Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 7/2/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

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

The Colorado Rockies (19-65) will compete against the Houston Astros (50-34) at Coors Field on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has Houston at -128 and Colorado is coming in at +106. The total comes in at 8.5. The pitchers expected to start will be Hunter Brown and Austin Gomber.

As a squad, the Houston Astros are scoring 4.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 20th in baseball. They have a total of 350 runs and have an OBP of .320. The Astros have accumulated 117 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 91 balls out of the park. They have 333 runs batted in as well as 714 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average is sitting at .255. Houston has a slugging rate of .399 and have been rung up 649 times, while being walked on 241 occasions.

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The Astros have an earned run average of 3.47 for the season (5th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 823 hitters. Astros pitchers have conceded 89 home runs and also 304 total runs (2nd in the league). They have walked 249 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.56 as a unit so far this year. Houston has relinquished 605 hits (7.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 287 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.31 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.15.

Astros bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 63 times in addition to having 84 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have earned 52 holds for the year (11th in the league). The Astros bullpen have recorded a save rate of 74.3% and have come into the game in 87 save situations. They have recorded 26 saves on the campaign and have not converted 9 out of their 35 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 91 base runners over the course of the season with 27.5% of those players ended up scoring. The Astros have dispatched 258 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

The Astros have converted 71.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 6,693 innings, which has them sitting 7th in MLB. The Detroit Tigers are sitting with 2,231 putouts for the season, in addition to 636 assists and 38 errors. Their fielding rate is at .987 which has them sitting 12th in pro baseball, and they have turned 51 double plays.

Brown has taken the mound for 444 innings and is sitting with 497 strikeouts in his career. His ERA is 3.55 (175 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.209. He has surrendered 387 base knocks (7.8 hits per nine innings) and has 150 free passes. Brown (32-25 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 3.49 while he has faced 1,825 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

Colorado has compiled 79 HRs on the year to go along with 289 RBIs. They have 135 doubles, while getting a free base 225 times as well as racking up 295 runs. The Colorado Rockies have earned an OBP of .289 as well as a team batting average of .227 this season. The Rockies have a team SLG% of .377 and they score 3.51 runs per game (28th in the league). They have struck out on 832 occasions (1st in the league) and have earned a total of 638 base knocks.

The Colorado pitching staff have yielded 516 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.50 (449 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 112 homers and they relinquish 6.32 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Rockies hold a team WHIP of 1.551 and have a FIP of 4.83 as a squad so far this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 6.80 (554 strikeouts vs 289 bases on balls). They are sitting at 30th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 851.

Colorado has called on relievers to enter the game in 28 save chances and they have come away with 14 saves. They are ranked 29th in baseball holding a save rate of 50.0%, and they have sent 281 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this season. Their relief pitchers have come in 87 times in high leverage situations in addition to 94 occasions with runners on. Colorado bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 35.4% of 161 inherited base runners. Sitting with 61 save situations, the Rockies have 33 holds and also 14 blown saves.

The Colorado Rockies have gotten 83 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .977 (30th in pro baseball). The Rockies have 806 assists, 70 errors and have 2,205 putouts on the season. In their 6,615 innings on the field, the Rockies hold a efficiency on defense of 66.1% (30th in the majors).

During his career, Gomber has allowed 699 base hits while he has tallied 510 strikeouts in 662 innings pitched. Gomber (35-41 career mark) has earned a 4.89 ERA and has given up 9.5 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 360 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.367 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.48 and he has gone up against 2,832 batters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Houston (-128)

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