The Colorado Rockies (13-15) and Arizona Diamondbacks (13-16) meet for a Monday-night NL West contest at Chase Field. First pitch is 9:40 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Rockies-Diamondbacks MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
Rockies at Diamondbacks: Projected starting pitchers
RHP Ryan Castellani vs. RHP Merrill Kelly
Castellani is in line for his fourth career start. The Rockies rookie owns a 3.77 ERA through three starts.
- The 24-year-old right-hander has skated through some rocketed contact (10.7% barrels, 43% hard-hit) and benefited from a .189 batting average on balls in play.
Kelly owns a 2.59 ERA through five starts. Like his mound foe, the Arizona right-hander has also escaped hard-contact damage and has been buoyed by a favorable BABIP.
- Kelly logged a Boeing ERA (7.64) in three starts against Colorado in 2019. Current Rockies batters own a 1.044 OPS against him.
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Rockies at Diamondbacks: Key injuries
(Get the latest injury news here.)
Rockies
- RP Joe Harvey (elbow) out
- SS Chris Owings (hamstring) out
- OF David Dahl (back) out
- RP Scott Oberg (back) out
Diamondbacks
- RP Andrew Chafin (finger) out
- RP Corey Knebel (hamstring) out
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Rockies at Diamondbacks: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated at 12:15 p.m. ET.
Moneyline (ML)
The moneyline draws a layoff. There is some baked-in, season-results lean on Colorado, but the Castellani-bullpen side of that potential play doesn’t work. And the Rockies head into this game having lost seven in a row and 10 of their past 11 contests. The Diamondbacks enter having gone 0-5 with just five runs scored over their previous five games. AVOID ARIZONA -162/COLORADO +145.
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Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
Four games in Colorado’s current losing skid have been by two runs or less. The price on the Rockies — ROCKIES +1.5 (-150) — is decent and worth a look.
Over/Under (O/U)
There are too many cross signals on this one to make for much of a lean. But both bullpens — which are average or below-average — are slightly better than indicated by their surface stats. The Diamondbacks have scored two runs or fewer in five straight games; the Rockies have scored three or less in five of their past seven. The end result is a small-confidence lean on the UNDER 9.5 (-121).
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