Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 8/31/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Sunday, August 31, 2025

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (-128) Colorado (+106)

Coors Field is where the Colorado Rockies (38-96) will attempt to beat the Chicago Cubs (76-58) on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has Chicago at -128 while Colorado is coming in at +106. The betting total is set at 9. The pitchers expected to start will be Matthew Boyd and Tanner Gordon.

The Cubs have accounted for 220 doubles as a unit and have hit 181 baseballs out of the stadium. Chicago is slugging .426 and have struck out 1,041 times, while being walked on 451 occasions. As a unit, the Chicago Cubs are compiling 4.9 runs per game, which is 7th in the league. They have accrued 640 RBI's as well as 1,133 hits this year, and their average at the plate is at .249. They have tallied 656 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .319.

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The Cubs have an earned run average of 3.83 so far this season (8th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,022 batters. Cubs pitchers have relinquished 167 home runs and 543 total runs (5th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 347 opposing players and their FIP is 4.21 as a unit this season. Chicago has conceded 1,078 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and 506 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.95 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.20.

The Cubs have dispatched 433 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 122 runners over the course of the season with 30.3% of those players crossed the plate. They have earned 35 saves so far this year and have blown 15 of 50 save opportunities. The Cubs bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 70.0% and have entered the game in 141 save situations. The relievers have 88 holds so far this season (5th in MLB). Cubs relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 87 times and also have had 129 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Boston Red Sox have earned 3,539 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,118 assists and 54 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .989 which has them sitting 5th in baseball, and have accumulated 102 double plays. The Cubs have converted 71.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 10,617 innings on the diamond, ranking them 3rd in pro baseball.

Boyd has taken the hill for 1,061 innings and has tallied 1,028 K's during his pro baseball career. Boyd (58-76 career win-loss mark) sits with a FIP of 4.49 while he has faced 4,503 hitters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.55 (537 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.278. He has given up 1,026 base hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has 330 walks.

Colorado is sitting with 136 home runs over the course of the season as well as 487 runs batted in. They have hit 214 doubles, while taking a walk 334 times as well as scoring 500 runs. The Colorado Rockies hold an OBP of .295 in addition to a batting average of .238 on the campaign. The Rockies have a team slugging % of .390 and they are recording 3.73 runs per game (29th in MLB). They have struck out on 1,250 instances (2nd in the league) and have notched a total of 1,066 base hits.

The Rockies hold a team WHIP of 1.604 in addition to having a FIP of 5.11 as a unit so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 6.90 (893 strikeouts against 466 bases on balls). They come in at 30th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,406. They have allowed 197 homers and they surrender 6.55 runs per 9 innings (30th in baseball). The Colorado pitching staff have yielded 849 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 5.95 (771 earned runs relinquished).

Colorado has had relievers step onto the hill in 46 save chances and they have recorded 25 saves. They rank 28th in the league with a save rate of 54.3%, and they have dispatched 444 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 125 times in high leverage situations and on 139 occasions with runners on. Colorado bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 34.6% out of their 237 inherited base runners. Sitting with 96 save situations, the Rockies have tallied 50 holds and 21 blown saves.

The Colorado Rockies have gotten 132 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .979 (30th in MLB). The Rockies have recorded 1,240 assists, 99 errors and have accumulated 3,478 putouts so far this year. In their 10,434 innings played, the Rockies have a defensive efficiency of 65.5% (30th in baseball).

Gordon (5-11 record in his career) has a 7.38 earned run average and has given up 13.1 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.05 and he has gone up against 390 opposing batters in his MLB career. He has given up a total of 69 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.686 and a FIP of 7.3. In his career, Gordon has conceded 123 hits while accumulating 58 K's in 84 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+106)

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