Pittsburgh Pirates vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 8/2/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Colorado Rockies
Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025
Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO
TV: Rockies.TV
Odds/Point Spread: Pittsburgh (-132) Colorado (+110)
The Colorado Rockies (28-80) will play the Pittsburgh Pirates (47-62) at Coors Field on Saturday. The line on this matchup has the Pirates at -132 while the Rockies are at +110. The over/under is set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start are Paul Skenes and Austin Gomber.
As a team, the Pittsburgh Pirates are compiling 3.4 runs/g, which puts them at 30th in MLB. They are sitting with 369 runs and have an OBP of .301. The Pirates have tallied 150 doubles as a squad and have hit 72 balls out of the stadium. They have 357 RBI's in addition to 833 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .231. Pittsburgh has a slugging rate of .341 and have been called out on strikes 951 times, while being walked on 339 occasions.
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The Pirates have a team ERA of 3.68 this year (7th in the league), and the staff has rung up 830 batters. Pirates pitchers have conceded 99 home runs and 420 total runs (4th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 313 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.81 as a squad this year. Pittsburgh has relinquished 835 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings) as well as 394 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.65 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.19.
The Pirates have sent 333 relievers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 152 base runners on the campaign with 34.2% of those runners ended up scoring. They have compiled 24 saves for the year and have missed out on 17 of their 41 save opportunities. The Pirates relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 58.5% and have stepped onto the mound in 94 save situations. The bullpen have tallied 51 holds so far this year (24th in MLB). Pirates pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 97 times and also have had 111 appearances in high leverage situations.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have earned 2,894 putouts so far this season, in addition to 919 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which has them ranked 6th in professional baseball, and they have turned 83 double plays. The Pirates have transformed 71.8% of balls in play into outs out of 8,682 innings on the field, which has them ranked 2nd in pro baseball.
Skenes (17-11 career record) holds a FIP of 1.87 and he has gone up against 1,029 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 182 base knocks (6.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 64 walks. His earned run average is 1.89 (56 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 0.925. Skenes has taken the ball for 266 innings and has earned 316 K's so far in his career.
Colorado has hit 108 long balls on the year to go along with 377 runs batted in. They have tallied 170 doubles, while taking a walk 278 times as well as recording 388 runs. The Colorado Rockies have recorded an on-base percentage of .292 and a batting average of .233 on the year. The Rockies have a team SLG% of .385 and they are earning 3.59 runs per outing (29th in MLB). They have struck out on 1,040 occasions (2nd in the league) and have earned 841 base knocks.
The Colorado pitching staff have allowed 665 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.65 (591 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 148 homers and they surrender 6.35 runs per 9 innings (30th in MLB). The Rockies are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.583 in addition to having a FIP of 4.93 as a pitching staff so far this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 6.80 (708 strikeouts vs 374 walks). They are currently ranked 30th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,117.
Colorado has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 39 save chances and they have recorded 20 saves. They are ranked 27th in baseball holding a save percentage of 51.3%, and they have sent 360 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 109 times in high leverage situations and on 116 occasions with runners on. Colorado relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.7% out of their 202 inherited runners. Sitting with 83 save situations, the Rockies have earned 44 holds and 19 blown saves.
In 8,478 innings on the diamond, the Rockies are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 65.6% (30th in the majors). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 112 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .978 (30th in professional baseball). The Rockies have racked up 1,028 assists, 86 errors and have notched a total of 2,826 putouts on the campaign.
Thus far in his career, Gomber has surrendered 735 base hits while tallying 527 strikeouts in 686 innings. Gomber (35-45 win-loss record in his career) holds a 4.94 earned run average while allowing 9.6 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 377 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.382 and a FIP of 4.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.47 and he has gone up against 2,948 opposing batters so far in his MLB career.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Pittsburgh (-132)
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