Toronto Blue Jays vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 8/4/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Monday, August 4, 2025

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-210) Colorado (+172)

Coors Field is where the Colorado Rockies (28-80) will take on the Toronto Blue Jays (64-46) on Monday. The moneyline on this contest has the Blue Jays at -210 while the Rockies are sitting at +172. The total has been set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound will be Eric Lauer and Tanner Gordon.

Toronto has a slugging % of .416 and have been called out on strikes 732 times, while drawing a walk on 371 occasions. They have accrued 496 runs batted in and 991 hits so far this year, and their average at the plate is at .265. The Blue Jays have earned 197 two-baggers as a team and have hit 118 baseballs out of the park. They are sitting with 520 runs and have an OBP of .336. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are putting up 4.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 8th in MLB.

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The Blue Jays have compiled a team ERA of 4.27 this season (22nd in baseball), and the staff has struck out 987 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have relinquished 150 long balls and also 497 runs in total (22nd in the league). They have walked 335 opposing players and their FIP is 4.27 as a unit over the course of the season. Toronto has yielded 890 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) and 462 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.95 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.26.

The Blue Jays have dispatched 374 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 153 runners on the campaign and 30.1% of those runners earned a run for their team. They have tallied 32 saves so far this season and have missed out on 17 of their 49 save opportunities. The Blue Jays relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 65.3% and have entered the game in 116 save situations. The bullpen have earned 65 holds on the campaign (12th in the league). Blue Jays relief pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 108 times as well as having 109 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Blue Jays have transformed 70.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of 8,772 innings on the field, which has them ranked 12th in pro baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays have a tally of 2,924 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 813 assists and 57 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .985 which puts them in 21st in pro baseball, and they have turned 78 double plays.

Lauer (42-39 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.06 while he has gone up against 2,867 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has allowed 638 hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) and has had 247 free passes. His ERA is 4.12 (307 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.321. Lauer has pitched in 670 innings and has accumulated 642 strikeouts during his MLB career.

Colorado is sitting with 108 long balls so far this season and 377 runs batted in. They have recorded 170 two-baggers, while getting a free base 278 times as well as putting up 388 runs. The Colorado Rockies have recorded a team on-base percentage of .292 as well as a batting average of .233 for the year. The Rockies have a slugging percentage of .385 and they average 3.59 runs per game (29th in baseball). They have struck out on 1,040 occasions (2nd in the league) and are sitting with 841 base knocks.

The Rockies have a team WHIP of 1.583 and have a FIP of 4.94 as a pitching staff for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 6.80 (708 strikeouts against 374 walks). They sit at 30th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,117. They have given up 148 long balls and they concede 6.35 runs per 9 innings (30th in MLB). The Colorado pitching staff have relinquished 665 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 5.65 (591 earned runs given up).

Sitting with 83 save situations, the Rockies have recorded 44 holds and also 19 blown saves. Colorado has had relievers enter the contest in 39 save chances and they have recorded 20 saves. Their relievers 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 202 inherited runners. They sit at 27th in baseball holding a save rate of 51.3%, and they have sent 360 relievers to the mound so far this season.

The Colorado Rockies have gotten 112 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .978 (30th in baseball). The Rockies have accrued 1,028 assists, 86 errors and have earned a total of 2,826 putouts this year. In their 8,478 innings on the field, the Rockies hold a efficiency on defense of 65.6% (30th in MLB).

During his career, Gordon has conceded 85 hits while accumulating 41 strikeouts in 60 innings. He has allowed 47 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.647 and a FIP of 6.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.93 and he has faced 274 batters in his pro baseball career. Gordon (2-9 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 7.04 ERA while allowing 12.7 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+172)

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