Colorado Rockies vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 8/13/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Midwest

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+220) St. Louis (-275)

Busch Stadium is the location where the St. Louis Cardinals (60-59) will compete against the Colorado Rockies (30-87) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Rockies at +220 and the Cardinals open at -275. The total comes in at 8. The starting pitchers will be Austin Gomber and Michael McGreevy.

As a team, the Colorado Rockies are compiling 3.7 runs per game, which has them at 28th in the league. They have earned 436 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .297. The Rockies have tallied 194 doubles as a team and have hit 120 baseballs out of the stadium. They have compiled 425 RBI's in addition to 935 base knocks so far this year, while their average at the plate comes in at .238. Colorado has a slugging % of .394 and have struck out 1,110 times, while taking a walk on 306 occasions.

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Their K/BB ratio is 1.88 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.62. Rockies pitchers have yielded 173 home runs in addition to 765 runs in total (30th in MLB). Colorado has conceded 1,248 base hits (11.0 per 9 innings) and 690 earned runs. The Rockies hold a team earned run average of 6.09 for the year (30th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 767 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 409 opposing players and their FIP is 5.14 as a team this year.

The Rockies have dispatched 391 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 221 runners so far this season and 34.8% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have accumulated 20 saves this year and have not converted 19 of 39 save opportunities. The Rockies bullpen have compiled a save rate of 51.3% and have come into the game in 85 save situations. The relievers have recorded 46 holds on the season (29th in MLB). Rockies bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 128 times and also have had 111 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rockies have converted 65.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,183 innings on the field, ranking them 30th in professional baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have earned 3,061 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,111 assists and 91 errors. Their fielding rate is at .979 which ranks 30th in baseball, and have earned 118 double plays.

Gomber (35-46 career record) has earned a FIP of 4.91 and he has faced 2,996 batters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 745 hits (9.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 217 walks. His ERA is 4.98 (386 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.380. Gomber has taken the mound for 697 innings and has earned 535 K's in his career.

The Cardinals hold a slugging percentage of .387 and they average 4.35 runs per game (17th in the league). They have put up 204 doubles, while taking a walk 364 times as well as putting up 518 runs. St. Louis is sitting with 113 HRs this season to go along with 494 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 927 instances (23rd in baseball) and have recorded 998 hits. The St. Louis Cardinals are sitting with an on-base percentage of .319 and a team batting average of .249 so far this season.

The Cardinals have a team WHIP of 1.289 in addition to having a FIP of 3.89 as a team for the season. They sit at 26th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,043. The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 536 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.20 (490 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 7.40 (859 strikeouts vs 311 walks). They have given up 116 dingers and they concede 4.59 runs per 9 innings (21st in the league).

St. Louis relievers hold an inherited score rate of 32.5% of 154 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 113 times in high leverage situations and on 113 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 113 save situations, the Cardinals have accrued 65 holds and 15 blown saves. They rank 7th in the league with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have sent 353 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond this season. St. Louis has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 45 save opportunities and they have walked away with 30 saves.

In their 9,456 innings played, the Cardinals hold a efficiency on defense of 69.3% (21st in baseball). The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 89 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .988 (9th in professional baseball). The Cardinals have accrued 1,145 assists, 54 errors and have accounted for 3,152 putouts on the season.

In his career, McGreevy has conceded 64 hits while he has accumulated 44 punch outs in 68 frames. He has allowed 27 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.074 and a FIP of 3.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.89 and he has faced 274 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. McGreevy (7-2 career win-loss record) holds a 3.57 ERA while conceding 8.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (-275)

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