Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 8/29/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (-160) Colorado (+132)

The Colorado Rockies (38-95) will try to beat the Chicago Cubs (76-57) at Coors Field on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has Chicago at -160 while Colorado is coming in at +132. The total is set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Cade Horton and German Marquez.

The Cubs have accrued 218 doubles as a unit and have hit 179 balls out of the park. Chicago is slugging .425 and have struck out 1,032 times, while being walked on 450 occasions. As a unit, the Chicago Cubs are compiling 4.9 runs per game, which has them sitting at 7th in the league. They have accounted for 637 runs batted in as well as 1,125 base knocks this year, and their team batting average is at .249. They have earned a total of 653 runs scored and hold an OBP of .319.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.94 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.20. Cubs pitchers have allowed 165 long balls in addition to 539 runs (5th in the league). Chicago has surrendered 1,070 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 502 earned runs. The Cubs are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.83 so far this season (8th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,016 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 346 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.21 as a unit this season.

The Cubs have sent 431 relievers to the mound this season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 122 runners so far this year with 30.3% of those players earned a run for their team. They have recorded 35 saves this year and have blown 15 of their 50 chances to save the game. The Cubs relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 70.0% and have come into the game in 141 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 88 holds for the year (5th in the league). Cubs relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 87 times as well as having 127 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Cubs have transformed 71.7% of baseballs in play into outs in their 10,617 innings, ranking them 3rd in baseball. The Boston Red Sox have a tally of 3,539 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,118 assists and 54 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .989 which has them ranked 5th in the majors, and have a total of 102 double plays.

Horton has taken the ball for 93 innings and has 77 strikeouts thus far in his career. His ERA is 2.90 (30 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.170. He has allowed 80 base knocks (7.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 29 walks. Horton (8-4 career mark) has a FIP of 2.85 while he has faced 383 batters in the majors.

The Rockies have a SLG% of .390 and they average 3.74 runs per contest (29th in the league). They have put up 214 doubles, while taking a walk 330 times as well as scoring 497 runs. Colorado has hit 134 HRs over the course of the season as well as 484 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,237 instances (2nd in the league) and have a total of 1,058 base hits. The Colorado Rockies have earned a team OBP of .295 as well as a batting average of .238 over the course of the season.

The Rockies have a WHIP of 1.606 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.10 as a unit over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio is 6.90 (886 strikeouts vs 464 walks). They are sitting at 30th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,397. They have relinquished 194 homers and they yield 6.56 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Colorado pitching staff have conceded 845 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 5.96 (767 earned runs conceded).

Colorado has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 46 save opportunities and they have tallied 25 saves. They sit at 28th in the league with a save percentage of 54.3%, and they have dispatched 442 relief pitchers onto the field this year. Their relief pitchers have come in 123 times in high leverage situations and on 139 occasions with runners on base. Colorado relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 34.6% out of their 237 inherited base runners. Sitting with 96 save situations, the Rockies have tallied 50 holds in addition to 21 blown saves.

In 10,434 innings on the diamond, the Rockies have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 65.5% (30th in professional baseball). The Colorado Rockies have turned 132 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (30th in pro baseball). The Rockies have 1,240 assists, 99 errors and have accumulated 3,478 putouts during this campaign.

In his MLB career, Marquez has allowed 1,133 base hits while tallying 1,059 punch outs in 1,118 innings. He has surrendered 563 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.318 and having a FIP of 4.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.11 and he has gone up against 4,770 opposing batters in his MLB career. Marquez (68-67 career win-loss mark) has a 4.53 earned run average while allowing 9.1 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+132)

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