Colorado Rockies vs Houston Astros Prediction, 4/16/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Houston Astros

Date: Thursday, April 16, 2026

Location: Daikin Park in Houston, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

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

The Houston Astros (7-11) will play the Colorado Rockies (6-11) at Daikin Park on Thursday. The moneyline on this matchup has Colorado at +172 while Houston is priced at -210. The betting total is set at 9. The starting pitchers are Tomoyuki Sugano and Lance McCullers Jr..

Colorado is slugging .390 and have struck out 174 times, while being walked on 46 occasions. They have 69 runs batted in and 140 hits so far this year, and their batting average sits at .243. The Rockies have recorded 24 doubles as a team and have knocked 19 balls out of the park. They have racked up 71 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .305. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are putting up 4.2 runs per game, which has them sitting at 17th in baseball.

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The Rockies hold a team earned run average of 4.16 so far this season (18th in the league), and the staff has rung up 122 batters. Rockies pitchers have given up 22 home runs and 78 runs (19th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 54 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.72 as a squad for the year. Colorado has surrendered 149 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 69 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.26 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.36.

The Rockies relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 71.4% and stepped onto the hill in 11 save situations. They have recorded 5 saves on the year and have blown 2 out of their 7 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 30 runners for the year and 16.7% of those players ended up scoring. Rockies bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 19 times in addition to having 20 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rockies have sent 51 relievers to the mound this season. The bullpen have accumulated 4 holds so far this season (26th in baseball).

The Rockies have converted 70.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 1,344 innings on the diamond, ranking them 17th in professional baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have notched a total of 448 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 151 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which ranks 13th in professional baseball, and they have turned 14 double plays.

Sugano (11-10 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.35 while facing 738 batters in the majors. He has given up 183 base knocks (9.5 hits per 9 innings) with 39 walks. His earned run average is 4.42 (85 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.282. Sugano has pitched in 173 innings and is sitting with 118 K's thus far in his career.

The Houston Astros hold a team on-base percentage of .360 as well as a team batting average of .272 this season. They have been rung up on 139 instances (20th in baseball) and have 169 base hits. Houston has recorded 20 home runs on the season to go along with 94 runs batted in. The Astros have a team SLG% of .441 and they tally 5.67 runs per game (3rd in MLB). They have tallied 45 doubles, while getting a free base 79 times as well as scoring 102 runs.

The Astros are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.713 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.50 as a team for the year. They have a ranking of 30th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 163. The Houston pitching staff have conceded 113 runs this season while holding an ERA of 6.48 (111 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio is 9.90 (169 strikeouts vs 101 free passes). They have relinquished 28 homers and they relinquish 6.60 runs per 9 innings (30th in the league).

They sit at 2nd in the league with a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have sent 53 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 11 times in high leverage situations and on 23 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 6 save situations, the Astros have 3 holds and also 0 blown saves. Houston has had relievers enter the game in 3 save chances and they have walked away with 3 saves. Houston relievers have an inherited score percentage of 35.9% out of their 39 inherited runners.

Out of their 1,389 innings played, the Astros have a defensive efficiency of 66.1% (29th in pro baseball). The Houston Astros have gotten 19 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .992 (3rd in the majors). The Astros have recorded 126 assists, 5 errors and have earned 463 putouts for the year.

In his MLB career, McCullers has given up 678 base hits and he has 878 strikeouts in 789 frames. McCullers (52-37 career mark) is the owner of a 3.74 ERA while allowing 7.7 hits per 9 innings. He has given up 328 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.291 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.7. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.57 and he has faced 3,352 hitters during his career.

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

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