The Colorado Rockies (1-1) wrap up their season-opening series against the Texas Rangers (1-1) Sunday at 2:35 p.m. ET at Globe Life Field. We analyze the Rockies-Rangers betting odds and lines, with MLB picks and best bets.
Rockies at Rangers: Projected starting pitchers
LHP Kyle Freeland vs. RHP Corey Kluber
Freeland: 6.73 ERA over 22 starts in 2019
- Freeland coughed up 25 home runs in just 104 1/3 innings a year ago. The southpaw’s hard-hit rate on batted balls climbed from 32% in 2018 to 41% in 2019.
- Freeland is much tougher on left-handed batters (allowing a .662 OPS over his career vs. a .794 figure when facing right-handed bats).
Kluber: 5.80 ERA over 7 starts with the Cleveland Indians
- The veteran hurler – now in Texas after logging 208 games with the Indians – was felled by two injuries in 2019, and he completed just 35 2/3 innings. Kluber notched a sub-3.50 ERA for five straight seasons from 2014-18.
- Kluber owns an abbreviated-but-effective line against current Rockies. He has allowed a .669 OPS and has 12 strikeouts against just one walk through 45 plate appearances.
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Rockies at Rangers: Key injuries
The current list of MLB injuries includes:
Rockies
- RP Scott Oberg (back) out
- 2B Ian Desmond (COVID-19 concerns) out
Rangers
- RP Brett Martin (COVID-19 symptoms) out
- 3B Isiah Kiner-Falefa (hamstring) questionable
- 2B Eli White (oblique) out
Rockies at Rangers: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated at 8:40 a.m. ET.
Moneyline (ML)
The Rangers are the lean in a 50-50 vacuum, but these are, at face value, two below-average teams squaring off. Texas gets a good bit of production from lefty hitters which could be neutralized by Freeland.
The Rockies should be viewed with enough wiggle room to make them the play on just about any price north of +120. TAKE COLORADO +130.
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Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
The run line of Colorado +1.5 (-167) – carries more juice. Stick to the money play. PASS.
Over/Under (O/U)
The contest will take place at newly-minted Globe Life Field, which has thus far played host to a 1-0 game and a 3-2 game. Perhaps the days of late-summer 12-9 shootouts in Arlington have come to an end?
For this one, let’s play on some recency bias, and TAKE THE OVER 8.5 (-110) in a contest with some pitching question marks, especially on the Colorado side.
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