The Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks meet Sunday in MLB action at Chase Field. Here’s a Diamondbacks vs. Rockies Prediction. This article will include a Diamondbacks vs. Rockies Pick.
Colorado Rockies Betting Preview
The Colorado Rockies are 20-33 on the year and play the Giants and Dodgers next. The Colorado Rockies are batting .243 on the season and have a .310 OBP, and a .380 slugging percentage. The Colorado Rockies pitching staff has a 4.90 ERA and a 1.46 WHIP. TJ Rumfield leads the Colorado Rockies with 54 hits and 27 RBI while Troy Johnston and Hunter Goodman have combined for 95 hits and 42 RBI.
Jose Quintana gets the ball for the Colorado Rockies, and he is 2-2 with a 4.08 ERA and 20 strikeouts this season. Quintana is 1-3 with a 6.85 ERA and 32 strikeouts in his career against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Arizona Diamondbacks Betting Preview
The Arizona Diamondbacks are 27-24 on the year and play the Mariners and Giants next. The Arizona Diamondbacks are batting. 246 on the season, have a .312 OBP, and have a .398 slugging percentage. The Arizona Diamondbacks’ pitching staff has a 4.14 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP. Ildemaro Vargas leads the Arizona Diamondbacks with 55 hits and 32 RBI while Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll have combined for 97 hits and 50 RBI.
Ryne Nelson gets the ball for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and he is 1-3 with a 5.19 ERA and 46 strikeouts this season. Nelson is 1-1 with an 8.80 ERA and 7 strikeouts in his career against the Colorado Rockies.
Why the Arizona Diamondbacks will win
- The Rockies have lost each of their last 15 day games against NL West opponents following a road loss.
- The Diamondbacks have won seven of their last eight home games.
- The Rockies have failed to cover the run line in nine of their last 10 day games against NL West opponents following a road loss.
- The Diamondbacks have covered the run line in each of their last five day games against National League opponents following a home win.
- The Diamondbacks have led after 3 innings in each of their last six day games against the Rockies at Chase Field.
- The Rockies have lost the first inning in each of their last seven Sunday road games against NL West opponents.
- The Diamondbacks have led after 5 innings in each of their last six day games against the Rockies at Chase Field.
Why the Colorado Rockies will win
- The Diamondbacks have lost three of their last four games as favorites against the Rockies following a win.
- The Rockies have won four of their last six games as road underdogs following a road loss.
- The underdogs have covered the run line in each of the Rockies’ last six games.
- The Diamondbacks have failed to cover the run line in each of their last four games against the Rockies following a win.
- The Rockies have won the first inning in three of their last four day games against opponents that held a winning record.
Total Runs Facts
- Four of the Rockies’ last five day games against NL West opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Fifteen of the Diamondbacks’ last 19 day games as favorites have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rockies’ last five day games at Chase Field.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last four games between the Rockies and Diamondbacks.
Arizona Diamondbacks Player Prop Facts
- Ryne Nelson has recorded a win in three of his last four appearances in day games against NL teams that held a losing record.
- Geraldo Perdomo has recorded at least one hit in each of the Diamondbacks’ last six day games against NL West opponents that held a losing record.
- Lourdes Gurriel Jr. has hit a home run in three of his last nine appearances against the Rockies.
- Ildemaro Vargas ranks T7th amongst qualified players for Batting Average (.312) this season.
Colorado Rockies Player Prop Facts
- Jose Quintana has recorded a win in three of his last four road appearances against NL West opponents.
- Jose Quintana has recorded three or more strikeouts in 15 of his 18 previous appearances in day games against NL West teams that held a winning record.
- TJ Rumfield has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 road appearances after playing the previous day.
- Brenton Doyle has hit a home run in each of his last two road appearances against the Diamondbacks.
- Troy Johnston ranks 4th amongst qualified players for Batting Average (.323) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Diamondbacks rank 1st in the league for triples this season (14).
- The Diamondbacks rank 30th in the league for strikeouts this season (368).
- The Rockies rank 30th in the league for opponent batting average this season (.275).
- The Rockies rank 30th in the league for hits allowed this season (501).
Diamondbacks vs Rockies Prediction
Quintana is an innings eater at this point in his career and Nelson has improved this month, allowing 18 hits and 8 runs in his last 26.1 innings. The Diamondbacks are playing comfortably the better ball. I’m still looking at the over. Despite improved numbers lately, Nelson still has a 7.61 ERA and a .280 allowed batting average in 23.2 home innings. I’m banking on there being offense in this game.