The Chicago Cubs host the Colorado Rockies on June 15, 2026. First pitch from Wrigley Field is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. EDT. The game will be broadcast on MARQ.
The Cubs are favored by -208 on the moneyline and by -1.5 on the run line. The Rockies are +169 on the moneyline and +1.5 on the run line. The total is set at 9.5 runs.
Find my MLB picks and Rockies vs Cubs prediction below, as well as probable pitchers, weather report, and more.
Rockies vs Cubs Prediction
- Rockies vs Cubs Pick: Cubs -1.5, Shota Imanaga Over 6.5 Strikeouts
My Rockies vs Cubs best bet is on Chicago to cover the spread and Imanaga to record 7+ strikeouts. Make sure to find the best odds by checking our live MLB odds page.
Rockies vs Cubs Odds
| Rockies Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+1.5 -100 | 9.5 -100o / -120u | +169 |
| Cubs Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-1.5 -120 | 9.5 -100o / -120u | -208 |
- Rockies vs Cubs moneyline: Rockies +169, Cubs -208
- Rockies vs Cubs over/under: 9.5 (-100o / -120u)
- Rockies vs Cubs spread: Cubs -1.5 (-100 ), Rockies +1.5 (-120)
Rockies vs Cubs Probable Pitchers
| Michael Lorenzen | Stat | Shota Imanaga |
|---|---|---|
| 2-8 | W-L | 4-6 |
| 0.5 | fWAR (FanGraphs) | 0.7 |
| 7.54 / 5.68 | ERA / xERA | 4.44 / 3.70 |
| 4.84 / 4.37 | FIP / xFIP | 4.72 / 3.83 |
| 9.7 | K-BB% | 18.3 |
| 45.6 | GB% | 37.3 |
| .396 | BABIP | .234 |
| 88 | Stuff+ | 92 |
| 103 | Location+ | 108 |
Rockies vs Cubs MLB Betting Preview
Rockies vs Cubs Pick, Betting Analysis
Michael Lorenzen vs. Shota Imanaga
The Road Rockies matchup here for Imanaga and the Cubs. That's always a juicy spot for pitching. The Rockies did just score 23 (count 'em, 23) runs in Vegas yesterday in "Super Coors", but the flight to Chicago coming down from an even higher elevation than Coors sets them up for a pretty big Monday letdown.
Sometimes the best bets are the simple ones. Imanaga bounced back from a brutal stretch last time out, throwing five innings of shutout ball with seven strikeouts against these here Rockies in Coors.
Now he gets to see them again in the friendly confines. We saw him go heavily to his fastball in that start with a season-high 61% usage of the pitch. I doubt he takes that same approach here with the different venue, and maybe that was all a setup for him to drop a bunch of splitters on them in this back-to-back.
The Wrigley wind has been less than favorable to Imanaga; he's given up 12 of his 17 homers at home, nine of those in the last three starts there. This game being at a 9.5 O/U shows us that we're not expecting any cheap homers, and quite possibly the opposite. So it's a pretty good matchup for Shota.
The Cubs offense gets another look at Lorenzen, who they scored just one run on last week in Coors. Lorenzen struck out seven in that start, a season high. That's just baseball for you. Anything can happen on any given day, and it makes trying to predict this stuff pretty frustrating at times.
However, the venue is the sticking point here. I like backing Imanaga in this one as the Rockies are in this weird spot coming down from the elevation of Vegas to Wrigley without any big winds benefiting the bats.
Picks: Cubs -1.5 (+102), Shota Imanaga Over 6.5 Strikeouts (+110)
