Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 4/14/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Thursday, April 14, 2022

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+135) Colorado (-155)

The Colorado Rockies (4-1) are hosting the Chicago Cubs (3-1) at Coors Field on Thursday. The moneyline on this matchup has Chicago at +135 while Colorado is sitting at -155. The over/under comes in at 11.5. The men taking the mound will be Justin Steele and Kyle Freeland.

Chicago has a slugging percentage of .387 and have struck out 37 times, while drawing a walk on 19 occasions. They have recorded 18 RBI's in addition to 30 base knocks on the campaign, while their batting average comes in at .242. The Cubs have tallied 6 doubles as a squad and have hit 4 baseballs out of the stadium. They have accounted for 20 runs while holding a team OBP of .356. As a squad, the Chicago Cubs are scoring 5.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 8th in MLB.

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The Cubs have compiled a team ERA of 2.50 on the campaign (4th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 34 hitters. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.83 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.03. Cubs pitchers have allowed 4 home runs and also 10 runs (1st in baseball). They have walked 12 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.86 as a unit for the season.

Cubs pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 4 times and also have had 8 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 5 holds on the campaign (4th in MLB). The Cubs relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 50.0% and has come into the game in 10 save situations. They have compiled 2 saves this season and have missed out on 2 out of their 4 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 5 runners for the season and 40.0% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Cubs have sent 16 relievers to the mound so far this season.

The Cubs have converted 76.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 324 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 2nd in professional baseball. The Chicago Cubs have notched a total of 108 putouts thus far, as well as 38 assists and 0 errors. Their fielding percentage is at 1.000 which has them sitting 3rd in MLB, and have 6 double plays.

Steele has taken the hill for 62 innings and has racked up 64 K's thus far in his career. Steele (5-4 career mark) has a FIP of 5.21 and he has gone up against 266 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.92 (27 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.323. He has conceded 54 base knocks (7.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 28 free passes.

The Rockies have a team slugging % of .428 and they score 5.00 runs per game (9th in the league). They have recorded 11 doubles, while taking a walk 12 times as well as notching 25 runs. Colorado is sitting with 5 home runs for the season and 21 RBIs. They have struck out on 43 occasions (15th in baseball) and have earned a total of 46 hits. The Colorado Rockies have accounted for an on-base percentage of .338 and a batting average of .266 this year.

The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.152 with a FIP of 2.94 as a squad for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.73 (41 strikeouts vs 15 walks). They come in at 16th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 38. They have conceded 2 long balls and they give up 3.13 runs per 9 innings (7th in MLB). The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 16 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 2.54 (13 earned runs surrendered).

Colorado has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 6 save opportunities and they have tallied 4 saves. They rank 12th in baseball with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have sent 17 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond for the year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 11 times in high leverage situations and also on 7 occasions with base runners. Colorado bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 46.7% out of their 15 inherited runners. With 7 save situations, the Rockies have amassed 1 hold in addition to 2 blown saves.

In their 414 innings played, the Rockies have earned a defensive efficiency of 71.3% (16th in pro baseball). The Colorado Rockies have turned 4 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .989 (9th in baseball). The Rockies have recorded 36 assists, 2 errors and have earned a total of 138 putouts so far this year.

Freeland (40-41 win-loss record in his career) has a 4.24 ERA and has conceded 9.5 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.20 and he has faced 2,844 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has given up 310 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.410 and a FIP of 4.5. So far in his pro baseball career, Freeland has conceded 692 hits while tallying 516 K's in 657 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Chicago (+135)

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