Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 8/18/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies
Date: Monday, August 18, 2025
Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO
TV: Rockies.TV
Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-182) Colorado (+150)
The Colorado Rockies (32-89) host the Los Angeles Dodgers (68-53) at Coors Field on Monday. The moneyline on this contest has Los Angeles at -182 while Colorado is sitting at +150. The betting total comes in at 8. The pitchers taking the mound are Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Austin Gomber.


The Dodgers have hit 195 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 180 baseballs out of the stadium. Los Angeles is slugging .441 and have struck out 1,027 times, while taking a walk on 450 occasions. As a unit, the Los Angeles Dodgers are scoring 5.2 runs per game, which ranks them 1st in the league. They have recorded 605 runs batted in and 1,048 base knocks so far this year, while their team batting average sits at .255. They have earned a total of 626 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .332.
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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.56 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.32. Dodgers pitchers have relinquished 146 long balls and also 546 total runs (22nd in MLB). Los Angeles has surrendered 994 base knocks (8.3 per 9 innings) and 499 earned runs. The Dodgers have a team ERA of 4.17 on the campaign (19th in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,079 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 422 batters and their FIP comes in at 4.19 as a unit this year.
Dodgers relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 113 times in addition to having 134 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 92 holds on the season (1st in baseball). The Dodgers relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 63.6% and have come into the game in 151 save situations. They have accumulated 35 saves so far this season and have not converted 20 of their 55 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 180 base runners for the year with 25.6% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Dodgers have dispatched 437 relief pitchers to the hill on the year.
The Los Angeles Angels have earned a total of 3,229 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,027 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .987 which ranks 10th in MLB, and they have turned 83 double plays. The Dodgers have converted 69.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,687 innings, which has them sitting 19th in professional baseball.
Yamamoto has taken the mound for 216 innings and has totaled 250 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 2.91 (70 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.101. He has surrendered 172 base hits (7.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 66 free passes. Yamamoto (17-10 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 2.87 while he has gone up against 880 batters during his time in the majors.
The Colorado Rockies have accumulated an on-base percentage of .296 and a team batting average of .238 this season. They have been rung up on 1,139 occasions (2nd in the league) and have tallied 966 base hits. Colorado has 125 home runs this year to go along with 438 RBIs. The Rockies have a team slugging percentage of .392 and they tally 3.71 runs per game (29th in baseball). They have tallied 195 two-baggers, while taking a walk 310 times as well as earning 449 runs.
The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.613 in addition to having a FIP of 5.12 as a staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 6.70 (790 strikeouts vs 421 walks). They are sitting at 30th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,281. They have given up 177 HR's and they concede 6.66 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 781 runs this season while holding an ERA of 6.02 (706 earned runs surrendered).
Colorado has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 42 save chances and they have tallied 22 saves. They are currently ranked 28th in the league with a save rate of 52.4%, and they have dispatched 402 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond so far this year. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 115 times in high leverage situations in addition to 131 occasions with runners on. Colorado relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 34.1% out of 226 inherited base runners. With 89 save situations, the Rockies have 47 holds and also 20 blown saves.
Out of their 9,498 innings on the diamond, the Rockies hold a efficiency on defense of 65.4% (30th in MLB). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 122 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (29th in the majors). The Rockies have recorded 1,149 assists, 93 errors and have notched a total of 3,166 putouts so far this season.
In his pro baseball career, Gomber has allowed 754 base hits while accumulating 537 K's in 702 innings pitched. He has allowed 391 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.384 and a FIP of 4.9. His K/BB ratio is 2.46 and he has faced 3,021 batters in his pro baseball career. Gomber (35-46 career mark) has a 5.01 earned run average while surrendering 9.7 hits per 9 innings.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado (+150)
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