San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 9/5/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Friday, September 5, 2025

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: San Diego (-150) Colorado (+125)

The Colorado Rockies (39-101) host the San Diego Padres (76-64) at Coors Field on Friday. The moneyline on this game has San Diego at -150 while Colorado opens at +125. The betting total is set at 8. The expected starting pitchers will be Nick Pivetta and Tanner Gordon.

As a unit, the San Diego Padres are putting up 4.2 runs per game, which is 22nd in the league. They have earned 592 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .322. The Padres have accounted for 227 two-baggers as a team and have hit 122 balls out of the park. They have recorded 556 RBI's in addition to 1,177 base knocks over the course of the season, and their batting average is .252. San Diego has a slugging percentage of .385 and have been rung up 987 times, while drawing a walk on 451 occasions.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 2.60 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.21. Padres pitchers have given up 148 long balls and also 544 runs in total (3rd in MLB). San Diego has relinquished 1,031 hits (7.5 per 9 innings) and 503 earned runs. The Padres hold a team earned run average of 3.66 this year (4th in baseball), and they have struck out 1,207 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 464 opposing players and their FIP is 4.01 as a unit this year.

Padres bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 161 times in addition to having 186 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 90 holds so far this season (6th in the league). The Padres relief pitchers have a save rate of 74.1% and stepped onto the hill in 153 save situations. They have compiled 43 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 15 of their 58 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 230 runners this year and 29.1% of those runners crossed the plate. The Padres have dispatched 496 relief pitchers to the hill this season.

The Padres have transformed 71.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 11,124 innings, which has them sitting 2nd in baseball. The San Diego Padres have a tally of 3,708 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,055 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which ranks 12th in baseball, and have a total of 100 double plays.

Pivetta has taken the ball for 1,187 innings and has earned 1,306 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.50 (594 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.267. He has allowed 1,085 base hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has 419 walks. Pivetta (69-75 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 4.44 while he has faced 5,009 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

Colorado has compiled 139 home runs on the campaign to go along with 516 RBIs. They have tallied 228 two-baggers, while taking a walk 347 times as well as scoring 530 runs. The Colorado Rockies have accounted for an OBP of .297 as well as a batting average of .241 on the season. The Rockies hold a team slugging % of .393 and they have an average of 3.79 runs per game (29th in baseball). They have struck out on 1,302 occasions (2nd in MLB) and have accounted for 1,131 base hits.

The Rockies have a WHIP of 1.606 and have a FIP of 5.21 as a staff for the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 6.90 (932 strikeouts vs 488 bases on balls). They come in at 30th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,473. They have allowed 212 HR's and they concede 6.59 runs per 9 innings (30th in MLB). The Colorado pitching staff have surrendered 894 runs for the season while having an ERA of 6.01 (816 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 99 save situations, the Rockies have accrued 51 holds in addition to 23 blown saves. Colorado has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 48 save chances and they have tallied 25 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 127 times in high leverage situations and on 143 occasions with runners on. Colorado relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 35.9% of 245 inherited runners. They rank 29th in the league with a save rate of 52.1%, and they have sent 465 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

In 10,992 innings on the field, the Rockies are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 65.6% (30th in pro baseball). The Colorado Rockies have turned 138 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .980 (29th in the majors). The Rockies have accrued 1,308 assists, 101 errors and have a tally of 3,664 putouts so far this year.

Gordon (5-11 career mark) has earned a 7.08 ERA and has conceded 12.8 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.35 and he has gone up against 414 opposing hitters in his pro baseball career. He has allowed 71 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.641 and a FIP of 7.0. In his career, Gordon has surrendered 128 hits while totaling 67 K's in 90 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+125)

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