Tonight’s national MLB game on FS1 sees the Arizona Diamondbacks on the road in Colorado to face the Rockies at Coors Field in Denver. The contest is the first of a four-game series between the National League West clubs. The first time the Diamondbacks and Rockies played a series in the second half of the 2025 MLB season, Arizona swept Colorado at home in three games, beating the Rockies by a combined score of 25-12 (6-1, 6-5, 13-6).
The Diamondbacks and Rockies played two series in the first half of the current season. Arizona won both of those series, going 2-1 in each.
Below, we look at tonight’s matchup between the Diamondbacks and Rockies and provide you with our best free MLB betting picks as we try to earn you some extra cash while you take in all the action on the field.
The Arizona Diamondbacks enter tonight’s road game on a pretty good run. The team is 7-3 in its past 10 games and coming off a 6-4 road win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday afternoon. Arizona won two of three against Texas. The team’s previous series was a three-game sweep of the Rockies at home.
Arizona has a 59-62 record, putting them in fourth place in the NL West. The club is 29-32 on the road. Despite having a record under .500, the Diamondbacks have a positive run differential, scoring 595 runs while giving up 591.
Eduardo Rodriguez is set to get the start for the Diamondbacks. He is 4-7 on the season with a 5.68 ERA over 103 innings pitched with 105 strikeouts.
Ketel Marte leads Arizona in batting average (.297) and OBP (.398), while Eugenio Suarez is tops on the club in home runs (36) and RBIs (87). Geraldo Perdomo has the most hits on the Diamondbacks with 126.
The Colorado Rockies head into tonight’s home game at Coors Field with the worst record in the National League at 32-88. However, there is some good news for the team, the Rockies head back to Colorado on a two-game winning streak, taking the last two games of the club’s three-game road series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Colorado defeated the Cardinals by a 6-5 score on Wednesday after pinch-hitter Hunter Goodman hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning.
The Rockies have a 16-42 home record this season. The club has scored the second-fewest runs in the league this year at 447, while giving up by far the most runs in MLB at 773. No other team has surrendered more than 663 runs in 2025.
Bradley Blalock is set to get the start for the Rockies. He has a 1-3 record this year with an ERA of 7.89 over 74 innings pitched with 22 strikeouts.
Hunter Goodman leads the Rockies with a .276 batting average, 24 home runs, 68 RBIs, and 110 hits. Jordan Beck has the best OBP on the team at .343.
MLB Betting Picks: Arizona Diamondbacks Vs. Colorado Rockies – August 14, 2025
The Diamondbacks have outperformed the Rockies this season in every way and have dominated them in each of their three previous series. Yes, Colorado is coming into this game with some momentum, having beaten St. Louis in their past two outings. However, the Rockies were on a 0-8 run, including 0-3 against Arizona, before that.
The betting pick is for the Arizona Diamondbacks to beat the Colorado Avalanche tonight at Coors Field.
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