The Dodgers are trying to become the fastest team to 60 wins in franchise history. The Rockies are just trying to survive the last game before the All-Star break without getting run out of Chavez Ravine.
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The Dodgers are baseball's best team by record and by far the more talented roster, so we're sticking with LA on the moneyline even with Sasaki's control issues in the equation. Colorado has shown flashes of scoring in bunches, but asking a 37-55 team to beat the Dodgers on the road remains the tougher bet more nights than not.
Rockies
+Feltner just threw 6 innings, 9 K's, 2 runs
+Scored 14 and 15 runs in last two blowout wins
+Rookies like Rumfield and Condon providing a spark
−37-55, one of the worst records in the league
−Bullpen thin with Halvorsen and Castano both hurt
−Brenton Doyle still shelved with oblique issue
Dodgers
+First MLB team to 60 wins, dominant division lead
+Won 4 of last 5, including extra-inning walk-off
+Ohtani producing, deep lineup even with injuries
−Sasaki's ERA has ballooned to 5.97 over last six starts
−Edman, Smith, and Hernandez all day-to-day or on IL
−Bullpen thinned by Treinen, Diaz, and Casparius injuries
Ryan Feltner (3-2, 4.27 ERA) gets the ball for Colorado and he's coming off his best start of the year, a 6-inning, 9-strikeout gem against San Francisco. On the other side, Roki Sasaki (3-5, 5.40 ERA) is walking a tightrope after his last outing turned into a disaster: 3 innings, 6 earned runs against the Padres. First pitch is set for 7:10 PM PT.
Sasaki's shakiness isn't a secret in LA anymore. He's carrying a 5.97 ERA over his last six starts and there's real chatter about whether he needs a reset in the minors, though Andrew Friedman has publicly shut that idea down, saying the big-league reps against real hitters matter more right now. The Dodgers can absorb a rough start or two because their lineup and bullpen depth cover for it — but Colorado has shown it can make a shaky arm pay, and the Dodgers' own bullpen has had its bumps lately with late-inning arms cycling on and off the injured list.
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This is the rubber match of the last series before the All-Star break, and the opener wasn't exactly a laugher — the Dodgers needed 11 innings and a walk-off single to beat Colorado 8-7 after blowing a lead late. Shohei Ohtani hit his 299th career homer in that one. If Wednesday plays out anywhere close to that, the Rockies won't be an easy final tune-up.
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Don't let the 37-55 record fool you into thinking Colorado can't score. They just dropped 14 and then 15 runs on Miami and San Francisco in back-to-back games, and mixed in a 7-6 comeback win too. That's a lineup capable of getting hot in bunches, even if it's followed by the kind of quiet losses that have defined their season. The Dodgers, meanwhile, are the first team in baseball to reach 60 wins and are cruising toward a division title that isn't really in question.
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Fully healthy — no injuries on ESPN's report
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Fully healthy — no injuries on ESPN's report
Injury report — info via ESPN.
Neither injury list changes the outlook much on paper — the Rockies are already picking through the wreckage of a lost season, while the Dodgers' absences (Snell, Glasnow, Smith, Edman) are the kind a 60-win team can shrug off. Still, watch the Colorado bats early; if they get to Sasaki before the Dodgers' deep bullpen takes over, this one could get uncomfortable for LA fans expecting a laugher.
