Arizona Diamondbacks vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, 8/29/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arizona Diamondbacks vs Los Angeles Dodgers

Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Location: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum SportsNet LA

Odds/Point Spread: Arizona (+162) Los Angeles (-196)

The Los Angeles Dodgers (77-57) will play the Arizona Diamondbacks (65-69) at Dodger Stadium on Friday. The moneyline on this game has the Diamondbacks at +162 and the Dodgers are sitting at -196. The betting total is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Zac Gallen and Blake Snell.

Arizona is slugging .439 and have been called out on strikes 1,083 times, while being walked on 451 occasions. They have accounted for 646 runs batted in in addition to 1,139 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average comes in at .251. The Diamondbacks have compiled 231 doubles as a unit and have knocked 186 baseballs out of the park. They have a total of 661 runs and have an OBP of .324. As a team, the Arizona Diamondbacks are putting up 4.9 runs per contest, which puts them at 6th in MLB.

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The Diamondbacks have a team ERA of 4.56 this year (24th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 1,068 batters. Diamondbacks pitchers have surrendered 163 home runs and also 653 runs in total (26th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 417 opposing players and their FIP is 4.29 as a team for the year. Arizona has surrendered 1,173 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 604 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.56 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.33.

The Diamondbacks relievers have accumulated a save rate of 59.0% and have stepped onto the mound in 132 save situations. The relievers have inherited 154 runners on the season with 30.5% of them earned a run for their team. Diamondbacks pitchers have entered the game with players on base 118 times as well as having 133 appearances in high leverage situations. The Diamondbacks have sent 409 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The bullpen have earned 67 holds on the campaign (22nd in baseball). They have earned 36 saves this year and have blown 25 of 61 save opportunities.

The Diamondbacks have converted 69.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 10,734 innings on the field, which has them ranked 22nd in the majors. The Arizona Diamondbacks are sitting with 3,578 putouts for the season, as well as 1,199 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which has them sitting 16th in MLB, and they have turned 103 double plays.

Gallen (62-50 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.53 while he has gone up against 3,996 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has conceded 819 base knocks (7.6 hits per 9 innings) and has had 311 free passes. His ERA is 3.59 (387 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.164. Gallen has thrown 971 innings and has accumulated 1,026 strikeouts in his career.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have accumulated a team OBP of .330 as well as a batting average of .253 on the season. They have been called out on strikes on 1,131 occasions (14th in the league) and have totaled 1,147 base hits. Los Angeles has accounted for 201 long balls on the year as well as 667 RBIs. The Dodgers have a SLG% of .441 and they earn 5.18 runs per outing (2nd in the league). They have put up 213 doubles, while taking a walk 495 times as well as scoring 694 runs.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have given up 586 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.08 (539 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 155 home runs and they give up 4.43 runs per 9 innings (18th in MLB). The Dodgers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.295 with a FIP of 4.10 as a unit for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.00 (1,190 strikeouts vs 455 walks). They rank 14th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,085.

Sitting with 167 save situations, the Dodgers have accrued 105 holds and also 21 blown saves. Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 58 save opportunities and they have earned 37 saves. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 145 times in high leverage situations and on 121 occasions with runners on. Los Angeles relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 24.6% out of their 191 inherited runners. They are ranked 12th in the league with a save percentage of 63.8%, and they have dispatched 478 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten 90 double plays and have a fielding rate of .988 (8th in pro baseball). The Dodgers have recorded 1,145 assists, 58 errors and have 3,569 putouts so far this season. In 10,707 innings on the diamond, the Dodgers are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 69.8% (16th in professional baseball).

So far in his pro baseball career, Snell has conceded 869 base hits while he has earned 1,398 K's in 1,128 innings pitched. Snell (79-60 career win-loss mark) has a 3.16 ERA while surrendering 6.9 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 396 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.222 and having a FIP of 3.1. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.74 and he has gone up against 4,672 batters so far in his MLB career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-196) and under 8.5 runs

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