Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 8/21/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Thursday, August 21, 2025

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

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

The Los Angeles Dodgers (72-54) are hitting the road to Coors Field on Thursday where they will attempt to beat the Colorado Rockies (36-90). The moneyline on this game has Los Angeles at -128 while Colorado is priced at +106. The over/under is 8. The pitchers expected to start will be Clayton Kershaw and Chase Dollander.

The Dodgers have tallied 198 doubles as a squad and have hit 185 balls out of the stadium. Los Angeles is slugging .438 and have been rung up 1,065 times, while drawing a walk on 464 occasions. As a team, the Los Angeles Dodgers are scoring 5.1 runs/g, which puts them at 2nd in MLB. They have 620 RBI's and 1,071 base knocks on the campaign, and their average at the plate sits at .253. They have accounted for 643 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .330.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.58 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.30. Dodgers pitchers have relinquished 149 home runs in addition to 556 total runs (19th in the league). Los Angeles has surrendered 1,020 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and 509 earned runs. The Dodgers have a team ERA of 4.12 this season (18th in baseball), and they have rung up 1,109 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 430 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.18 as a team over the course of the season.

Dodgers pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 118 times and also have had 144 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 100 holds so far this year (1st in the league). The Dodgers relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 63.2% and have entered the game in 161 save situations. They have tallied 36 saves over the course of the season and have blown 21 of their 57 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 187 runners on the year with 25.1% of those players crossed the plate. The Dodgers have dispatched 452 relief pitchers to the mound for the year.

The Los Angeles Angels have amassed 3,335 putouts this season, in addition to 1,070 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .987 which is 8th in pro baseball, and have 84 double plays. The Dodgers have converted 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 10,005 innings, which has them sitting 16th in the majors.

Kershaw has taken the hill for 2,819 innings and has earned 3,017 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 2.52 (788 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.015. He has surrendered 2,164 base knocks (6.9 hits per nine innings) with 698 walks. Kershaw (219-96 career mark) has a FIP of 2.48 and he has faced 11,132 batters during his time in the major leagues.

The Rockies have a team slugging % of .394 and they are scoring 3.78 runs per contest (29th in the league). They have tallied 204 doubles, while walking 319 times and putting up 473 runs. Colorado has 129 home runs on the season as well as 461 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,165 instances (2nd in baseball) and have recorded 1,001 base hits. The Colorado Rockies are sitting with an on-base percentage of .297 in addition to a batting average of .239 this year.

The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.602 in addition to having a FIP of 5.05 as a unit over the course of the season. They are currently ranked 30th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,317. The Colorado pitching staff have yielded 799 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 5.96 (723 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 6.80 (830 strikeouts vs 431 free passes). They have surrendered 180 HR's and they surrender 6.59 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league).

With 96 save situations, the Rockies have 50 holds and also 21 blown saves. Colorado has had relievers enter the game in 46 save opportunities and they have tallied 25 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 123 times in high leverage situations and on 134 occasions with runners on base. Colorado relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 34.3% out of their 230 inherited runners. They sit at 28th in baseball holding a save rate of 54.3%, and they have dispatched 418 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the year.

In 9,822 innings played, the Rockies have earned a defensive efficiency of 65.4% (30th in the majors). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 124 double plays and have a fielding rate of .979 (30th in MLB). The Rockies have 1,178 assists, 96 errors and have earned a total of 3,274 putouts over the course of the season.

During his career, Dollander has surrendered 85 base hits while he has tallied 63 strikeouts in 78 frames. He has surrendered 56 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.575 and having a FIP of 6.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.66 and he has gone up against 355 batters in his pro baseball career. Dollander (2-9 career record) has a 6.45 ERA while allowing 9.8 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-128)

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