The Texas Rangers (22-18) are set to take on the Colorado Rockies (10-28) Saturday at 8:10 PM ET, airing on COLR. The Rangers are listed as -165 favorites by sportsbooks, while the underdog Rockies have +138 odds for the contest. Texas’ Andrew Heaney and Colorado’s Ryan Feltner have been named the starters for this contest.
Here is our preview for this game, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $32.12
Rangers to win vs Rockies -165
Rangers vs. Rockies Betting Lines
- Favorite: Rangers (-165)
- Underdog: Rockies (+138)
- Over/under: 10.5
Rangers vs. Rockies Betting Insights
- The Rangers have won in 13, or 56.5%, of the 23 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- This season Texas has come away with a win three times in seven chances when named as a favorite of at least -165 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 62.3% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Rockies are 10-28 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 26.3% of those games).
- When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +138 or longer, Colorado has a 7-19 record (winning only 26.9% of its games).
- The Rockies have a 42% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Rangers vs. Rockies Hitting Leaders
- Marcus Semien is batting .281 with seven home runs and 28 RBI for Texas this season.
- Of all batters in Major League Baseball, Semien’s home run total ranks him 31st and his RBI tally ranks him 11th.
- Adolis Garcia leads Texas in home runs with eight and runs batted in with 30.
- Elias Diaz paces the Rockies in runs batted in (20) and has racked up a team-best batting average of .317.
- In all of MLB, Diaz is 126th in homers and 50th in RBI.
- Ryan McMahon has hit five home runs with 20 RBI. Both lead his team.
Rangers vs. Rockies Pitching Rankings
- The Rangers have an 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, eighth-best in baseball.
- The Rangers have pitched to a 3.98 ERA this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
- The Rangers rank 13th in MLB with a combined 1.244 WHIP this season.
- The 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rockies pitching staff ranks last in MLB.
- Colorado’s 5.44 team ERA ranks last among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rockies have the highest WHIP in the majors (1.551).