Colorado Rockies (55-74) vs. Atlanta Braves (79-50)
August 30, 2022 7:20 pm EDT
The Line: Atlanta Braves -400 / Colorado Rockies +335; Over/Under: +8
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The Colorado Rockies and the Atlanta Braves meet in MLB action from Truist Park on Tuesday night.
The Colorado Rockies will look to build on a 1-0 win to avoid the sweep at the hands of the Mets in Sunday’s series finale. Connor Joe has 93 hits and a .241 batting average with 19 doubles, 6 home runs and 4 triples. C.J. Cron has 129 hits with 26 doubles, 3 triples, a team-high 24 home runs and 84 RBIs while Ryan McMahon has 20 doubles and Charlie Blackmon has 122 hits with 16 home runs and 70 RBIs of his own up to this point in the season for the Rockies. Randal Grichuk also has 13 home runs and 60 RBIs as well this season. Brendan Rodgers has 127 hits with 28 doubles and Jose Iglesias also has 29 doubles of his own and a .306 batting average on the year. Jose Urena will start here and is 2-5 with a 5.98 ERA and 31 strikeouts this season.
The Atlanta Braves will try to bounce back after their series loss to the Cardinals with a 6-3 loss on Sunday. Matt Olson has 127 hits with a .254 batting average and a team-high 41 doubles while Marcell Ozuna has 89 hits with 14 doubles, 20 home runs and 46 RBIs. Austin Riley has 142 hits with 35 doubles, 31 home runs and 83 RBIs and Dansby Swanson also has 76 RBIs of his own as well as a .289 batting average and 146 hits this season. Max Fried will start here and is 12-4 with a 2.52 ERA and 140 strikeouts this season.
Colorado is 1-4 in their last 5 games overall and 15-41 in their last 56 road games while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games following an off day. Atlanta is 12-3 in their last 15 games against the NL West and 41-10 in their last 51 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games following an off day.
I get the case to be made for Colorado here as the Rockies tend to thrive in these massive underdog roles. However, nothing will cancel out value faster than starting Jose Urena here, who has just been getting lit up like a Christmas tree in his last few starts. Max Fried continues to be Atlanta’s staff ace and the Braves need to take advantage of soft schedule spots like this. I’ll side with Atlanta -1.5 to get this crazy ML price down.
