Arizona Diamondbacks vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 6/21/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arizona Diamondbacks vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Arizona (-152) Colorado (+126)

The Colorado Rockies (17-57) are hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks (36-37) at Coors Field on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has the Diamondbacks at -152 while the Rockies are sitting at +126. The total comes in at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Merrill Kelly and Carson Palmquist.

The Diamondbacks have compiled 130 doubles as a team and have knocked 102 balls out of the park. Arizona is slugging .441 and have been called out on strikes 571 times, while taking a walk on 266 occasions. As a unit, the Arizona Diamondbacks are compiling 5.0 runs/g, which puts them at 4th in baseball. They have accumulated 358 RBI's and 621 hits over the course of the season, while their team batting average sits at .252. They have earned 366 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .330.

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The Diamondbacks have a team ERA of 4.82 so far this season (25th in MLB), and they have rung up 612 batters. Diamondbacks pitchers have surrendered 96 long balls and 379 runs in total (27th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 248 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.40 as a squad this year. Arizona has conceded 637 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 348 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.47 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.36.

The Diamondbacks relievers have a save percentage of 61.1% and have come into the game in 80 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 83 runners this season and 34.9% of them crossed home plate. Diamondbacks pitchers have entered the game with runners on 63 times and also have had 73 appearances in high leverage situations. The Diamondbacks have dispatched 229 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. The relief pitchers have a total of 42 holds this season (16th in baseball). They have recorded 22 saves so far this season and have blown 14 of 36 save opportunities.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have notched a total of 1,951 putouts so far this season, in addition to 658 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which has them sitting 11th in pro baseball, and they have turned 55 double plays. The Diamondbacks have turned 69.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 5,853 innings, ranking them 21st in pro baseball.

Kelly has taken the mound for 911 innings and has accounted for 830 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.78 (383 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.197. He has conceded 817 hits (8.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 274 walks. Kelly (59-47 record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.73 and he has gone up against 3,742 hitters in the majors.

Colorado has knocked in 73 long balls over the course of the season as well as 254 RBIs. They have hit 116 doubles, while getting a free base 201 times and scoring 258 runs. The Colorado Rockies have compiled a team OBP of .291 as well as a batting average of .226 this season. The Rockies hold a slugging percentage of .382 and they are scoring 3.49 runs per contest (27th in the league). They have struck out on 719 instances (1st in the league) and have earned a total of 557 base hits.

The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.569 and have a FIP of 4.78 as a team on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 6.90 (493 strikeouts against 262 walks). They come in at 30th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 747. They have surrendered 95 long balls and they concede 6.34 runs per 9 innings (30th in MLB). The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 453 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 5.53 (395 earned runs conceded).

Sitting with 54 save situations, the Rockies have amassed 30 holds in addition to 12 blown saves. Colorado has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 24 save opportunities and they have earned 12 saves. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 76 times in high leverage situations in addition to 81 occasions with runners on base. Colorado relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 34.9% out of their 146 inherited base runners. They sit at 28th in MLB with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 245 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the year.

The Colorado Rockies have gotten 73 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .977 (30th in the majors). The Rockies have accrued 715 assists, 63 errors and have notched a total of 1,930 putouts so far this season. In 5,790 innings on the field, the Rockies have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 65.7% (30th in baseball).

Thus far in his career, Palmquist has conceded 31 hits while tallying 18 strikeouts in 26 innings. He has surrendered 23 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.794 and having a FIP of 7.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.13 and he has gone up against 129 hitters in his career. Palmquist (0-4 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 7.90 earned run average while conceding 10.6 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Arizona (-152)

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