Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 4/17/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Friday, April 17, 2026

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-145) Colorado (+125)

The Los Angeles Dodgers (14-4) are traveling to Coors Field on Friday where they will attempt to defeat the Colorado Rockies (6-12). The moneyline on this contest has Los Angeles at -145 while Colorado opens at +125. The total comes in at 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Tyler Glasnow and Tomoyuki Sugano.

The Dodgers have accounted for 27 doubles as a unit and have hit 33 baseballs out of the park. Los Angeles is slugging .491 and have been called out on strikes 158 times, while drawing a walk on 73 occasions. As a squad, the Los Angeles Dodgers are knocking in 5.8 runs per game, which has them at 1st in the league. They have 103 RBI's and 171 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate is .283. They have earned 105 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .363.

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The Dodgers have a team earned run average of 3.19 for the year (2nd in the league), and their staff has rung up 156 batters. Dodgers pitchers have given up 15 home runs and also 59 total runs (1st in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 58 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.62 as a squad this season. Los Angeles has given up 116 hits (6.5 per 9 innings) and 57 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.69 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.08.

The Dodgers bullpen have a save percentage of 75.0% and stepped onto the hill in 21 save situations. They have tallied 6 saves over the course of the season and have blown 2 of their 8 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 19 runners so far this season with 31.6% of those runners ended up scoring. Dodgers pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 11 times in addition to having 19 appearances in high leverage situations. The Dodgers have sent 57 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. The bullpen have racked up 13 holds this year (9th in baseball).

The Los Angeles Angels have a total of 483 putouts this season, as well as 156 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .992 which has them sitting 2nd in pro baseball, and they have turned 11 double plays. The Dodgers have turned 74.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 1,449 innings, which has them ranked 1st in MLB.

Glasnow has pitched in 772 innings and has accumulated 974 K's during his career. His earned run average is 3.74 (321 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.142. He has given up 588 base hits (6.9 hits per nine innings) with 294 walks. Glasnow (44-36 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.69 while he has faced 3,156 hitters in the majors.

The Rockies hold a slugging percentage of .378 and they score 4.00 runs per contest (20th in the league). They have 26 doubles, while taking a walk 51 times and putting up 72 runs. Colorado has tallied 19 HRs this year and 70 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 189 occasions (1st in the league) and have notched a total of 143 hits. The Colorado Rockies hold an OBP of .303 and a team batting average of .235 over the course of the season.

The Colorado pitching staff have given up 81 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.12 (72 earned runs conceded). They have relinquished 23 home runs and they allow 4.64 runs per 9 innings (18th in baseball). The Rockies have a WHIP of 1.362 with a FIP of 4.78 as a pitching staff for the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 7.30 (127 strikeouts against 60 free passes). They rank 24th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 154.

Colorado relievers hold an inherited score rate of 15.2% out of 33 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 20 times in high leverage situations and on 21 occasions with base runners. With 11 save situations, the Rockies have accumulated 4 holds and also 2 blown saves. They sit at 12th in baseball holding a save percentage of 71.4%, and they have dispatched 56 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the year.

Out of their 1,416 innings played, the Rockies have a defensive efficiency of 70.5% (14th in MLB). The Colorado Rockies have gotten 15 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .987 (13th in baseball). The Rockies have recorded 155 assists, 8 errors and have notched a total of 472 putouts for the year.

So far in his career, Sugano has conceded 183 hits while he has tallied 118 punch outs in 173 innings. Sugano (11-10 mark in his career) has a 4.42 earned run average and has given up 9.5 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 85 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.282 and a FIP of 4.4. His K/BB ratio is 3.03 and he has faced 738 batters so far in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-145)

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