Texas Rangers vs Colorado Rockies Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 05/18/26

The Texas Rangers secured a big win on Sunday afternoon after dropping the first two games of their series against the Houston Astros, and they hope to carry that momentum to their meeting with the Colorado Rockies on Monday. The Rockies also lost two of three over MLB’s rivalry weekend, making it their sixth consecutive series loss. The Rangers send MacKenzie Gore to the mound while the Rockies counter with Jose Quintana.

It will be Gore’s second consecutive start against the National League West, as he dominated the Arizona Diamondbacks in his last start, going 8 innings and allowing 3 hits and 1 earned run. Gore does have some quality starts this season, but the start against the Diamondbacks was his first time going past five innings since his first start of April. If Gore doesn’t go deep in this game, it works in the favor of the majors’ best bullpen, who is also a rested group after Nathan Eovaldi’s outing in the 8-0 Win on Sunday.

Quintana, like Gore, has been his usual solid self this season. The lefty doesn’t get enough credit for what he can do year in and year out, as he has 5 consecutive seasons where his ERA lands in the 3.00 range, and he has 4 consecutive starts this season with 2 or fewer earned runs allowed. He is also an anomaly, as he has been better at Coors Field this season. The Rangers don’t hit well against lefties, sitting in the bottom five in most statistical categories, and that likely continues tonight. Face those fears and take the under at Coors Field.

Rangers vs Rockies prediction: Under 10 (-115) available at time of publishing. Playable to that number. 

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