Atlanta Braves vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 4/30/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

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

The Colorado Rockies (4-24) will try to beat the Atlanta Braves (13-15) at Coors Field on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Braves at -152 while the Rockies are coming in at +126. The total has been set at 8. The expected starting pitchers will be Chris Sale and Chase Dollander.

The Braves have hit 40 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 35 baseballs out of the park. Atlanta has a slugging rate of .401 and have been called out on strikes 245 times, while being walked on 101 occasions. As a squad, the Atlanta Braves are scoring 4.2 runs per contest, which puts them at 17th in the league. They have accrued 113 runs batted in as well as 232 hits this season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .246. They have tallied 118 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .322.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.24 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.33. Braves pitchers have given up 36 home runs and 122 total runs (13th in the league). Atlanta has conceded 222 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and 118 earned runs. The Braves are sitting with a team ERA of 4.36 for the year (23rd in MLB), and the staff has struck out 226 batters. They have walked 101 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.49 as a squad on the campaign.

Braves bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 27 times as well as having 35 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have notched 10 holds on the season (25th in the league). The Braves relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 54.5% and have entered the game in 21 save situations. They have recorded 6 saves for the season and have blown 5 of their 11 save chances. The relievers have inherited 37 runners so far this year and 35.1% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Braves have sent 89 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Braves have transformed 71.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 2,190 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 10th in MLB. The Athletics have a total of 730 putouts thus far, in addition to 248 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which has them sitting 10th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 18 double plays.

Sale (139-85 record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.03 while facing 8,011 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 1,626 base hits (7.4 hits per 9 innings) with 464 free passes. His earned run average is 3.07 (678 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.052. Sale has pitched in 1,986 innings and has tallied 2,450 K's during his pro baseball career.

The Rockies hold a slugging percentage of .351 and they average 3.29 runs per game (28th in baseball). They have hit 45 doubles, while walking 85 times and scoring 92 runs. Colorado has accounted for 24 home runs for the year and 91 RBIs. They have struck out on 293 occasions (1st in MLB) and have earned a total of 197 base knocks. The Colorado Rockies have recorded an on-base percentage of .286 as well as a team batting average of .212 over the course of the season.

The Rockies hold a team WHIP of 1.607 in addition to having a FIP of 4.76 as a squad over the course of the season. They have a ranking of 30th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 286. The Colorado pitching staff have given up 164 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 5.36 (144 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 7.10 (191 strikeouts against 103 bases on balls). They have surrendered 35 dingers and they surrender 6.10 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league).

Colorado bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 31.0% out of their 71 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 27 times in high leverage situations and also on 38 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 16 save situations, the Rockies have 8 holds in addition to 5 blown saves. They are ranked 28th in MLB with a save rate of 37.5%, and they have dispatched 95 bullpen pitchers onto the field so far this year. Colorado has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 8 save chances and they have walked away with 3 saves.

The Colorado Rockies have gotten 23 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (27th in baseball). The Rockies have 284 assists, 23 errors and have accumulated 726 putouts on the season. In 2,178 innings played, the Rockies have earned a defensive efficiency of 65.0% (30th in baseball).

In his MLB career, Dollander has surrendered 26 base knocks while tallying 21 K's in 19 innings. Dollander (1-3 record in his career) is the owner of a 8.01 earned run average and has given up 12.3 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 17 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.728 and having a FIP of 7.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.00 and he has gone up against 90 opposing hitters so far in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Colorado (+126)

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