Colorado Rockies vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 8/28/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Friday, August 28, 2026

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: Braves.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+110) Atlanta (-132)

The Atlanta Braves (78-55) are welcoming the Colorado Rockies (52-81) at Truist Park on Friday. The odds on this game have the Rockies at +110 and the Braves are priced at -132. The total is set at 8. The starting pitchers are Tomoyuki Sugano and Grant Holmes.

The Rockies have hit 243 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 151 balls out of the park. Colorado has a slugging rate of .418 and have been called out on strikes 1,153 times, while being walked on 424 occasions. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are recording 4.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 7th in MLB. They have tallied 611 RBI's in addition to 1,142 hits over the course of the season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .253. They have accounted for 636 runs while holding a team OBP of .323.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.08 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.52. Rockies pitchers have given up 183 home runs and 768 runs in total (29th in baseball). Colorado has surrendered 1,340 base hits (10.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 717 earned runs. The Rockies have compiled a team earned run average of 5.52 for the season (30th in MLB), and they have struck out 903 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 435 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.82 as a team on the campaign.

The Rockies have sent 403 relief pitchers to the mound this season. The relief pitchers have inherited 204 base runners so far this season with 31.9% of those runners crossing home plate. The bullpen have racked up 53 holds for the season (28th in the league). Rockies pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 132 times as well as having 126 appearances in high leverage situations. They have accumulated 30 saves for the season and have not converted 20 out of their 50 save opportunities. The Rockies bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 60.0% and have entered the game in 105 save situations.

The Colorado Rockies are sitting with 3,509 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,125 assists and 86 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which ranks 29th in baseball, and have accumulated 108 double plays. The Rockies have turned 66.9% of baseballs in play into outs in their 10,527 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 30th in the majors.

Sugano has taken the hill for 278 innings and is sitting with 177 strikeouts during his MLB career. Sugano (22-17 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.72 while he has faced 1,191 batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.79 (148 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.326. He has surrendered 305 base hits (9.9 hits per 9 innings) with 64 free passes.

Atlanta has recorded 170 home runs on the season to go along with 598 runs batted in. They have recorded 214 doubles, while walking 389 times and scoring 624 runs. The Atlanta Braves hold an on-base percentage of .312 and a batting average of .248 on the campaign. The Braves hold a team slugging % of .413 and they score 4.69 runs per game (8th in MLB). They have struck out on 1,077 occasions (21st in MLB) and have 1,115 hits.

The Braves are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.252 and have a FIP of 4.07 as a pitching staff for the season. They rank 5th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,022. The Atlanta pitching staff have surrendered 512 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 3.61 (473 earned runs given up). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (1,125 strikeouts against 455 bases on balls). They have allowed 147 home runs and they relinquish 3.91 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

They are currently ranked 10th in baseball with a save rate of 69.5%, and they have dispatched 423 relievers onto the field for the year. Their relievers have come in 152 times in high leverage situations and on 100 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 159 save situations, the Braves have earned 95 holds and also 18 blown saves. Atlanta has had relievers enter the game in 59 save opportunities and they have earned 41 saves. Atlanta bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 22.4% out of their 147 inherited base runners.

The Atlanta Braves have turned 109 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .987 (10th in the majors). The Braves have 1,082 assists, 60 errors and have a total of 3,540 putouts over the course of the season. In their 10,620 innings on the field, the Braves have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.3% (5th in MLB).

During his MLB career, Holmes has given up 275 hits and he has 293 punch outs in 306 innings pitched. Holmes (14-15 career record) has a 3.76 earned run average while giving up 8.1 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 128 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.299 and having a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.38 and he has faced 1,303 opposing hitters in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado (+110)

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