The Detroit Tigers (73-71) and Trey Sweeney (four hits last time out) are favored (-176) on the moneyline for their matchup with the Colorado Rockies (54-90) on Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. ET on COLR. Detroit’s Keider Montero and Colorado’s Bradley Blalock have been named the starters for this contest.
Here is our betting primer for this game, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $31.36
Tigers to win vs Rockies -176
Tigers vs. Rockies Betting Lines
- Favorite: Tigers (-176)
- Underdog: Rockies (+147)
- Over/under: 8.5
Tigers vs. Rockies Betting Insights
- The Tigers have come away with 32 wins in the 57 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This season Detroit has come away with a win four times in seven chances when named as a favorite of at least -176 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Tigers have a 63.8% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Rockies have won 37.1% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (52-88).
- Colorado has gone 26-51 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +147 or longer (33.8%).
- The Rockies have an implied moneyline win probability of 40.5% in this matchup.
Tigers vs. Rockies Hitting Leaders
- Riley Greene leads Detroit in home runs with 20, runs batted in with 61 and his batting average of .260 is also best on his team.
- Greene ranks 56th in the majors in home runs, and 80th in RBI.
- Matt Vierling has 121 hits and an OBP of .305 to go with a slugging percentage of .438 this season.
- Brenton Doyle has driven in a team-high 66 runs batted in.
- Doyle’s home run total ranks 40th in MLB, and he is 58th in RBI.
- Ezequiel Tovar has 42 doubles, three triples, 22 home runs and 20 walks while batting .268.
Tigers vs. Rockies Pitching Rankings
- The Tigers average the 17th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the league this season.
- The Tigers have pitched to a 3.69 ERA this season, which ranks fourth in baseball.
- The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.186 as a pitching staff, which is the second-best in baseball this season.
- The Rockies pitching staff ranks last in the majors with a collective seven strikeouts per nine innings.
- Colorado’s 5.41 team ERA ranks last among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rockies have the highest WHIP in the majors (1.506).