Luis Arraez leads the Miami Marlins (25-25) into a matchup with Elias Diaz and the Colorado Rockies (21-29) on Thursday at 3:10 PM ET at Coors Field. Arraez is batting .371, the best batting average in MLB, for the favored Marlins (-124), while Diaz is second in MLB play with a .343 batting average this season for the underdog Rockies (+105). Braxton Garrett starts for Miami while Colorado will counter with Kyle Freeland.
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Marlins vs. Rockies betting lines
- Favorite: Marlins (-124)
- Underdog: Rockies (+105)
- Over/under: 11
Marlins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Marlins betting info
- The Marlins have won 12 of the 22 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (54.5%).
- Miami has gone 9-5 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -124 or shorter (64.3% winning percentage).
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Marlins a 55.4% chance to win.
- Miami has played in 49 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 21 times (21-26-2).
- The Marlins have put together an 18-31-0 record against the spread this season (covering only 36.7% of the time).
Marlins hitting info
- Jorge Soler has put up a team-best 14 home runs and 30 runs batted in.
- Among hitters in MLB, Soler ranks third in homers and 31st in RBI.
- Soler takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .409 with a double, three home runs, a walk and six RBI.
- Arraez is batting .371 to pace his team.
- Arraez currently ranks 304th in homers and 142nd in RBI in the bigs.
- Bryan De La Cruz is hitting .297 with 10 doubles, five home runs and 12 walks.
- Jon Berti is hitting .278 with five doubles, two home runs and 11 walks.
Marlins pitching rankings
- The 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Marlins pitching staff ranks sixth in the majors.
- Miami’s 4.42 team ERA ranks 21st across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Marlins have the 18th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.322).
- Miami’s pitching staff leads MLB with 12 total quality starts.
- The Marlins give up the 16th-fewest home runs in baseball (59 total, 1.2 per game).
- In its 10-2 win last time out, Miami struck out eight Rockies batters while allowing four hits.
Rockies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Rockies betting info
- The Rockies have entered the game as underdogs 41 times this season and won 18, or 43.9%, of those games.
- Colorado has a record of 16-23, a 41% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +105 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- The Rockies have a 48.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Colorado’s games have gone over the total in 21 of its 50 chances.
- In 50 games with a spread this season, the Rockies are 23-27-0 ATS.
Rockies hitting info
- Diaz leads Colorado in runs batted in with 25 while batting .343, which is also best on the team.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Diaz’s home run total is 116th, and his RBI total is 60th.
- Diaz brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .421 with three doubles, two home runs, two walks and four RBI.
- Charlie Blackmon is batting .276 with an OBP of .366 and a slugging percentage of .429 this season.
- Blackmon is 195th in homers and 142nd in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
- Blackmon has hit safely in five straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with three doubles, a triple, a walk and an RBI.
- Jurickson Profar has 42 hits this season and a slash line of .250/.330/.411.
- Kris Bryant has collected 48 hits this season and has an OBP of .356. He’s slugging .404 on the year.
Rockies pitching rankings
- The Rockies have a 7.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in baseball.
- Colorado has pitched to a 5.02 ERA this season, which ranks 27th in baseball.
- The Rockies have a combined 1.482 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-highest in MLB.
- Colorado ranks 23rd in quality starts this season with 12.
- With 62 homers allowed, the Rockies rank 21st in the league at preventing long balls.
- Last time out, Colorado fell to the Marlins 10-2. Its pitchers compiled six strikeouts and 14 hits allowed.
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