San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies
Post-game analysis · Wednesday, September 16, 2026
The pick
Take Colorado Rockies +1.5
Colorado Rockies is the underdog: your bet wins if they win outright or lose by fewer than 1.5 points. The live market is no longer posted, so this pick stands on the +1.5 number locked before kickoff.
Pick locked in: Sep 15, 2026 · 8:59 PM EDT — sportsbook spreads can move after that time, so check the number your book is offering now.
Scoring tier: medium
The betting line
COL +1.5
The live sportsbook market is no longer posted. This is the number our pick was locked against before kickoff.
DraftKings
Our projected score
San Diego Padres5
Colorado Rockies4
Final score
San Diego Padres9
Colorado Rockies3
Pick missed
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How the model got here
Model projects 5–4, a -0.9 margin against a market number of -1.5 — a 0.62-point edge toward the home side. Based on 26 and 25 games of scoring form.
Our recommendations on this game
The team recommendation, the full-game total and the player recommendations for this matchup, side by side. The full-game total is its own market, shown in its own panel above. Only high-rated recommendations taken at a locked DraftKings price are used on a parlay card, and a card never takes two legs from the same game.
Team
No high-rated team recommendation on this matchup. We only show one here when DraftKings posted the number and price and we locked a high-rated recommendation before kickoff.
Players
No high-rated player recommendation on this matchup. We only show one when DraftKings posted the number and price before kickoff.
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Player prop angles
No player prop angles for this matchup yet. Our stat lines need a few completed games of form for each player before we publish a number, so early-season MLB games fill in as the season goes on. Check back closer to kickoff.
Records & form
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