The Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies close out Wednesday’s MLB slate.
The pregame narrative: Los Angeles is the clear-cut World Series favourite, and Colorado is a no-doubt bottom-feeder. But I’ll still take the Rockies to cover a +2.5 run line alongside Mookie Betts and Kyle Farmer props in this +510 SGP.
Check out my Rockies vs. Dodgers SGP predictions for April 16.
Rockies vs. Dodgers predictions
Parlay: Rockies +2.5 | Betts over 1.5 bases | Farmer 1+ hits (+510)
Rockies +2.5 (-136): Backing the Rockies in any capacity is scary, let alone against a juggernaut like the Dodgers.
Colorado is 3-14 with a league-worst -50 run differential and has been outscored 27-5 on aggregate during its five-game losing streak.
Okay, let’s take a deep breath.
Los Angeles has one of the best rotations in baseball when healthy, but Blake Snell is on the injured list and Shohei Ohtani isn’t quite ready to toe the rubber. That means Bobby Miller gets the ball for the Dodgers tonight.
Miller made 13 starts for L.A. in 2024 and posted an unsightly 8.52 ERA in 56.0 IP. That includes a start against Colorado where he allowed nine baserunners and five runs in 6.1 IP.
Rockies starter German Marquez, meanwhile, has held this current Dodgers lineup to a .216 batting average in 189 plate appearances.
Let’s hope that pitching mismatch is enough to get this over the line.
MLB SGP legs
Betts over 1.5 bases (+114): I don’t expect L.A.’s bats to go completely quiet on Wednesday.
Betts is one of the few Dodgers who has gotten after Marquez, and I want to tap into that. He’s 7-for-22 against the righty (.318) with one home run.
And the shortstop’s .377 xBA and .583 xSLG, courtesy of Baseball Savant, indicate he should be even more successful.
Betts went 0-for-5 last night but was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run the game before that. I’ll happily bank a perennial MVP candidate to go over 1.5 bases at plus money.
Farmer 1+ hit (-175): I’ll be pretty upset if Farmer is the one to sink this wager.
- Farmer is batting .340 away from the hitter-friendly confines of Coors Field this season.
- He has a knock in 11 of 16 games in 2025.
Farmer went 0-for-4 last night but hasn’t gone hitless in back-to-back games this season.
Rockies vs. Dodgers predictions made at 3:16 p.m. ET on 04/16/2025.
Avery joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2022 before stepping into a full-time role soon after. He loves betting on and analyzing golf — mainly because it’s easier than actually playing — but is a fan of all sports, from the NFL to the UFC.