{"id":363620,"date":"2025-08-18T12:07:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=363620"},"modified":"2025-08-18T12:07:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:07:34","slug":"dodgers-vs-rockies-predictions-august-18-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/dodgers-vs-rockies-predictions-august-18-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers vs. Rockies SGP predictions Aug. 18: Back Yoshinobu Yamamoto in +290 parlay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Los Angeles Dodgers, fresh off a massive sweep of the San Diego Padres, are back in action on Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> L.A. entered its weekend series with San Diego level in the NL West standings, and now the club has a three-game lead. The Dodgers should be able to build on that against the league-worst Colorado Rockies, who are a miserable 19-43 at home this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my Dodgers vs. Rockies predictions, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/yoshinobu_yamamoto\/pitching-stats\">Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/ezequiel_tovar\/batting-stats\">Ezequiel Tovar<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dodgers vs. Rockies predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Parlay: Dodgers F5 -1.5 | Yamamoto over 5.5 Ks | Tovar over 0.5 hits (+290)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dodgers F5 -1.5 (+102):<\/strong> Backing a team to lead by multiple runs at the five-inning mark might seem risky &#8230; until you look at what Colorado has done this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Rockies rank second-last in F5 runs per game (2.03).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They have a -327 run differential, which is more than double the next team (Washington Nationals, -151).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Colorado&#8217;s starter on Monday, Kyle Freeland, has a 6.52 ERA and .348 opponent batting average at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los Angeles has a bona fide ace on the mound with Yamamoto, who ranks 11th in ERA (2.84) and 16th in WHIP (1.09). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He should be able to keep Colorado&#8217;s bats at bay while L.A. tees off on Freeland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/tallysight.com\/new\/widget\/tile\/mlb\/org:north-star-gaming\/event:2025-week-of-aug-18\/topic:dodgers-rockies\/variant:1\/sportsbook:northstar-bets\/deeplinks?id=b0ed97db-8828-4f3c-a922-b2b06b5794eb\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"275px\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0; margin: 0 !important;\"><\/iframe><script async src=\"https:\/\/tallysight.com\/scripts\/widget-embed-min.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-10146156-2d6b-49a8-b097-37743fd550b5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/baseball\/mlb?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLB SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Yamamoto<\/strong> over 5.5 Ks (-200):<\/strong> Yamamoto has cleared this number in seven of his last eight starts, dating back to an outing at Coors Field where he logged six Ks in an 8-1 win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The righty has huge swing-and-miss upside. He ranks in the 86th percentile for K rate (28.3%) and has a 20.0%-plus putaway rate on five different pitches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colorado has the second-highest K rate in MLB and the eighth-highest against RHPs since the all-star break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This should be a breeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Tovar over 0.5 hits<\/strong> (-295):<\/strong> The only player, literally, in Colorado&#8217;s lineup to log a hit against Yamamoto is Tovar, who is 6-for-7 against the righty with a double and a home run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone else is a combined 0-for-15 with six Ks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tovar&#8217;s .482 xBA in those aforementioned at-bats suggests a little regression is due, but it&#8217;s still an elite number against one of the game&#8217;s best arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Colorado&#8217;s shortstop is in solid form right now, batting .306 this month with hits in 10 of 15 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tovar is also batting an absurd .362 at Coors Field this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dodgers vs. Rockies predictions made at 12:03 p.m. ET on 08\/18\/2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers, fresh off a massive sweep of the San Diego Padres, are back in action on Monday night. The pregame narrative: L.A. entered its weekend series with San Diego level in the NL West standings, and now the club has a three-game lead. The Dodgers should be able to build on that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":363639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-363620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mlb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dodgers vs. Rockies predictions: Aug. 18 MLB SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Dodgers vs. Rockies predictions for Aug. 18, 2025. 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