

As a unit, the Arizona Diamondbacks are scoring 4.2 runs per game, which is 18th in the league. They are sitting with 275 runs while holding a team OBP of .305. The Diamondbacks have compiled 113 two-baggers as a team and have hit 64 baseballs out of the park. They have 257 RBI's as well as 515 hits this year, while their team batting average comes in at .232. Arizona has a slugging % of .382 and have struck out 596 times, while being walked on 215 occasions.

The Diamondbacks have a team earned run average of 5.02 over the course of the season (29th in the league), and their staff has struck out 522 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 213 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.63 as a unit on the campaign. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.45 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.40. Diamondbacks pitchers have conceded 89 home runs and also 348 total runs (30th in MLB).

Diamondbacks relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 53 times and also have had 58 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 24 holds on the year (26th in baseball). The Diamondbacks relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 33.3% and has entered the game in 42 save situations. They have recorded 6 saves so far this season and have not converted 12 out of their 18 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 71 base runners for the season and 29.6% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Diamondbacks have sent 224 relief pitchers to the mound this season.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have earned 1,697 putouts this year, in addition to 572 assists and 39 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .983 which is 15th in baseball, and they have twisted 412 double plays. The Diamondbacks have transformed 68.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 5,091 innings on the diamond, ranking them 23rd in pro baseball.

Duplantier has thrown 48 innings and has accounted for 46 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. Duplantier (1-3 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.90 while going up against 221 hitters in the majors. His ERA is 5.77 (31 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.614. He has surrendered 52 base hits (9.7 hits per nine innings) and has 26 walks.

The San Francisco Giants have accumulated an on-base percentage of .317 as well as a team batting average of .231 this year. They have struck out on 613 occasions (7th in MLB) and have recorded 482 hits. San Francisco has recorded 91 long balls on the campaign as well as 283 RBIs. The Giants have a team SLG% of .411 and they score 4.67 runs per game (10th in the league). They have 87 two-baggers, while walking 250 times and earning 299 runs.

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.100 and have a FIP of 3.69 as a team so far this season. They come in at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 455. The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 225 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 3.18 (200 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 3.29 (552 strikeouts against 168 walks). They have allowed 64 homers and they relinquish 3.58 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league).

San Francisco has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 38 save chances and they have come away with 24 saves. They rank 12th in the league with a save percentage of 63.2%, and they have dispatched 215 relief pitchers onto the diamond over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 77 times in high leverage situations in addition to 41 occasions with runners on. San Francisco relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 43.9% out of 57 inherited runners. Sitting with 84 save situations, the Giants have accrued 45 holds and 14 blown saves.

The San Francisco Giants have twisted 49 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (3rd in professional baseball). The Giants have racked up 585 assists, 25 errors and are sitting with 1,700 putouts this season. In their 5,100 innings on the field, the Giants hold a defensive efficiency of 72.7% (1st in MLB).

Wood (58-47 career mark) has earned a 3.47 ERA and has given up 8.4 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.19 and he has gone up against 3,776 hitters thus far in his career. He has given up a total of 350 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.227 and a FIP of 3.5. So far in his career, Wood has conceded 853 base hits and he has 837 K's in 908 frames.

Who will win tonight's MLB game ATS?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Arizona (+130)

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