Detroit Tigers vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 5/7/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-130) Colorado (+110)

The Colorado Rockies (6-28) will play the Detroit Tigers (22-13) at Coors Field on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Tigers at -130 and the Rockies are priced at +110. The total is set at 8. The men taking the mound will be Casey Mize and Kyle Freeland.

As a team, the Detroit Tigers are earning 5.1 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in baseball. They have tallied 179 runs while holding a team OBP of .332. The Tigers have accounted for 46 doubles as a unit and have knocked 47 balls out of the park. They have earned 174 RBI's in addition to 302 hits this season, and their team batting average comes in at .255. Detroit is slugging .423 and have been called out on strikes 312 times, while taking a walk on 125 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.89 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.14. Tigers pitchers have allowed 33 long balls and 116 total runs (3rd in the league). Detroit has allowed 248 base hits (7.3 per 9 innings) and also 101 earned runs. The Tigers have an ERA of 2.96 so far this year (3rd in MLB), and they have rung up 295 batters. They have walked 102 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.70 as a squad for the year.

The Tigers have sent 98 relievers to the mound on the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 45 base runners for the season and 24.4% of those runners earned a run for their team. They have recorded 10 saves on the season and have blown 3 of their 13 chances to save the game. The Tigers relievers have recorded a save percentage of 76.9% and have entered the game in 25 save situations. The bullpen have a total of 10 holds this season (30th in the league). Tigers bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 32 times as well as having 17 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Colorado Rockies have 922 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 310 assists and 17 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which is 14th in the majors, and they have turned 24 double plays. The Tigers have transformed 72.4% of balls in play into outs out of 2,766 innings, which has them sitting at 5th in MLB.

Mize (14-20 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.12 while he has faced 1,388 hitters during his time in the majors. He has conceded 324 hits (8.9 hits per 9 innings) and has 94 free passes. His ERA is 4.18 (152 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.278. Mize has thrown 327 innings and has accounted for 253 punch outs in his career.

The Rockies hold a slugging percentage of .342 and they score 3.12 runs per game (30th in MLB). They have recorded 49 doubles, while walking 96 times as well as notching 106 runs. Colorado is sitting with 27 long balls this year as well as 105 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 344 instances (1st in baseball) and have recorded 234 base hits. The Colorado Rockies have an on-base percentage of .278 in addition to a team batting average of .209 on the year.

The Colorado pitching staff have yielded 195 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 5.38 (175 earned runs conceded). They have yielded 41 dingers and they allow 5.99 runs per 9 innings (29th in the league). The Rockies are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.556 and have a FIP of 4.68 as a staff over the course of the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 6.90 (225 strikeouts against 119 walks). They sit at 30th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 337.

With 22 save situations, the Rockies have earned 11 holds in addition to 6 blown saves. Colorado has called on relievers to enter the contest in 11 save opportunities and they have earned 5 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 33 times in high leverage situations and on 45 occasions with runners on. Colorado bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 32.5% out of their 83 inherited base runners. They rank 28th in the league holding a save rate of 45.5%, and they have dispatched 113 relievers onto the field this year.

In 2,637 innings on the diamond, the Rockies have earned a defensive efficiency of 66.0% (30th in pro baseball). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 29 double plays and have a fielding rate of .980 (26th in pro baseball). The Rockies have accrued 338 assists, 25 errors and have 879 putouts so far this year.

So far in his career, Freeland has surrendered 1,248 base knocks while he has earned 848 K's in 1,133 frames. Freeland (60-77 career mark) has a 4.52 ERA and has given up 9.9 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 569 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.419 and a FIP of 4.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.36 and he has gone up against 4,918 hitters in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+110)

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