It’s been a Rocky Mountain Low in Colorado as the sinking Rockies are en route to missing the playoffs for a sixth straight campaign.
Colorado’s lack of organizational direction has produced the most underwhelming pitching rotation, but key injuries and missing pieces in the offense inhibit it from generating runs at a sufficient rate.
The Rockies’ lineup is a conglomeration of unproven players who are desperate for contact.
They swing, chase and miss pitches each at the second highest rate across MLB.
Thus, they strike out at a 25.2 percent rate, third worst in the majors.
Sean Manaea opens a three-game series for the Mets at Coors Field on Friday.
He isn’t the most potent strikeout pitcher, but he has a reliable putaway pitch with a sweeper that’s retiring hitters over 23 percent of the time, a massive increase from last year.
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He’s 5-3 on his strikeouts prop when the line is set at 4.5 and is maintaining the strike zone in over 50 percent of his pitches for his fourth straight year, so let’s roll on a decent price for him to command these frustrated bats.
THE PLAY: Sean Manaea Over 4.5 strikeouts (-110, BetMGM)