Colorado Rockies vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 4/24/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado (+132) Kansas City (-160)

Kauffman Stadium is where the Kansas City Royals (10-14) will go up against the Colorado Rockies (4-18) on Thursday. The moneyline on this contest has the Rockies at +132 while the Royals are coming in at -160. The total is set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Chase Dollander and Cole Ragans.

Colorado is slugging .342 and have been called out on strikes 241 times, while drawing a walk on 65 occasions. They have 70 runs batted in and 156 hits on the year, and their batting average sits at .214. The Rockies have compiled 36 two-baggers as a team and have hit 15 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 71 runs scored and hold an OBP of .288. As a team, the Colorado Rockies are notching 3.2 runs per game, which is 28th in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.79 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.54. Rockies pitchers have surrendered 31 home runs and 123 runs (29th in the league). Colorado has allowed 210 base knocks (9.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 104 earned runs. The Rockies hold a team ERA of 4.93 for the season (29th in the league), and their staff has rung up 147 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 82 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.99 as a squad so far this season.

Rockies bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 29 times as well as having 22 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 8 holds this season (27th in the league). The Rockies relief pitchers have a save rate of 37.5% and have come into the game in 16 save situations. They have earned 3 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 5 out of their 8 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 52 base runners this season and 26.9% of those players crossed the plate. The Rockies have sent 76 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Rockies have turned 66.8% of balls hit into play into outs in their 1,710 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 29th in pro baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have notched a total of 570 putouts for the season, as well as 235 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .976 which ranks 28th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 22 double plays.

Dollander (1-2 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 7.49 and he has faced 68 batters in the majors. He has allowed 19 base hits (12.0 hits per nine innings) and has 5 free passes. His earned run average is 7.61 (12 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.690. Dollander has pitched in 14 innings and has totaled 18 K's in his pro baseball career.

The Kansas City Royals are sitting with an on-base percentage of .279 in addition to a team batting average of .212 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 183 instances (20th in baseball) and have earned a total of 167 base hits. Kansas City has knocked in 12 HRs on the campaign to go along with 71 runs batted in. The Royals hold a slugging % of .310 and they score 2.96 runs per contest (30th in MLB). They have recorded 35 doubles, while taking a walk 67 times and putting up 71 runs.

The Royals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.273 with a FIP of 3.65 as a pitching staff on the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.40 (199 strikeouts against 83 free passes). They are sitting at 18th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 187. They have conceded 20 home runs and they surrender 3.99 runs per 9 innings (6th in MLB). The Kansas City pitching staff have allowed 94 runs this year while having a team ERA of 3.56 (84 earned runs relinquished).

With 20 save situations, the Royals have amassed 10 holds in addition to 4 blown saves. Kansas City has had relievers take the mound in 10 save opportunities and they have tallied 6 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 27 times in high leverage situations in addition to 22 occasions with runners on base. Kansas City relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 39.3% out of their 28 inherited base runners. They rank 21st in the league with a save rate of 60.0%, and they have sent 76 relief pitchers to the mound for the year.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 20 double plays and have a fielding rate of .987 (13th in MLB). The Royals have accrued 227 assists, 11 errors and have a tally of 637 putouts this season. In their 1,911 innings on the diamond, the Royals are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 70.2% (17th in MLB).

Ragans (19-18 record in his career) holds a 3.48 ERA while giving up 7.3 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.09 and he has gone up against 1,442 opposing hitters in his MLB career. He has conceded a total of 135 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.185 and having a FIP of 3.4. Thus far in his career, Ragans has given up 283 hits while he has totaled 405 strikeouts in 349 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado (+132)

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