Colorado Rockies vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 4/24/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Sunday, April 24, 2022

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (-105) Detroit (-115)

The Colorado Rockies (8-4) are en route to Comerica Park on Sunday where they will take on the Detroit Tigers (5-7). The line on this matchup has Colorado at -105 while Detroit is sitting at -115. The betting total is set at 9. The starting pitchers will be Chad Kuhl and Tyler Alexander.

The Rockies have tallied 27 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 12 baseballs out of the stadium. Colorado owns a slugging percentage of .449 and have struck out 94 times, while being walked on 35 occasions. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are earning 5.2 runs per game, which is 4th in MLB. They have accrued 57 RBI's as well as 116 hits this season, while their average at the plate is .284. They have racked up 62 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .349.

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The Rockies are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.96 so far this season (21st in the league), and they have rung up 80 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 37 batters and their FIP is 3.92 as a unit over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.16 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.39. Rockies pitchers have given up 10 home runs and 53 total runs (16th in MLB).

Rockies bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 14 times and also have had 20 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 8 holds on the season (12th in baseball). The Rockies relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 72.7% and stepped onto the hill in 19 save situations. They have tallied 8 saves for the season and have blown 3 of their 11 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 32 base runners for the season and 37.5% of them ended up scoring. The Rockies have sent 43 relievers to the hill so far this year.

The Colorado Rockies have earned 327 putouts this season, as well as 132 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .983 which ranks 22nd in baseball, and have accumulated 20 double plays. The Rockies have turned 66.9% of balls in play into outs out of their 981 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 27th in professional baseball.

Kuhl (26-30 mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.57 and he has faced 1,939 hitters in the majors. He has given up 433 hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has 200 walks. His earned run average is 4.36 (218 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.407. Kuhl has taken the mound for 450 innings and has totaled 404 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career.

The Tigers hold a slugging percentage of .311 and they score 3.00 runs per contest (27th in the league). They have recorded 16 doubles, while taking a walk 47 times as well as recording 36 runs. Detroit has hit 6 HRs so far this season to go along with 36 RBIs. They have struck out on 105 occasions (24th in the league) and have 79 hits. The Detroit Tigers have compiled an on-base percentage of .304 in addition to a team batting average of .210 on the year.

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.168 with a FIP of 3.26 as a pitching staff so far this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.67 (80 strikeouts against 30 walks). They come in at 6th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 95. They have surrendered 7 home runs and they yield 4.12 runs per 9 innings (17th in baseball). The Detroit pitching staff have allowed 49 runs on the season while having an ERA of 3.28 (39 earned runs surrendered).

Detroit relievers have an inherited score percentage of 26.7% out of their 15 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 19 times in high leverage situations in addition to 9 occasions with runners on base. With 11 save situations, the Tigers have accrued 6 holds in addition to 1 blown save. They are ranked 8th in MLB holding a save percentage of 80.0%, and they have dispatched 47 relievers to the hill so far this year. Detroit has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 5 save opportunities and they have come away with 4 saves.

Out of their 963 innings played, the Tigers hold a defensive efficiency of 72.0% (10th in MLB). The Detroit Tigers have turned 3 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (16th in baseball). The Tigers have 97 assists, 6 errors and have accumulated 321 putouts on the campaign.

In his pro baseball career, Alexander has surrendered 219 base hits while tallying 174 strikeouts in 202 innings pitched. Alexander (5-12 win-loss mark in his career) holds a 4.13 earned run average while allowing 9.7 hits per nine innings. He has allowed a total of 93 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.308 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.78 and he has faced 865 opposing hitters thus far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit (-115)

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