New York Yankees vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 5/24/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Yankees vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: New York (-160) Colorado (+132)

Coors Field is where the Colorado Rockies (8-41) will take on the New York Yankees (29-19) on Saturday. The odds on this game have New York at -160 while Colorado is opening at +132. The total has been set at 8. The pitchers expected to start will be Max Fried and Kyle Freeland.

New York has a slugging rate of .475 and have been rung up 428 times, while being walked on 198 occasions. They have amassed 264 RBI's as well as 425 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average sits at .260. The Yankees have hit 88 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 83 baseballs out of the park. They have earned a total of 275 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .346. As a team, the New York Yankees are recording 5.7 runs per contest, which puts them at 2nd in the league.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.59 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.18. Yankees pitchers have surrendered 43 home runs and also 181 runs in total (7th in MLB). New York has conceded 325 base hits (6.9 per 9 innings) and also 165 earned runs. The Yankees are sitting with a team ERA of 3.49 so far this season (9th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 453 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 175 batters and their FIP sits at 3.58 as a team on the season.

The Yankees have dispatched 158 relief pitchers to the mound on the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 78 base runners on the year and 23.1% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They have compiled 13 saves so far this season and have blown 6 out of their 19 save opportunities. The Yankees relievers have a save percentage of 68.4% and have stepped onto the mound in 46 save situations. The bullpen have accumulated 27 holds this year (17th in MLB). Yankees bullpen pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 53 times in addition to having 47 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Yankees have turned 72.5% of balls in play into outs in their 3,825 innings on the diamond, ranking them 3rd in baseball. The New York Mets have earned a total of 1,275 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 397 assists and 23 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .986 which has them ranked 13th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 28 double plays.

Fried (79-36 mark in his career) has a FIP of 2.91 while going up against 3,865 batters in the majors. He has conceded 826 base hits (7.9 hits per nine innings) and has had 261 walks. His ERA is 2.96 (311 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.149. Fried has pitched in 946 innings and is sitting with 923 punch outs in his career.

The Colorado Rockies have accumulated an OBP of .286 and a batting average of .219 this season. They have been rung up on 480 occasions (1st in the league) and have totaled 355 base knocks. Colorado has a total of 43 home runs so far this year as well as 163 RBIs. The Rockies hold a team slugging % of .362 and they are earning 3.35 runs per game (28th in baseball). They have recorded 77 doubles, while walking 140 times as well as putting up 164 runs.

The Colorado pitching staff have conceded 321 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 5.92 (279 earned runs allowed). They have surrendered 63 dingers and they yield 6.81 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league). The Rockies hold a team WHIP of 1.627 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.85 as a team this year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 6.70 (314 strikeouts against 171 walks). They have a ranking of 30th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 519.

Colorado relievers hold an inherited score rate of 33.6% out of their 113 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 42 times in high leverage situations and on 62 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 27 save situations, the Rockies have 14 holds and 7 blown saves. They are ranked 29th in baseball with a save rate of 46.2%, and they have dispatched 160 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the season. Colorado has had relievers enter the contest in 13 save opportunities and they have walked away with 6 saves.

The Colorado Rockies have turned 40 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .976 (30th in MLB). The Rockies have accrued 485 assists, 43 errors and have 1,272 putouts so far this year. Out of their 3,816 innings played, the Rockies hold a defensive efficiency of 64.8% (30th in baseball).

Freeland (60-79 record in his career) has a 4.53 earned run average and has allowed 10.0 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.37 and he has gone up against 4,988 hitters during his career. He has given up 578 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.426 and a FIP of 4.5. So far in his career, Freeland has allowed 1,272 base knocks while he has earned 861 K's in 1,147 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+132)

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