Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, 8/17/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies

Date: Monday, August 17, 2026

Location: Coors Field in Denver, CO

TV: Rockies.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-128) Colorado (+106)

Coors Field is the site where the Colorado Rockies (49-74) will meet the Los Angeles Dodgers (74-50) on Monday. The odds on this game have Los Angeles at -128 and Colorado is sitting at +106. The total is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Blake Snell and Tomoyuki Sugano.

The Dodgers have hit 201 doubles as a team and have hit 158 baseballs out of the stadium. Los Angeles is slugging .427 and have been called out on strikes 972 times, while taking a walk on 460 occasions. As a squad, the Los Angeles Dodgers are scoring 5.0 runs per game, which is 4th in MLB. They have accumulated 579 runs batted in and 1,080 base knocks so far this season, and their batting average sits at .259. They have 614 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .336.

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The Dodgers are sitting with a team ERA of 3.69 over the course of the season (6th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,110 hitters. Dodgers pitchers have allowed 145 long balls and 474 runs (4th in MLB). They have walked 388 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.98 as a unit on the year. Los Angeles has given up 884 base hits (7.3 per 9 innings) and 449 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.86 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.16.

The Dodgers have dispatched 398 relievers to the mound for the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 141 runners so far this year and 35.5% of those runners earned a run for their team. The relief pitchers have racked up 79 holds so far this season (5th in MLB). Dodgers relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 86 times and also have had 121 appearances in high leverage situations. They have compiled 34 saves this season and have not converted 17 of 51 save opportunities. The Dodgers relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 66.7% and have entered the game in 131 save situations.

The Dodgers have converted 72.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,861 innings, which has them sitting 1st in professional baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers have 3,287 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,008 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding rate is at .989 which is 3rd in baseball, and have 70 double plays.

Snell has taken the mound for 1,167 innings and has totaled 1,455 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.16 (410 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.220. He has given up 900 base hits (6.9 hits per 9 innings) and has had 524 walks. Snell (81-63 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.11 while he has gone up against 4,831 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

The Rockies hold a team SLG% of .419 and they earn 4.74 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have recorded 223 doubles, while walking 379 times as well as scoring 583 runs. Colorado is sitting with 138 HRs for the year to go along with 560 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,060 occasions (11th in the league) and have notched a total of 1,059 base knocks. The Colorado Rockies have an on-base percentage of .322 and a batting average of .254 over the course of the season.

The Rockies have a WHIP of 1.515 and have a FIP of 4.83 as a staff so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 7.00 (837 strikeouts against 400 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 30th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,235. They have allowed 170 homers and they concede 5.85 runs per 9 innings (29th in baseball). The Colorado pitching staff have conceded 702 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 5.46 (655 earned runs surrendered).

Colorado relievers hold an inherited score rate of 30.9% out of 194 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 117 times in high leverage situations and also on 122 occasions with base runners. With 100 save situations, the Rockies have earned 49 holds and 20 blown saves. They rank 21st in baseball with a save rate of 59.2%, and they have dispatched 366 relievers to the hill so far this year.

The Colorado Rockies have gotten 104 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .982 (26th in baseball). The Rockies have accrued 1,042 assists, 78 errors and have accounted for 3,239 putouts during this campaign. In their 9,717 innings on the field, the Rockies are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 66.9% (30th in MLB).

During his MLB career, Sugano has conceded 289 hits and he has 172 K's in 270 innings pitched. Sugano (22-15 career record) has earned a 4.56 ERA and has given up 9.6 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 137 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.299 and a FIP of 4.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.77 and he has gone up against 1,149 batters so far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado (+106)

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